SMITH-MORRISON-Born to Jennifer Smith and Robert Morrison, of Naicatchewenin, Ontario, a boy, Ethan Joseph Alphonse, weighing 5 lbs 4 oz on February 19, 2018 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
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The Associated Press VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Virginia man wants to parlay his heartbreak into a happy ending for another couple. The Virginian-Pilot reports Steven Crocker is soliciting stories from couples who want to tie the knot, but can’t afford a ring. To the victors go the spoils of […]
The Associated Press MOBILE, Ala. — Five decades after it went missing, a south Alabama woman has found a Tennessee surgeon’s ring while exploring a neighbourhood with her metal detector. Al.com reports that Barbara Burgess found Dr. Stephen R. Sheppard’s University of Tennessee Class of 1970 ring in front of […]
By Josh Boak The Associated Press ERIE, Pa. — With the abandoned smokestacks off the bay and ramshackle factories along 12th Street, it’s easy to pin the blame for this industrial city’s plight on the loss of manufacturing jobs to China and Mexico. Many, including President Donald Trump, hold the […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press Salmon is my No. 1 favourite fish in the ocean, and I am not alone. The rich and sometimes slightly sweet flavour, the velvety texture, the appealing colour, and the fact that it takes so well to all kinds of preparations and seasonings make […]
The Associated Press COLUMBIA, Md. — Please God, give me salvation and a car. That prayer may have been uttered by more than a few people at a Maryland church on Sunday. That’s because Destiny Church in Columbia handed out five used cars to demonstrate God’s goodness and to attract […]
The Associated Press LEWISTON, Idaho — Five types of apples, once thought to be extinct, have been rediscovered in northern Idaho and eastern Washington. The Lewiston Tribune newspaper reported Monday that “apple detective” David Benscoter located the trees growing near a butte in the rolling hills of the vast Palouse […]
By Steve Karnowski The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — General Mills announced a deal Tuesday to create South Dakota’s largest organic crop farm as the food giant works to secure enough organic ingredients to meet growing consumer demand worldwide. Gunsmoke Farms will convert 34,000 acres more than 53 square miles ‚Äî […]
By Grant Peck The Associated Press BANGKOK — A piece of prized World War II U.S. naval history, the wreckage of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington, which was sunk by the Japanese in a crucial sea battle, has been discovered by an expedition funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. The […]
By Foster Klug The Associated Press SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un grins, just on the verge of a belly laugh, as he grasps the hand of a visiting South Korean official. He sits at a wide conference table and beams as the envoys look […]
By Martin BenedykJill Lawless And Danica Kirka The Associated Press SALISBURY, England — Britain will respond “appropriately and robustly” if Russia’s involvement is established in the case of an ex-Russian spy who fell ill after coming into contact with an “unknown substance” in southern England, the U.K. foreign secretary said […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Silvia Gunderson announces her passing on Friday, March 2, 2018 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at 1 p.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church in Fort Frances. A complete […]
