By Elizabeth Karmel The Associated Press I hate to throw over-ripe bananas away. It is such a wasted opportunity for fresh fragrant banana bread. But, there is only so much banana bread that one can eat. That is why I asked myself, what else can I make with over-ripe bananas? […]
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By Marley Jay The Associated Press NEW YORK — The Dow Jones industrial average burst through the 25,000 point mark Thursday, just five weeks after its first close above 24,000. The Dow passed five 1,000-point barriers in 2017 on its way to a 25 per cent gain for the year, […]
Metro (Svet) Wowchuk passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018 in Fort Frances, Ont. Funeral services are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
John Koles, 90, of Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017 with his family by his side. A memorial mass will be held Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Fort Frances, with Fr. Alan Albao […]
By Jill Colvin And Jonathan Lemire The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump launched a scathing attack on former top adviser Steve Bannon, responding to a new book that portrays Trump as an undisciplined man-child who didn’t actually want to win the White House and quotes Bannon as calling […]
By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The term bomb cyclone sounds scary, but it’s a real weather term and it fits the storm that sprang up from the U.S. Southeast. Just like the phrase polar vortex four years ago, the weather term bomb is exploding on social media. […]
By Chris Carola The Associated Press SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Before the Army’s 27th Infantry Division was decimated in a bloody World War II battle, Stan Dube sketched portraits of his fellow soldiers. The 17 drawings were forgotten after the war and stashed in an attic for decades before being […]
By Michael Rubinkam The Associated Press Felipe Rodriguez says he thought he was hallucinating when an eagle snatched his sister’s little white dog from her yard, flapped its massive wings and disappeared over the trees. Did he really just see that? He had. Zoey the 8-pound Bichon Frise was gone, […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press Boneless skinless chicken breasts save the day for so many busy folks who want to get a lean, protein-filled, affordable dinner on the table in a hurry. I always have a package or two in my freezer – I buy them when they are […]
By David Paddon The Canadian Press TORONTO — Defined-benefit pension plans in Canada generally ended 2017 in better financial condition than they’ve experienced for most of the past decade, according to figures released Wednesday by Mercer. The international pension consulting firm’s Canadian index of pension health based on a hypothetical, […]
The Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Security researchers at Google say they’ve discovered serious security flaws affecting computer processors built by Intel and other chipmakers. Google’s Project Zero team said Wednesday that the flaw could allow bad actors to gather passwords and other sensitive data from a system’s memory. […]
By Martha Mendoza And Caleb Jones The Associated Press A human trafficking lawsuit just settled between two Indonesian fishermen and an American boat owner will not impact nearly 800 other foreign fishermen in Hawaii’s fleet who are banned from leaving boats when the vessels reach shore, industry officials say. The […]
