Raymond DeGagne, 76, of Rainycrest Long-Term Care, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018 with family by his side. A complete obituary will follow.
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Jack Hogan, 77, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Funeral services are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
The Canadian Press VANCOUVER — The mining industry has developed a reputation for being slow to change but a new wave of start-ups is helping push it into the digital age. Four of those companies have been declared finalists in Goldcorp Inc.’s mining innovation competition, banking on the potential to […]
By Patrick Whittle The Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine — Beech trees are dominating the woodlands of the northeastern United States as the climate changes, and that could be bad news for the forests and people who work in them, according to a group of scientists. The scientists say the move […]
The Associated Press JERUSALEM — The leaders of the major Christian sects in Jerusalem closed the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built on the traditional site of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection, for several hours on Sunday to protest an Israeli plan to tax their properties. The Christian leaders responsible for […]
By Haruna Umar And Sam Olukoya The Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Nigeria’s government acknowledged Sunday that 110 girls remain missing nearly a week after Boko Haram militants attacked their town. Frustrated family members already had compiled a list of missing girls after saying officials were being slow to respond. […]
By Anick Jesdanun The Associated Press NEW YORK — Samsung unveiled new smartphones with largely unchanged designs and incremental improvements such as a better camera accompanied by a second annual price increase for many customers. The static design of the new Galaxy S9 underscores both the slowing pace of smartphone […]
By Malcolm Ritter The Associated Press NEW YORK — From the murky depths of Spanish caves comes a surprising insight: Neanderthals created art. That’s been proposed before, but experts say two new studies finally give convincing evidence that our evolutionary cousins had the brainpower to make artistic works and use […]
By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Scientists tag sharks to see where they roam in the high seas, but until now they couldn’t track the seas’ biggest eater: Humans. By using ships’ own emergency beacons, researchers got the first comprehensive snapshot of industrial fishing’s impacts around the globe. […]
By Edith M. Lederer The Associated Press Former U.N. secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday the dialogue between the two Koreas that began during the Winter Olympics must be kept alive so it can hopefully lead to reconciliation, peace and the denuclearization of North Korea. Ban, who was South Korea’s foreign […]
By Mosa’Ab Elshamy The Associated Press TIGHANIMINE, Morocco — Bitter cold and exceptionally heavy snowfall have beleaguered parts of Morocco this winter, disrupting schools, closing national highways ‚Äî and delighting residents in cities where it hadn’t snowed for decades. The effects are starkest in the north African nation’s Middle Atlas […]
The Associated Press BERLIN — A European space probe has swung into position around Mars in preparation to analyze its atmosphere for possible signs of life. The European Space Agency said Wednesday its Trace Gas Orbiter successfully performed a delicate manoeuvr known as aerobraking that involved dipping into the red […]
