The Canadian Press OTTAWA—A Quebec First Nation has filed a lawsuit seeking aboriginal title over much of downtown Ottawa, including Parliament Hill. “The Algonquin Anishinabe Nation has never surrendered its title to the Kichi Sibi lands,” says the band’s statement of claim filed Wednesday in Ontario’s Superior Court. The claim […]
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The Canadian PressJoanna Smith GATINEAU, Que.—It had been some time since Viola Desmond last visited the cinema. The hairdresser and entrepreneur opted to sit close to the front of the theatre as her poor eyesight made it difficult to see from the balcony—the section where black people were expected to […]
The Canadian Press REGINA—Researchers say they’ve found the 99-million-year-old tail of a theropod dinosaur preserved in amber and a Canadian is key to the discovery. The specimen was purchased from a Myanmar amber market in 2015 by Lida Xing, a professor at the China University of Geosciences, who recognized its […]
The Associated Press CASPER, Wyo.—It got so cold in Wyoming, even the Moscow Ballet couldn’t move. The travelling group famous for performing “The Nutcracker” this time of year couldn’t start their buses yesterday morning in Casper. The temperature there plunged to 31 degrees below zero F overnight. The group’s bus […]
Staff Katie Sinclair is getting back to her old scoring ways. The Fort Frances native had a season-high four points to lead the Lakehead Thunderwolves to a 10-3 shellacking of the Wisconsin-Stout Blue Devils on Sunday in ACHA Division 2 women’s action. Sinclair’s second-period goal put the Wolves up 3-1. […]
Staff Kiss My Pass served notice last night to the defending league champs and current leaders they’re not going away anytime soon. How I Set Your Mother and Kiss My Pass both earned the maximum six points to widen their lead on a lighter-than-usual night of action in the Fort […]
The Associated Press VIENNA — For all those who don’t speak German and indeed for those who do here is Austria’s word of the year, adding to the challenges or reading and speaking the language. It’s “Bundespraesidentenstichwahlwiederholungsverschiebung,” or “postponement of the repeat of the runoff of the presidential election.” The […]
By Foster Klug The Associated Press SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — Park Geun-hye could always rely on one unwavering gift throughout a political career that saw a triumphant return as South Korea’s first female president to the palatial Blue House where she’d lived as a girl: She always enjoyed the […]
The Associated Press CASPER, Wyo. — It got so cold in Wyoming, even the Moscow Ballet couldn’t move. The travelling ballet group famous for performing “The Nutcracker” this time of year couldn’t start their buses Thursday morning in Casper. The temperature in the central Wyoming city plunged to 31 degrees […]
By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press NEW YORK — A decades-long trend of rising life expectancy in the U.S. could be ending: It declined last year and it is no better than it was four years ago. In most of the years since World War II, life expectancy in the […]
By Candice Choi THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — What beverage goes best with lobster rolls, a bagel sandwich stuffed with whitefish, or a bowl of ramen? Coke wants you to think of soda. Coca-Cola is trying to sell more of its flagship beverage by suggesting the cola can accompany […]
The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has denied the Vegas Golden Knights’ trademark application a little more than two weeks after the new NHL franchise unveiled its name and logo. The office cites potential confusion with the team name for the College of Saint […]
