Duane Hicks With the Rainy Lake Market Square on track to be built starting in the spring, the Rainy River Future Development Corp. is focusing on ways to make it a vibrant community hub right from the get-go. “We’ve been spending a bit of time and attention on grant writing […]
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Staff There will be half the hockey to watch than originally was planned for tonight at the Memorial Sports Centre. The NorWOSSA game between the Muskie boys’ hockey team and the Dryden Eagles—set for the ’52 Canadians Arena—was postponed due to poor weather conditions in the Dryden area. A make-up […]
Snowshowers are likely tonight, with a possible accumulation of less than 2.5 cm (one inch). Look for an overnight low of zero (32) and northeast winds at five-10 m.p.h., gusting up to 15 m.p.h. Tomorrow will see a chance of snow and rain, with a high of two (36) and […]
By Andrea Rodriguez And Michael Weissenstein The Associated Press HAVANA — Fidel Castro changed the flavour of the milk Cuban children drink at breakfast. He filled Cuban kitchens with energy-saving rice cookers, and he gave a two-hour lesson in their use live on national television. He even changed the nation’s […]
By Rod McGuirk THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia — Warming oceans this year have caused the largest die-off of corals ever recorded on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, scientists said Tuesday. The worst-affected area is a 700-kilometre (400-mile) swath in the north of the World Heritage-listed 2,300-kilometre (1,400-mile) chain of reefs […]
By Jennifer C. Kerr The Associated Press WASHINGTON — In a globally competitive world, American students have strides to make when it comes to math and science, where they lag behind a solid block of East Asian countries as well as Russia and Kazakhstan. Eighth graders in the United States […]
By Alicia A. Caldwell The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of young immigrants living in the country illegally willingly came out of the shadows and identified themselves to the Obama administration on the promise that they’d be safe from deportation and allowed to work. Some may now regret […]
By Luis Benavides And Joshua Goodman The Associated Press MEDELLIN, Colombia — A chartered plane with a Brazilian first division soccer team crashed near Medellin while on its way to the finals of a regional tournament, killing 75 people, Colombian officials said. Six people survived. The British Aerospace 146 short-haul […]
The Associated Press VERBANIA, Italy — The Italian woman who is the world’s oldest living person has marked her 117th birthday by blowing out all the candles on her cake. Emma Morano received a greeting from Italy’s president, read by an official, and a visit from two elderly nieces and […]
By Leanne Italie THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — You might have thought about it, heard it. A lot. You might have even felt it: Dictionary.com’s word of the year is “xenophobia.” While it’s difficult to get at exactly why people look up words in dictionaries, online or on paper, […]
By Sara Moulton The Associated Press How do you transform a tough, less expensive cut of meat into something tender and delicious? You braise it! Braising is a wonderful and basic cooking technique that uses a slow, wet heat in a covered pot. It’s great for cuts such as chuck, […]
The Canadian Press There’s a huge variety of slow cookers on the market, so it’s important to research features before buying one. Many of the new models allow the user to set the length of cooking time required for the recipe, then the appliance goes to a warm setting. Older […]
