The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–Canada and the United Kingdom are aligning to help wean the world off coal at the same time as the United States is proposing to subsidize it. Environment minister Catherine McKenna announced the partnership with Claire Perry, British minister of state for climate change, during a […]
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The Canadian Press MEXICO CITY–Progressive labour standards and greater action to advance women’s rights are key to ensuring society’s support for a modernized NAFTA deal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today. In a speech to Mexico’s Senate, he urged lawmakers to get behind both as a way to fight current […]
Staff If you’ve got late dues at the Fort Frances Public Library, next week will be the time to pay them–and support a good cause at the same time. In celebration of Ontario Public Library Week (Oct. 15-21), the local library is holding a “Food for Fines” campaign where patrons […]
By Lynn Elber The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The goofy and entertaining reign of “Jeopardy!” champ Austin Rogers is over. The New York City bartender narrowly lost on Thursday’s show after a 12-game winning streak that netted him a total $411,000, putting him in fifth place for all-time regular […]
By Collin Binkley The Associated Press BOSTON — Not everyone is celebrating the return of the wild turkeys. After being wiped out from New England in the 1800s, the birds have stormed back in what’s considered a major success story for wildlife restoration. But as they spread farther into urban […]
By Howard Fendrich The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Chicago Cubs win whenever they need to, with whatever it takes, even a seven-out save by Wade Davis to preserve a shrinking lead and a “Did that really happen?” four-run inning against Washington’s Max Scherzer in a thriller of a Game […]
By Josh Lederman And Michael Weissenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON — It sounds sort of like a mass of crickets. A high-pitched whine, but from what? It seems to undulate, even writhe. Listen closely: There are multiple, distinct tones that sound to some like they’re colliding in a nails-on-the-chalkboard effect. […]
By Andrew Dalton And John L. Mone The Associated Press SONOMA, Calif. — They are trying to find lost loved ones, to sift through the remains of lost homes, to count, identify and mourn the dozens of dead ‚Äî all while the fires rage on. The communities of Northern California […]
By Jill ColvinRob Gillies And Munir Ahmed The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Five years after they were seized by an extremist network in the mountains of Afghanistan, an American woman, her Canadian husband and their children ‚Äî all three born in captivity are free after a dramatic rescue orchestrated by […]
The Associated Press BERLIN — A man in the northern German city of Salzgitter is in hot water after police allege that he left his bath and sink faucets running for at least a year, causing “massive damage” to his apartment building. Salzgitter police said the 31-year-old, who also had […]
The Associated Press JOHANNESBURG — With dozens dead from a plague outbreak in Madagascar, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said Friday it is deploying its first-ever plague treatment centre to the island nation. The World Health Organization said 561 cases have been reported so far, […]
By Jeff Martin The Associated Press KENNESAW, Ga. — A new battle line has formed in the national debate over Civil War flags and symbols this time at a Georgia school not far from a mountaintop where Confederate soldiers fired their cannons at Union troops more than a century ago. […]
