The Canadian PressBob Weber Federal documents echo earlier concerns that Canada’s largest national park faces long-term threats that have placed it on a list of endangered world heritage sites. An environmental assessment provided to UNESCO says oilsands activity, climate change, and hydro development fundamentally are changing the environment of Wood […]
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The Associated PressBeth Harris SANTA MONICA, Calif.–Third time was the charm for James Harden. The Houston Rockets’ star was voted the NBA’s Most Valuable Player after twice being runner-up, beating out four-time winner LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans at the NBA […]
The Associated PressKristie Rieken HOUSTON–Toronto’s Randal Grichuk put on a show for hundreds of family and friends who made the trek up to Houston to see him play just his third career game at a ballpark only about 35 miles from his hometown of Rosenberg, Tex. Grichuk hit a two-run […]
Sam Odrowski The town has heard residents’ comments about delays due to construction work on the overpass here and has been making adjustments to lessen them. “The contractors have made numerous adjustments to the signal timing and that seems to be improving the flow of the traffic through the job […]
From the MNRF On the hunt for new lightning-caused fires, OMNR detection aircraft had spotted five new blazes in the Northwest Region by late yesterday afternoon. Forest fuels have proven receptive to at least a few of the roughly 44,000 lightning strikes to occur in the region over the past […]
By Lori Hinnant The Associated Press ASSAMAKA, Niger — From this isolated frontier post deep in the sands of the Sahara, the expelled migrants can be seen coming over the horizon by the hundreds. They look like specks in the distance, trudging miserably across some of the world’s most unforgiving […]
The Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — A macaw that flew away from Omaha’s zoo after apparently being spooked by the Goodyear blimp has been found in a nearby neighbourhood. The Omaha World-Herald reports the macaw, named Cayenne, was out during the zoo’s Birds of Flight show Sunday morning when it […]
By Aron Heller The Associated Press JERUSALEM — Prince William began the first-ever official royal visit to Israel on Tuesday with an emotional visit to Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and a meeting with two survivors who escaped Nazi Germany for the safety of Britain. Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev, […]
By Rod McGuirk THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved national security legislation on Tuesday that would ban covert foreign interference in domestic politics and make industrial espionage for a foreign power a crime. The two bills covering foreign interference, espionage and influence transparency have […]
By Sara Moulton The Associated Press Let’s say you wanted to land a luxurious rib-eye steak at the centre of your Canada Day picnic, but worried about being able to afford it. Here’s a simple way to make it happen: Instead of serving every guest a huge slab of steak, […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press Certain foods just need to be made and eaten at least once a summer. Corn chowder (or chowdah, as my in-laws would say) is one. And if you are in a place where the ears of fresh sweet corn are piled high at the […]
By America’S Test Kitchen The Associated Press Barbecue sauce is one of the most versatile sauces out there—it can be served as a dipping sauce or a topping, brushed onto protein and vegetables during cooking, or stirred into beans and shredded meat after cooking. Further contributing to its versatility is […]
