LAFRENIERE-Born to Alyxandra Barnard and Justin LaFreniere, a girl, Hazel Emily, of Fort Frances, Ontario, weighing 7 lbs 8 oz on December 18, 2019 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

REA-Born to Malana Carmody and Jake Rea, a boy, Kolton Daniel Jerome, of Devlin, Ontario, weighing 6 lbs 15 oz on December 13, 2019 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

NUSSBAUMER-Born to Gabrielle and Jeremy, a boy, Eli, of Devlin, Ontario, weighing 8 lbs 8 oz on December 8, 2019 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

The Canadian Press OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — Canadian forward Joe Veleno was suspended for one game of the world junior championship on Sunday by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Veleno is being punished for an incident in the second period of Canada’s 6-0 loss to Russia on Saturday. After Veleno […]

By Marc Delbes The Canadian Press MONTREAL — Mikael Kingsbury is truly a dominant force. Kingsbury has nine wins in 11 World Cup starts the past two years. And the native of Deux Montagnes, Que., whose career average surpasses one victory for every two events (63 wins in 114 starts), […]

By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press NEW YORK — This year, the germs roared back. Measles tripled. Hepatitis A mushroomed. A rare but deadly mosquito-borne disease increased. And that was just the United States. Globally, there was an explosion of measles in many countries, an unrelenting Ebola outbreak in Africa […]