By Danica Kirka The Associated Press LONDON — Parliament was reconvening Tuesday for a pivotal day in British politics as lawmakers challenged Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s insistence that the U.K. will leave the European Union on Oct. 31 even without a deal. Amid loud cries from protesters on the streets […]
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From the OPP Members of the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) on Aug. 24 were called to investigate an accusation of threats involving the use of a firearm. The Rainy River District Crime unit as well as the Northwest Region (NWR) Emergency Response Team (ERT) […]
The Associated Press CHICAGO — Jake Cave homered twice, C.J. Cron went deep and the surging Minnesota Twins set a major league record for home runs on the road in a 10-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday. Cave led off the third with drive off Dylan Cease […]
By Rod McGuirk THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia — The government agency that manages Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has downgraded its outlook for the corals’ condition from “poor” to “very poor” due to warming oceans. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s condition report, which is updated every five years, […]
By Nicole Thompson The Canadian Press For Jenna Kaplan, the thought of taking a day off from university to manage her anxiety disorder only made her feel worse. The now-23-year-old graduate student remembers grappling with panic attacks and sky-high stress levels during her undergraduate degree at Concordia University while trying […]
By Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press CHICAGO — The largest study of its kind found new evidence that genes contribute to same-sex sexual behaviour, but it echoes research that says there are no specific genes that make people gay. The genome-wide research on DNA from nearly half a million U.S. […]
By Russell Contreras The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In middle school, Dan Scoglietti rode his bike through Chicago, picking up old beer cans with his twin brother, Ed. It was an odd hobby for a pre-teen in the 1970s that turned into a lifetime pursuit. “We’d go to junior […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA — The economy blew past projections by expanding at an annualized pace of 3.7 per cent in the second quarter, giving Canada its strongest three-month stretch of growth in two years. Statistics Canada’s latest reading for real gross domestic product shows an unexpectedly solid turnaround for […]
By Verena Dobnik The Associated Press NEW YORK — Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in New York City to chants and cheers Wednesday after a trans-Atlantic trip on a sailboat to attend a global warming conference. Thunberg, 16, and her crew were escorted into a lower Manhattan marina […]
The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — A Georgia kayaker says he could only think of paddling faster after realizing he wasn’t alone in a pond. Bo Storey told WRDW-TV , “I just paddled and paddled. …” on Monday to get away from a 10-foot, 360 pound (163.29 kilogram) alligator that […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO — Norbord Inc. says it is reducing production at an oriented strand board mill in Cordele, Ga., due to poor market conditions. One line at the two-line mill will operate on a reduced schedule starting on Sept. 5. The Toronto-based company says U.S. homebuilding has been […]
