The Canadian PressDan Ralph TORONTO—Freestyle skiing champ Jean-Luc Brassard, who earlier this year criticized the Canadian Olympic Committee’s handling of alleged sexual harassment by former president Marcel Aubut, has stepped down as Canada’s chef de mission for the Summer Games in Rio. Back in February, Brassard told Radio-Canada he would […]
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The Canadian Press WINNIPEG—The 2015 Canadian UFO Survey says Quebec leads the country when it comes to sightings of unidentified flying objects. The annual survey by Winnipeg-based Ufology Research, released yesterday, says last year had the second-largest number of sightings in the last three decades, with 1,267. The year with […]
The Associated PressJay Cohen CHICAGO—The last title defence for the Chicago Blackhawks also started with the St. Louis Blues—and it nearly ended there, too. Four of the six games went to overtime before the Blackhawks moved on. While most of the finer details from that 2014 playoff series have faded […]
Duane Hicks Erinne Wreggitt, left, and Laurie Nuttall of the Northwest Community Legal Clinic (NCLC) showed off the winning entry in its contest amongst staff to come up a T-shirt design for “International Day of Pink” tomorrow. The design was created by Yvonne Treffers, a community legal worker in the […]
Staff The town is on its next step to hire a new Chief Administrative Officer. The deadline for applications was Friday (April 8) and town council got its first look at the applications received during an in-camera session at last night’s meeting, “We’re moving forward in replacing our CAO, Mr. […]
Joey Payeur It could be a vital first step in providing an economic boost to the district. The Rainy River Future Development Corp. is holding a planning session on sports tourism tomorrow (April 13) from 7-9 p.m. at the Copper River Inn. The meeting will see local sports teams and […]
By Dee-Ann Durbin The Associated Press DETROIT — The 2016 Ford F-150 is the only full-size pickup truck to score the top rating in new front crash tests performed by the insurance industry. Rival pickups from Chevrolet, GMC, Ram and Toyota didn’t fare as well, according to results released Tuesday […]
By Caleb Jones The Associated Press HONOLULU — The U.S. Navy officer in charge of a flight crew that located three castaways on a remote Pacific island said Monday he has never seen or heard of another rescue quite like it. The stranded men, who were reported missing last Tuesday […]
By Lindsay Whitehurst The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — A federal appeals court has upheld Utah’s ban on polygamy, dealing a legal blow to TV’s “Sister Wives” in a ruling that sides with prosecutors who said they need the ban to go after polygamists like imprisoned leader Warren Jeffs. […]
By Daniel Estrin The Associated Press JERUSALEM — Israeli mathematicians and archaeologists say they have found evidence to suggest that key biblical texts may have been composed earlier than what some scholars think. Using handwriting analysis technology similar to that employed by intelligence agencies and banks to analyze signatures, a […]
By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The more researchers learn about the Zika virus, the scarier it appears, federal health officials say, as they urge more money for mosquito control and development of vaccines and treatments. Scientists increasingly believe the Zika virus sweeping through Latin America and the […]
The Canadian Press High-protein, gluten-free canary seed has received approval from Health Canada for human consumption. Here are two recipes that feature canary seed (alternate ingredients have been given since canary seed is not yet widely available). CANARY SEED SNAPS Before beginning the recipe, roast canary seeds for about 12 […]
