The Canadian PressPaola LoriggioShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Caroline Mulroney, the Toronto lawyer and daughter of former prime minister Brian Mulroney, is running to become the leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Party. Mulroney confirmed the news, which has been rumoured for more than a week, in a series of interviews yesterday afternoon at […]
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Jamie Mountain If only they could have harnessed the magic from their last triumph down in Thief River Falls. But it was a much different result this time around for the Fort Frances Lakers as the first-place Norskies cruised to a 6-2 victory Friday night at the Ralph Engelstad Arena. […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie boys’ hockey team came oh so close again over the weekend. The squad won its first three games before falling 2-1 to the Sturgeon Heights Huskies on Sunday in the championship game of the annual Piper Classic tournament in Winnipeg. The black-and-gold opened play Friday with […]
Jamie Mountain It was an impressive week overall for all four Muskie court teams. The senior girls’ volleyball team earned gold at the 20-team St. Patrick tournament in Thunder Bay that ran Friday and Saturday. Further details were not confirmed as of press time. The senior boys’ hoopsters, meanwhile, nabbed […]
By Foster Klug The Associated Press YEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of — North Korea’s head of state is coming to archrival South Korea, but it’s the wrong one at least if the goal is peace on the volatile Korean Peninsula. Kim Yong Nam is, technically, the North’s titular leader, and the […]
By Sam Mednick The Associated Press AKOBO, South Sudan — It’s been almost two years since Deng Machar’s three young children were abducted from his home and likely sold for cattle. Sitting in South Sudan’s opposition-held town of Akobo, the 35-year-old pointed to the dirt beneath his feet. “They were […]
By Matthew Barakat The Associated Press MCLEAN, Va. — It’s an annual rite in Fairfax County, which has one of the wealthiest, best-educated populations in America: Hundreds of second-graders troop off to private psychologists for IQ tests to prove they’re worthy of advanced academic programs in the public schools. The […]
By Josh Dubow The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Nick Foles did his best Tom Brady impersonation, leading a late-game comeback to cap a season that began as a backup and ended as Super Bowl MVP. Foles’ journey mirrored Brady’s 16 years ago and ended late Sunday night, with green-and-white confetti […]
By Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press CHICAGO — Far more U.S. teens than previously thought are transgender or identify themselves using other nontraditional gender terms, with many rejecting the idea that girl and boy are the only options, new research suggests. The study looked at students in ninth and 11th […]
By Mae Anderson The Associated Press NEW YORK — During advertising’s biggest showcase, tame humour and messages about social causes ruled the day. Slapstick humour, sexual innuendo and chest thumping patriotic messages were, for the most part, nowhere in sight. After a divisive year, advertisers during the Big Game worked […]
By Mae Anderson The Associated Press NEW YORK — This year’s Super Bowl ads ran the gamut from tame humour to … tame messages about social causes. After a divisive year, advertisers during the Big Game worked overtime to win over audiences with messages that entertained and strove not to […]
The Associated PressMalcolm Ritter NEW YORK–For the first time, researchers have used the cloning technique that produced “Dolly” the sheep to create healthy monkeys, bringing science an important step closer to being able to do the same with humans. Since Dolly’s birth in 1996, scientists have cloned nearly two dozen […]
