The Canadian PressJohn Chidley-Hill BUFFALO, N.Y.–Underselling your team’s chances against Canada is becoming a popular tactic among coaches at the world junior hockey championship. First, Swiss coach Christian Wohlwend predicted Canada would crush his team two days before the Canadians routed Switzerland 8-2 in the quarter-finals. Now Czech coach Filip […]
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The Canadian Press SPRUCE GROVE, Alta.–A gas station operator near Edmonton has used some unparliamentary language to publicly protest an increase in Alberta’s carbon tax. The illuminated sign at the Tempo Gas Station in Spruce Grove on Tuesday night used the f-bomb in front of the words “NDP” and “Trudeau.” […]
The Associated Press ST. LOUIS–A cheetah named “Bingwa” at the St. Louis Zoo is a proud mother–eight times over. The zoo announced yesterday that the four-year-old cheetah gave birth Nov. 26 to eight cubs (three male and five female). It’s the largest litter of cheetah cubs ever delivered at the […]
By Jill Colvin And Jonathan Lemire The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump launched a scathing attack on former top adviser Steve Bannon, responding to a new book that portrays Trump as an undisciplined man-child who didn’t actually want to win the White House and quotes Bannon as calling […]
By Michael Rubinkam The Associated Press Felipe Rodriguez says he thought he was hallucinating when an eagle snatched his sister’s little white dog from her yard, flapped its massive wings and disappeared over the trees. Did he really just see that? He had. Zoey the 8-pound Bichon Frise was gone, […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press Boneless skinless chicken breasts save the day for so many busy folks who want to get a lean, protein-filled, affordable dinner on the table in a hurry. I always have a package or two in my freezer – I buy them when they are […]
By David Paddon The Canadian Press TORONTO — Defined-benefit pension plans in Canada generally ended 2017 in better financial condition than they’ve experienced for most of the past decade, according to figures released Wednesday by Mercer. The international pension consulting firm’s Canadian index of pension health based on a hypothetical, […]
The Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Security researchers at Google say they’ve discovered serious security flaws affecting computer processors built by Intel and other chipmakers. Google’s Project Zero team said Wednesday that the flaw could allow bad actors to gather passwords and other sensitive data from a system’s memory. […]
By Martha Mendoza And Caleb Jones The Associated Press A human trafficking lawsuit just settled between two Indonesian fishermen and an American boat owner will not impact nearly 800 other foreign fishermen in Hawaii’s fleet who are banned from leaving boats when the vessels reach shore, industry officials say. The […]
Forrest Mann (Eagle River), Elizabeth Carter (Dryden), and Carolyn Voort and Colleen Doerkson (Kenora) were the $75 winners in the Alzheimer Society of Kenora/Rainy River Districts’ cash calendar draw for January. Winning $50 were Kim Tarrant (Fort Frances), Teddianne Kinnear (Emo), and Amanda Brennan, Dela Johnson, L. Williams, John McGurran, […]
Duane Hicks After facing one of the toughest budget years ever in 2017, Mayor Roy Avis said the outlook for the Town of Fort Frances in 2018 is much rosier. “In 2018, we are poised in Fort Frances to have a very, very good year,” he told the Times in […]
Duane Hicks While talking about the weather is common pastime amongst Canadians, Fort Frances’ newest family isn’t complaining about the recent cold snap–it means they’re now living in a peaceful country. A second Iraqi refugee family, consisting of Rami Canoon, his wife, Fivyan, and their two daughters, Fbaana, six, and […]
