By Jonathan Lemire And Darlene Superville The Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. — Embracing the tough penalties favoured by global strongmen, President Donald Trump on Monday brandished the death penalty as a fitting punishment for drug traffickers fueling the opioid epidemic. The scourge has torn through the rural and working-class communities […]
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The Associated Press LONDON — Lemon, elderflower, fresh flower decorations: The cake for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s May wedding will be appropriately spring-themed. Kensington Palace said Tuesday the royal wedding cake will be a lemon elderflower concoction incorporating “the bright flavours of spring.” It’ll be covered with buttercream, and […]
By Sara Moulton The Associated Press Spaghetti squash is a large round squash that forms spaghettilike strands when it’s cooked. Its texture is crisp, its taste is mild, and it can indeed replace spaghetti in the recipe of your choice. This is especially good news if you’re searching for an […]
By Cassandra Szklarski The Canadian Press TORONTO — A Quebec co-operative is savouring sweet victories at the World Championship Cheese Contest, including a win for best camembert that has left a bitter taste in France. Agropur’s smooth Camembert L’Extra, made in Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., edged out the French dairy group Lactalis, […]
By David Paddon The Canadian Press BlackBerry Ltd. is launching a new way to enhance the security of commonly-used Microsoft Corp. cloud and mobility software in response to increased customer awareness of the need to protect sensitive information. The two companies jointly announced Monday that they’ve collaborated on a software […]
By Joseph Pisani The Associated Press NEW YORK — The company behind the golden arches wants to get greener. McDonald’s on Tuesday announced a number of steps it will take to cut the greenhouse gases it emits into the air, including tweaking the way the beef in its Big Macs […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Eva Mattson announces her passing on Saturday, March 17, 2018 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. A funeral mass will be held on Thursday, March 22, 2018 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Fort Frances. […]
By John Seewer The Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio — Shipwreck hunters say they’ve discovered the remains of a steamer that sank in Lake Erie over a century ago and left eight people dead. The National Museum of the Great Lakes says the wreck is several miles off the Ohio shore […]
By Terence Chea The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — As a teenager working for his dad’s construction business, Noah Ready-Campbell dreamed that robots could take over the dirty, tedious parts of his job, such as digging and levelling soil for building projects. Now the former Google engineer is turning that […]
By Terence Chea The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — As a teenager working for his dad’s construction business, Noah Ready-Campbell dreamed that robots could take over the dirty, tedious parts of his job, such as digging and levelling soil for building projects. Now the former Google engineer is turning that […]
By Calvin Woodward The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has owned up to making things up. For a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Trump was by his own admission unprepared ‚Äî deficient in the fundamentals of the Canada-U.S. trade relationship that he’d been railing about since […]
The Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania — A Romanian court has rejected a man’s claim that he’s alive, after he was officially registered as deceased. A court spokeswoman said Friday that 63-year-old Constantin Reliu lost his case in the northeast city of Vasului because he appealed too late. The ruling is […]
