Staff Mine Centre School will receive the Rainy River District School Board’s “Recognition of Excellence” for its Early Years camp at tonight’s regular monthly meeting. “This year, the Early Years team has taken outdoor learning to a new level by developing an outdoor classroom, as part of the Early Years […]
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By Erik Schelzig The Associated Press NASHVILLE — Having already made a .50-calibre sniper gun the official state rifle, Tennessee lawmakers on Monday gave final approval to making the Holy Bible the state’s official book. The state Senate voted 19-8 in favour of the bill despite arguments by the state […]
By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Man-made global warming is making America sicker, and it’s only going to get worse, according to a new federal government report. The 332-page report issued Monday by the Obama administration said global warming will make the air dirtier, water more contaminated and […]
By Errin Haines Whack The Associated Press PRINCETON, N.J. — Woodrow Wilson’s name will remain on Princeton University’s public policy school, despite calls to remove it because the former U.S. president was a segregationist, the Ivy League university announced Monday. Princeton was challenged to take a deeper look into Wilson’s […]
By Nick Perry The Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Helen Clark, a former New Zealand prime minister who is now a senior U.N. official, announced Tuesday she is running for the top position at the United Nations, saying she would bring nearly 30 years of leadership skills to the […]
By Eddie Pells The Associated Press HOUSTON — One good shot deserved another. Kris Jenkins of Villanova wasn’t about to be outdone. Jenkins overcame the shock of watching North Carolina’s Marcus Paige hit a double-clutch 3 to tie it by spotting up behind the right side of the arc and […]
By Juan Zamorano And Joshua Goodman The Associated Press PANAMA CITY — Panamanians have long shrugged off their country’s checkered reputation as a financial haven for drug lords, tax dodgers and corrupt oligarchs. If they’re crooks, they’ve learned from the world’s wealthy nations, they like to joke. That same defensiveness […]
By Joe McDonald THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING — China on Tuesday banned most imports of North Korean coal and iron ore, the country’s main exports, in a significant increase in pressure on the North under U.N. sanctions against its nuclear and missile tests. China buys an estimated two-thirds of impoverished […]
The Canadian Press CALGARY—International superstar the Weeknd is going to need a bigger trophy shelf. The Toronto-born hit-maker won five Juno awards this weekend—three at a gala event held in Calgary on Saturday night and another two handed out during last night’s televised show. The album of the year trophy […]
The Canadian Press SWIFT CURRENT, Sask.—Saskatchewan voters head to the polls today after a 27-day campaign that featured few spending promises and lean party platforms. It’s widely considered to be a two-way race between the incumbent Saskatchewan Party, led by Brad Wall, and the Opposition NDP, under Cam Broten. Wall, […]
The Canadian PressBob Weber The world’s southernmost population of polar bears already has lost significant amounts of body weight after decades of shrinking sea ice with breeding females suffering the most, says new research from the Ontario government. “They’re in poorer condition now than they were in the 1980s,” said […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA—Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz is appointing a seven-member advisory council to develop a short list of Canadian women who could appear on the next series of bank notes. The bank already has issued an open call for nominations, which runs to April 15 and has […]
