The Canadian Press RIO DE JANEIRO—Canada’s women’s rugby sevens team won a historic medal, while Kylie Masse continued Canada’s rise to relevance in the pool. A pair of bronze performances on Day 3 of the Rio Olympics gave Canada its first multi-medal day of the Games and kept it on […]
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The Associated Press WASHINGTON—Michael Jordan has made another major donation, pledging $5 million to the Smithsonian’s new African-American history museum on the National Mall. Officials at the National Museum of African American History and Culture announced the gift from the basketball great yestserday. The museum is set to open Sept. […]
Staff The search for “Canada’s Greatest Explorer” began with 12 and now there are three—and local resident Joshua Henry is among the three finalists. The latest episode, which can be found online at WoodsExplorer.ca, challenged the four remaining adventurers to complete an orienteering race in the Rocky Mountains. “This race […]
The Associated PressFrank Jordans BERLIN—A British mountaineer who climbed Switzerland’s iconic Matterhorn says he is the first quadruple amputee to do so. The claim couldn’t be verified with certainty, but was backed by the warden of the Hoernli Hut base camp, who said he knew of nobody else who’d achieved […]
The Associated Press SWISSVALE, Pa.—A Pennsylvania woman who was married this weekend had her late father’s spirit with her—and his heart. Jeni Stepien was escorted down the aisle Saturday by the man who received her father’s heart 10 years ago when her father was killed by a mugger. His organs […]
The Canadian PressTamsyn Burgmann VANCOUVER—A mock movie poster for “Suicide Squad” depicting Amanda Todd with celebrities who killed themselves has drawn the British Columbia teenager’s mother into another battle against cyberbullying and trolls. Carol Todd is taking aim at an Internet memes she spotted including one with photographs of her […]
The Associated PressMichael Catalini TRENTON, N.J.—Drivers who drink coffee behind the wheel don’t need to worry about getting a ticket in New Jersey any time soon. The sponsor of a bill targeting distracted driving says his measure doesn’t specifically cite coffee, despite recent news reports focusing on the beverage. Democratic […]
The Canadian PressRob Drinkwater EDMONTON—An official with the Canadian Mental Health Association is hoping strange, human-shaped figures that were placed on an Edmonton bridge’s controversial suicide prevention barriers spark a discussion about mental health. But Ione Challborn said the message the sculptures sent is confusing, and since there’s no word […]
The Canadian Press GRANBY, Que.—A lion at Quebec’s Granby Zoo attacked an employee yesterday, fracturing her backbone, the head of the facility said. The woman, in her early 20s, was in hospital in stable condition but zoo director Paul Gosselin called her injuries “severe.” He said the zoo is still […]
The Canadian Press STEINBACH, Man. — A Manitoba man says a kind stranger helped his pregnant wife make it to hospital to deliver a healthy baby boy. Shane Wall says his wife Darlene was 12 days overdue when they started heading to Winnipeg early Monday morning from a rural area […]
By Allison Jones The Canadian Press TORONTO — Ontario says there are no plans to close residential schools for special needs students, but the Liberal government issued conflicting statements Monday on the schools’ future. Parents and staff protested after the government halted admissions for this fall while it consulted on […]
The Associated Press AP Member SWISSVALE, Pa. — A Pennsylvania woman who was married this weekend had her late father’s spirit with her â€?Äî and his heart. Jeni Stepien was escorted down the aisle Saturday by the man who received her father’s heart 10 years ago when her father was […]
