By Tara Deschamps The Canadian Press This is the first story in a new personal finance series called “Your Money” that will run on CP’s business wire every Tuesday. When autumn rolls around, sports fans usually have plenty to be excited for. Basketball stars return to the court, hockey players […]
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The Associated Press The U.N. children’s agency has laid 3,758 school backpacks in rows reminiscent of a graveyard on the lawn of U.N. headquarters in New York one for each child who died in a conflict zone last year. UNICEF said it wants the installation, which ends Thursday, to dramatize […]
The Associated Press Milwaukee shortstop Orlando Arcia may have abruptly checked out in the third inning of the Brewers’ series finale against the Chicago Cubs, but he still managed to turn a double play. Arcia arrived at the hospital Sunday just in time to see the birth of his twin […]
By David Rising The Associated Press BERLIN — The United Nations’ atomic watchdog confirmed Monday that Iran is preparing to use more advanced centrifuges, another breach of limits set in the country’s unraveling nuclear deal with major powers. Iran had already announced the step, its latest violation of the 2015 […]
By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press NEW YORK — U.S. health officials on Friday again urged people to stop vaping until they figure out why some are coming down with serious breathing illnesses. Officials have identified about 450 possible cases, including as many as five deaths, in 33 states. The […]
By John Wawrow The Associated Press The NHL for the first time selected four female officials to work on the ice at prospect tournaments held this weekend. Katie Guay and Kelly Cooke were selected as referees, while Kirsten Welsh and Kendall Hanley will work as linesmen, the league announced Friday. […]
By Steve Karnowski The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — A divisive fight over the future of a crude-oil pipeline across Minnesota is pinning presidential candidates between environmentalists and trade unions in a 2020 battleground state, testing their campaign promises to ease away from fossil fuels. Progressive candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie […]
As Carol Burnett would say, “The time has come to say goodbye.” I was born Sylvia Ann Green in Emo, Ont., on April 26, 1939 to Harold and Marie Green. I grew up in Fort Frances and graduated from Fort Frances High School. I married Ron Eggett. He and I […]
