By Rod McGuirk THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s prime minister beat other world leaders to an early call with President-elect Donald Trump by getting his cellphone number from Greg Norman, the golfing great said on Thursday. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said last week he had a warm and […]
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By Brendan Farrington The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Boom with an explosion heard several miles away and felt for several city blocks, an Air Force explosives team detonated a World War II-era bomb unearthed at a construction site Wednesday near the Florida State University campus. The blast went off […]
By Jamey Keaten The Associated Press GENEVA — A 17.07-carat pink diamond sold for a hammer price of 18.3 million Swiss francs ($18.3 million) at a Geneva jewelry auction Wednesday, cruising past both its pre-sale estimate and the winning bid for the “Sky Blue” diamond billed as the event’s standout […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press Cheese fondue is the ultimate winter comfort food. Living in France in my early 30s, I fell in love with the classic recipe made with crisp white wine and nutty gruyere cheese. One of my favourite spots in Paris was a restaurant whose named […]
By Bree Fowler THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Twitter has suspended the accounts of several prominent members of the so-called “alt-right” in an apparent crack down on accounts tied to hate speech or threats of violence. Twitter declined comment, but noted that its policies forbid violent threats, hate speech […]
The Associated Press NEW YORK — What’s in a name? For three New York City apartment buildings, it’s no longer “Trump.” Workers pried 3-foot-high gold letters spelling “Trump Place” off the buildings Wednesday. In some places, a shadow of the old name lingered. The workers scraped and power-washed the surface […]
When I sleep, or rather when I try to sleep (“try” being the operative word in that testimony—a word that comes laced with the potential for failure), I tend to think and recall every wrong turn I’ve made. The morning comes with hope, positive thoughts; a sunny disposition. But at […]
Way back in 1904, H.J. Pettypiece, MPP, addressed the Empire Club at a noon luncheon and his topic of conversation was the taxation of railways. He complained then that Canadian railways were not paying their fair share of taxes to villages, towns, and cities in Ontario. Some 112 years later, […]
Here we are the middle of November and still enjoying amazing weather! I realize this will be coming to an end but we certainly have had a good run. For instance, we unrolled bales and baled them into square bales this past weekend and actually were hot. Meanwhile, I’m feeding […]
Life is busy and there isn’t much downtime. I used to think the busiest chunk of my life was when my kids were “littles,” but even then I found time to read a novel while they all played together at the park. Now I can’t remember the last time I […]
While I understand the healthy deer population in our city centres across Northwestern Ontario drives everybody nuts, especially who want to have a garden or grow flowers, it really isn’t an indication of the deer numbers outside of town, where deer took a massive hit following tough winters in 2013 […]
Duane Hicks Residents of all ages, including members of town council, are being urged to fill out the ongoing “Age-Friendly Community” survey before the end of November. The survey is part of the “Age-Friendly Community” project being conducted by a committee consisting of 12 community partners along with co-ordinator Ian […]
