The Canadian Press CALGARY–This year’s midway menu at the Calgary Stampede includes ice pops made from pickle juice, deep-fried chicken skin and octopus deep-fried or in a lollipop. The 10-day festival celebrating the cowboy life tries to outdo itself each year in its culinary offerings. “I keep pushing people’s tastebuds […]
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The Associated Press NAMCHE, Nepal–Nepal’s reluctance to limit the number of permits it issues to scale Mount Everest has contributed to dangerous overcrowding, with inexperienced climbers impeding others and causing deadly delays, seasoned mountaineers said. During the short period this season when the weather was clear enough to attempt the […]
The Associated PressLindsey Tanner Americans are becoming increasingly sedentary, spending almost a third of their waking hours sitting down, and computer use is partly to blame, a new study found. Over almost a decade, average daily sitting time increased by roughly an hour, to about eight hours for U.S. teens […]
The Associated Press PORT KLANG, Malaysia–Malaysia will send back some 3,000 metric tons (3,300 tons) of non-recyclable plastic waste to countries such as the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia in a move to avoid becoming a dumping ground for rich nations, Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin said today. Yeo said […]
The Associated Press BEIJING–A rare all-white giant panda has been photographed for the first time, according to a nature reserve in southwestern China. Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan province released a photo this past weekend showing the panda crossing through a verdant forest in the reserve. The panda has […]
Tonight will be clear to partly cloudy with a low of seven C (45 F). Tomorrow will be sunny and warm. Expect a high of 24 (75) and a low of eight (46). Thursday will be sunny and pleasant with a high of 22 (72) and a low of 10 […]
From the MNRF
There was one new forest fire confirmed in the region by yesterday afternoon. Red Lake fire #8 is being held at 0.5 hectares and is located in Pikangikum First Nation. The forest fire hazard is moderate to high in the far north of Red Lake, Sioux Lookout and Nipigon districts. […]
The Canadian Press Canada has finally made its case that the top of the world flies the Maple Leaf. After years of delay and political debate, Canada has submitted its scientific argument for control of a vast portion of the Arctic seabed, including the North Pole, to the UN body […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario is establishing an agency to oversee mental health and addictions care across the province in a bid to improve access to treatment. The government said yesterday that the new agency–dubbed the Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence–would act as a “central engine” for care oversight, […]
The Canadian Press NIAGARA FALLS, Ont.–An Ontario man who tried to smuggle a bag full of medicinal leeches into Canada has been fined $15,000. The federal government says Ippolit Bodounov, of Niagara Falls, Ont., pleaded guilty last week to violating the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Ontario has eliminated a fund supporting Indigenous culture as the government cuts tens of millions of dollars in arts funding ‚Äî a decision that is being slammed as short-sighted. The Progressive Conservatives are attempting to trim an $11.7-billion deficit and are cutting spending in a number […]
The Associated PressKyle Hightower BOSTON–The Blues spent most of the past week saying how they couldn’t afford to allow the Bruins to pile up power-play opportunities in the Stanley Cup Final. That plan–and St. Louis’ defensive discipline–slowly fell apart in their 4-2 loss in Game 1 last night. With the […]
