Ken Kellar Addison Chown, left, and Marlee Bliss prepped some leather pieces to become medicine bags at J.W. Walker school on Friday. Students in Grades 4-6 made and personalized their own medicine bags as part of National Indigenous Peoples Day.
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Marc Stuempfle As the sound of the drums vibrated through the ground and voices echoed in the air, traditional dancers moved to the beat Saturday evening during Couchiching First Nation’s pow-wow. The pow-wow ran all weekend long at the pow-wow grounds, seeing many local residents and visitors from other First […]
Jamie Mountain Andrew Ernsting of Thunder Bay got some hangtime as he blasted his way around the track during the 65cc PeeWee age 7-11 race Saturday afternoon as part of the Superior Dirt Riders’ doubleheader races held at the Emo Motocross Course. Ernsting finished ninth in Saturday’s race. See this […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA — New statistics suggest almost one-quarter of mothers experience either postpartum depression or an anxiety disorder in the months following birth, and that younger mothers are most at risk. The Statistics Canada survey analysed the experiences of 7,085 respondents who gave birth in 2018 between January […]
By Binaj Gurubacharya The Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal — After every party it’s time to clean up and Mount Everest is no different. The record number of climbers crowding the world’s highest mountain this season has left a government cleanup crew grappling with how to clear away everything from abandoned […]
By Rod McGuirk THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia — Eight Australian offspring of two slain Islamic State group fighters had been removed from Syria in Australia’s first organized repatriation from the conflict zone, Australia’s prime minister said on Monday. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the eight children being repatriated were […]
By Audrey McAvoy The Associated Press HONOLULU — Yesenia D’Alessandro loaded a GPS tracking app on her cellphone and trudged into a remote Hawaii forest, joining more than 100 other volunteers looking for a missing hiker. She climbed through muddy ravines, crossed streams and faced steep drop-offs in the thick […]
By Kevin Freking The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought to demonstrate a united front Thursday in the uphill effort to get a replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement over the finish line. At Trump’s insistence, the U.S., Canada and […]
The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis called Friday for a reform of the way theology is taught in Catholic schools, saying students must learn about dialogue with Judaism and Islam, and that overall there must be greater freedom in theological research and academic pursuits. The Jesuit pope made […]
By Malcolm Ritter The Associated Press NEW YORK — People are more likely to return a lost wallet if it contains money and the more cash, the better. That’s the surprising conclusion from researchers who planted more than 17,000 “lost wallets” across 355 cities in 40 countries, and kept track […]
By Candice Choi THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Inside an Indiana aquafarming complex, thousands of salmon eggs genetically modified to grow faster than normal are hatching into tiny fish. After growing to roughly 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms) in indoor tanks, they could be served in restaurants by late next […]
@Byline 2:The Associated Press @Body copy:WELLS, Nev. � The Latest on a train derailment that closed U.S. Interstate 80 in northeast Nevada for more than an hour (all times local):2:45 p.m. The Union Pacific Railroad says it is investigating the cause of the derailment of a freight train in northeast […]
