Staff Defenceman Ryan Brandt had a season-high four assists, while forward Cameron Coutre tallied twice and set up two others, to pace the host Dryden GM Ice Dogs to an 8-2 romp over the Fort Frances Lakers last night. The fourth-place Ice Dogs (24-17-4-2) stormed out to a 4-0 lead […]
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By Victoria Ahearn The Canadian Press Toronto-raised director Domee Shi pumped up her fellow “nerdy” artists on Sunday as she won her first-ever Oscar for the animated dumpling tale “Bao,” which marks Pixar’s first short film directed by a woman. “To all of the nerdy girls out there who hide […]
By Jake Coyle The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The segregation-era road-trip drama “Green Book” was crowned best picture at the 91st Academy Awards, delighting those who see the film as a feel-good throwback but disappointing others who ridicule it as an outdated inversion of “Driving Miss Daisy.” In a […]
By Nicole Winfield The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ summit on preventing sexual abuse was never going to meet the expectations placed on it by victims groups, the media and ordinary Catholics outraged over a scandal that has harmed so many and compromised the church’s moral authority so […]
By Jonathan Lemire The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will head into his second meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un having reframed what would make a successful summit, lowering expectations for Pyongyang’s denuclearization while eager to declare a flashy victory to offset the political turmoil he faces […]
By Mike Cidoni Lennox The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Members of the team behind “Green Book” were amazed and thrilled it was crowned best picture at the Academy Awards despite the controversy that has dogged the segregation-era road-trip drama. Co-writers and producers Nick Vallelonga and Brian Currie told The […]
By Jessica Gresko The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Steven C. Lowe says he has always thought that a 40-foot-tall (12-meter-tall) concrete cross that stands on a large, grassy highway median near his Maryland home was odd. For years, he says, he didn’t know that the cross is a war memorial. […]
The Associated Press NEW YORK — Barrick Gold will try to acquire Newmont Mining Corp. in an approximately $18 billion all-stock deal that would create a mining behemoth worth about $42 billion. Newmont, based in Colorado, has shunned the Canadian miner so far, and the latest brush between the fierce […]
By Christopher Weber The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California ruled Thursday that a twin son of a gay married couple has been an American citizen since birth, handing a defeat to the U.S. government, which had only granted the status to his brother. The State […]
The Associated Press TOKYO — A Japanese spacecraft touched down on a distant asteroid Friday on a mission to collect material that could provide clues to the origin of the solar system and life on Earth. Workers at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency control centre applauded Friday as a signal […]
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An Israeli spacecraft rocketed toward the moon for the country’s first attempted lunar landing, following a launch Thursday night by SpaceX. A communications satellite for Indonesia was the main cargo aboard the Falcon 9 rocket, which illuminated the sky as […]
By Danica Kirka And Jo Kearney The Associated Press SHEFFIELD, England — U.S. and Royal Air Force planes roared over the English city of Sheffield on Friday to honour 10 American airmen who sacrificed their lives to save British children playing in a park beneath their crippled bomber during World […]
