The Associated PressTim Reynolds MIAMI–Kyle Lowry was all alone for what seemed like forever. He was in the corner in front of the Miami bench early in the fourth quarter, no Heat defenders within 10 feet of him, and made as open a three-pointer as one can find in an […]
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The Canadian Press FORT MYERS, Fla.–Shortstop Bo Bichette had two home runs and went 3-for-5 as the Toronto Blue Jays routed the Minnesota Twins 10-1 yesterday afternoon in Grapefruit League action. First baseman Rowdy Tellez also had two homers–a three-run shot in the first inning and a two-run blast in […]
The Canadian PressDonna Spencer BRANDON, Man.–For Kevin Koe and Ben Hebert, winning the Canadian men’s curling championship a year after missing the medals at the Winter Olympics felt sweet. Koe scored two points for the win with his final throw last night to edge Brendan Bottcher’s wild-card team 4-3 in […]
Sam Odrowski Local wood carver Ray Coran has had his handiwork featured at the Fort Frances Public Library for the past month. He has been making wooden carvings for 35 years and said he’s put more than a 1,000 hours of work into all of the pieces inside the display […]
Jamie Mountain Anna Peters, left, and Lauren Penney waited for skip Ashley Payne’s sweeping instructions after Daffni Chabot delivered her rock during play Thursday morning at the U18 boys’ and girls’ provincial playdowns hosted by the Fort Frances Curling Club. Payne’s rink ended up finishing in fifth place with a […]
The Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran — A young Iranian couple have been arrested after a marriage proposal in public that was captured on a video clip that went viral on social media. The police say the pair offended Islamic mores on public decency but were later released on bail. The […]
By Yidnek Kirubel And Cara Anna The Associated Press EJERE, Ethiopia — What little was left was heartbreaking: A battered passport. A shredded book. Business cards in many languages. Searchers in white gloves and canvas shoes picked their way through the scattered remains of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 for a […]
By Leanne Italie THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — In 1664, Maryland passed the first British colonial law banning marriage between whites and slaves. An 1883 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that state prohibitions on interracial marriage don’t violate the Fourteenth Amendment held for more than 80 years. While such impediments […]
By Mead Gruver The Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. — If you ever wished to gaze at a stomping, snorting, neighing panorama of Western heritage from your living-room window, now could be your chance. A classic image of the American West wild horses stampeding across the landscape not only has endured […]
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra The Associated Press Baghdad’s main commercial district has seen more bombings than its residents can count. Death visited almost daily during times of war, most horrifically, a 2015 suicide bombing that ripped through two shopping malls, killing over 300 people. But over the past year or so, […]
By David Bauder And David A. Lieb The Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, Mo. — Five minutes late, Darrell Todd Maurina sweeps into a meeting room and plugs in his laptop computer. He places a Wi-Fi hotspot on the table and turns on a digital recorder. The earplug in his left ear […]
By Andy Blatchford THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The labour market generated a second straight month of strong job gains in February with the creation of 55,900 net new positions, all of which were full time, Statistics Canada said Friday. The Canadian increase even outpaced job creation in the United […]
