Riverside Health Care in conjunction with the Northwestern Health Unit has declared a gastroenteritis outbreak in the Special Care Unit (SCU) at Rainycrest Long Term Care. This outbreak does not affect activities or visitors in the East or West Units of the home. At this time, only activities in the […]
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It is with heavy hearts, we announce the peaceful passing of our dearly loved mom and grandmother on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at La Verendrye Hospital, with her family by her side, after a courageous battle with cancer at the age of 81. Eva was born on Aug. 2, 1937 […]
By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Winter hit U.S. honeybees hard with the highest loss rate yet, an annual survey of beekeepers showed. The annual nationwide survey by the Bee Informed Partnership found 37.7% of honeybee colonies died this past winter, nearly 9 percentage points higher than the […]
By Dan Joling The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — It’s not America’s Top 40, but it’s a cutting edge song. Federal marine biologists for the first time have recorded singing by one of the rarest whales on the planet, the North Pacific right whale. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researchers […]
By Stephen Wade The Associated Press TOKYO — Want tickets for next year’s Tokyo Olympics? Prepare to be let down. Millions were disappointed starting Thursday when applicants in a ticket lottery for Japan residents, only began learning if they landed tickets. The answer is going to be overwhelmingly ‚Äî no. […]
By Tom James The Associated Press SEATTLE — Ahead of a Western wildfire season expected to be again worse than average, officials in Seattle announced Wednesday that five city buildings would be outfitted to serve as havens where residents can go to breathe clean air. The move is in response […]
By Marcia Dunn And Emily Swanson The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Americans prefer a space program that focuses on potential asteroid impacts, scientific research and using robots to explore the cosmos over sending humans back to the moon or on to Mars, a poll shows. The poll by […]
By Mark Pratt The Associated Press BOSTON — A Boston-based genealogical organization and a Georgetown University graduate who launched a project to trace the family histories of hundreds of black slaves sold by the Jesuits who ran the college in 1838 have teamed up to digitize the information and make […]
Whenever I make meatballs or burger patties from scratch, an ingredient that I always use is ground chuck. Ground chuck is not the typical ground beef you can easily find at any major grocery store–it can only be found at butcher shops. It has a higher fat content and a […]
