By The Culinary Institute Of America The Associated Press Fruit pies, ice cream, and fresh berry salads are summer staples, and you’ll never catch us turning any of those down. But even in the summer, the occasion may arise where you want to crank it up a notch. Whether it’s […]

By Yuri Kageyama And Gillian Wong The Associated Press TOKYO — Global cyber chaos is spreading Monday as companies boot up computers at work following the weekend’s worldwide “ransomware” cyberattack. The extortion scheme has created chaos in 150 countries and could wreak even greater havoc as more malicious variations appear. […]

By Joe McDonald And Matthew Brown The Associated Press BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed ambitious hopes Monday for Asian and European governments to work closely on finance, law enforcement and a broad range of other issues under a Beijing-led trade initiative as leaders of 30 countries ended a […]

The Tuesday and Comegan families announce the sudden passing of Patricia Ann (Patsy) Tuesday on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at Big Grassy First Nation, Ont. Patsy was born on Sept. 7, 1954 to Pierre Tuesday and Hannah Comegan (Morrison) in Rainy River, Ont. Patsy was a certified early childhood educator, […]

It is with saddest of hearts that the family of Cindy Kay Gosselin announces her passing on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 after a short battle with cancer. For all who knew Cindy knew that she was a hospitable, kind-hearted, and a humble person whose greatest joy in life was spending […]

JOHNSON-Born to Kristin Allan and Tyler Johnson, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Courtney Arica, weighing 7 lbs 12 oz on April 27, 2017 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

KINGBIRD-Born to Karleigh Anderson, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Lennyx Janell Kenleigh Rose, weighing 6 lbs 9 oz on April 22, 2017 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

SIVONEN-Born to John and Mandi, nee Ogden, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Olivia Lynn, weighing 4 lbs 1 oz, and a boy, Noah Nicholas, weighing 3 lbs, on March 16, 2017 at Thunder Bay Regional Health Science, Thunder Bay, Ontario.

It is with great sadness that the family of Patsy Buttner announces her passing on Monday, May 1, 2017 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born on Oct. 15, 1937 in St. Boniface, Man. to Joe and Doreen Gray but moved to Ontario with her family […]

TOOKENAY-WAYASH-Born to Ashley Wayash and Ethan Tookenay, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Zahara Grey, weighing 8 lbs 3 oz on April 22, 2017 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A robot zaps and vacuums up venomous lionfish in Bermuda. A helicopter pelts Guam’s trees with poison-baited dead mice to fight the voracious brown tree snake. A special boat with giant winglike nets stuns and catches Asian carp in the U.S. Midwest. […]

By Nicole Winfield The Associated Press CAIRO — Pope Francis landed in Egypt’s capital on Friday for a historic two-day visit aimed at presenting a united Christian-Muslim front to repudiate violence committed in God’s name. Three weeks after Islamic militants staged deadly twin Palm Sunday church attacks in Egypt, Francis […]