By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Spacewalking astronauts gave a hand to the International Space Station’s big robot arm Tuesday. As the federal government geared back up 250 miles below, NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Scott Tingle floated outdoors to install the new mechanical gripper. […]
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By Sara Moulton The Associated Press With Valentine’s Day looming, here’s an elegant entree that any basic cook can execute with ease. I’m talking about duck breasts with a five-ingredient sauce, the making of which requires all of 15 minutes of hands-on time. But first, let’s address a few common […]
By Sally Ho The Associated Press SEATTLE — SPAM, trout, fried chicken, moon pies and anything slathered in mayonnaise those are some of the flavours of South Korea’s home cooking that might seem just a bit familiar to the U.S. athletes and hordes of westerners preparing to descend upon the […]
By Aleksandra Sagan The Canadian Press More Canadians may soon be able to order their groceries online for delivery as the country’s grocery wars heat up following Amazon’s entry to the competitive space. The impetus for grocers to up their e-commerce offerings was likely Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods Market […]
Jamie Mountain Parker Sisco of the Causeway Cougars tried to brave his way through a trio of Rainy Lake Attack players during his team’s 3-1 win in yesterday’s final of the annual Atom ‘A’ tournament held here. The Cougars won all six of their games over the weekend en route […]
Duane Hicks Caren Fagerdahl carefully applied the icing during a cupcake-decorating class with instructor Meghan Spooner on Saturday afternoon at the Fort Frances Museum. The class marked the first in the museum’s winter workshop series. For a list of upcoming workshops, see last week’s Times or visit fortfrances.ca/museum
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Ontario’s premier is double-doubling down on her criticism of Tim Hortons franchisees who cut worker benefits amid the province’s minimum wage hike, saying a couple that own a trio of coffee shops east of Toronto shouldn’t use employees as pawns to push back against her government’s […]
The Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia–Six-time champion Novak Djokovic was stunned in straight sets by Hyeon Chung not long after Tennys Sandgren upset No. 5 Dominic Thiem at the Australian Open. The season-opening major often throws up unexpected results, but the back-to-back upsets earlier today resulted in a longshot of a […]
The Canadian PressGiuseppe ValianteMorgan Lowrie MONTREAL–A Quebec man whose kid sister was one of 47 people killed in the Lac-Megantic tragedy says the three men acquitted Friday never should have been put on trial. “I think, very sincerely, that since the day of the accident, these people have been living […]
The Canadian Press EDMONTON–A minister in Alberta’s NDP government has chastised a tweet by the Opposition’s communications chair that slammed women’s marches held over the weekend. Status of Women minister Stephanie McLean was responding to a Twitter post on Saturday from Sonia Kont of the United Conservative Party, who stated […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–Shortly before the 2015 election, a group of Liberal policy advisers took a long look at how to create dedicated leave for new fathers–but once in office, opted instead for allowing all new parents extra time off without an increase in benefits. Now, after that plan […]
The Canadian PressSteve Lambert PIKANGIKUM, Ont.–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising a remote Northwestern Ontario reserve help with a housing shortage that the chief says is worse than ever. Trudeau said during a visit to Pikangikum First Nation that Ottawa is serious about working with the community to improve its […]
