It is with great sadness that the family of Albert Morrison Jr. announces his passing on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. He was born July 11, 1975 in Fort Frances to Albert and June Morrison. He lived in Lac La Croix First […]
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Marie Snider, 89, passed away at home in North Newton, Kan. on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016. A writer throughout her life, Marie inspired and empowered thousands of readers with her syndicated column, “This Side of 60,” for the past 26 years. She was born to Nicholas and Dorothy (Moser) Gingerich […]
By Mike Householder The Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Some footwear stores videotape a jogger’s gait on a treadmill to help determine the kind of running shoe that would be the best fit. The University of Michigan is taking that practice a few steps beyond. The School of Kinesiology’s […]
The Associated Press MADRID — If space is the final frontier, it will help to have an accurate map, and the European Space Agency said Wednesday its mission to chart more than 1 billion stars in the Milky Way is on track for completion in a year’s time. The agency […]
By Terence Chea The Associated Press MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Did robots help make your pizza? If you ordered it from Silicon Valley’s Zume Pizza, the answer is yes. The startup, which began delivery in April, is using intelligent machines to grab a slice of the multibillion-dollar pizza delivery market. […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press There are certain baked goods that elicit a fierce loyalty among fans. They bring out strong feelings about how they should be prepared (often the same way they were prepared in said fans’ childhoods). And someone else’s failure to appreciate them can be met […]
By Michael Casey The Associated Press Leave it to the great minds at MIT and Georgia Tech to figure out a way to read the pages of a book without actually opening it. A team of researchers from the two institutions pulled it off with a system they developed that […]
The Canadian Press KAMLOOPS, B.C.—A British Columbia family’s difficult summer has been relieved by an unexpected lottery windfall. Sarah Ross of Lumby, B.C. won $1 million in Saturday’s Lotto 6/49 draw—a few months after her family lost their home to a fire in June. The 33-year-old mother of two said […]
Joey Payeur Nick Wepruk proudly held the championship trophy aloft after the Sight & Sound Wolves captured their first Rainy River District Fastball League title since 2011 by edging the defending champion Barwick Blue Knights 4-3 in the third-and-deciding game last night at the Rodrick and Telford Bruyere Ball Field […]
The Canadian Press CHURCHILL, Man.—A study suggests food from the land is not going to save polar bears. The study, published in the journal “Physiological and Biochemical Zoology,” was undertaken by the University of Alberta and the Manitoba and federal governments. Researcher Andrew Derocher, a biological sciences professor at the […]
