The Canadian PressAndy Blatchford OTTAWA–Canada plans to attract more international students by expanding its presence overseas in an effort to advance classroom diversity and boost economic benefits that already amount to billions per year. The economic effects of foreign students nearly doubled between 2010 and 2016, when they reached a […]
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The Associated PressDavid Crary NEW YORK–The percentage of U.S. adults who belong to a church or other religious institution has plunged by 20 percentage points over the past two decades, hitting a low of 50 percent last year, according to a new Gallup poll. Among major demographic groups, the biggest […]
The Associated Press Hockey players are conditioned to think that winning the Stanley Cup means going through the best teams to be the best team. That does not mean they are blind to some of the inequalities of the NHL’s current divisional playoff format. An Associated Press/Canadian Press survey of […]
The Associated Press ANNANDALE, Va.–Police say a central Virginia man made off with a whopper of a haul from Burger King: hundreds of gallons of used cooking grease. But he couldn’t give police the slip and now faces grand larceny charges. News outlets report Alvaro Mendez Flores of Richmond admitted […]
The Canadian PressKristy Kirkup OTTAWA–The chief of a First Nation in northwestern Ontario long-plagued by the debilitating impacts of mercury contamination says he is worried about the fate of a federally promised treatment facility as the calendar speeds towards this fall’s election without any signs of progress. Grassy Narrows First […]
The Associated Press MEDICINE LODGE, Kan.–Authorities say a vulture caused a crash that killed two people as they rode a motorcycle in southern Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol said the bird came out of a ditch Saturday afternoon and struck 42-year-old Brandon Husband, of Fowler, in the head on a […]
The owner of the former Alexander McKenzie School property requesting a partnership with the town to turn the property into residential building lots. At this evening’s regular meeting, council will receive a letter from Steve Both, who indicated that there is potential on this property for 10 new, serviced lots, […]
Tonight will be clear with a low of one C (34 F). Tomorrow will be see some sun and then turn cloudy. Expect a high of 17 (63) and a low of six (43). Wednesday will see a mix of clouds and sun with an afternoon shower possible. Expect a […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL–More than 600 Canadian soldiers have fanned out across Quebec, filling and stacking sandbags as officials warn that flood waters are likely to keep rising this week due to warming temperatures that contribute to snowmelt and ice movement. Urgence Quebec said yesterday that five major floods were […]
The Associated PressGemunu AmarasingheEmily Schmall NEGOMBO, Sri Lanka–St. Sebastian’s Church in Sri Lanka’s Negombo city was packed when Nilantha Lakmal arrived with his wife and three daughters for Easter Mass. The pews already full, the family joined dozens of others in the front garden, listening to the priest through the […]
The Associated PressGemunu Amarasinghe NEGOMBO, Sri Lanka–The seaside Sri Lankan fishing town of Negombo has long been called “Little Rome,” a reference to its abundance of churches and its place at the centre of the country’s small Catholic community. Today, it was a town in mourning. Small white flags flew […]
Ken Kellar Brittany Gibson sat patiently as Cadence McCulley worked on the finer details of her bunny face-painting during the local Kiwanis’ “Egg-stravaganza” held in downtown Fort Frances on Saturday. Though some rain initially made the event a little soggy, it soon cleared up enough to allow for families to […]
