The Canadian Press REGINA–A Regina police officer has taken to Twitter, asking what it will take to stop impaired driving. Cst. Curtis Warnar said a driver pulled over Wednesday morning blew four times the limit while driving children to school. Warnar was so frustrated that he tweeted a message saying […]
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Staff Kiss My Pass and No Diggity both garnered the maximum six points last night in Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League action at Fort High. As a result, Kiss My Pass vaulted into top spot with 15 points. Take a Hit wound up with five points on the night while […]
By William J. Kole The Associated Press BOSTON — No. 1 if by land, No. 2 if by sea? Archaeologists are excavating what they believe was the site of an outhouse next door to Paul Revere’s home and the “privy,” as the colonists politely called their potties, could be flush […]
By Mike Householder The Associated Press HICKORY CORNERS, Mich. — A different kind of driving lesson ‚Äî in a vehicle with a top speed of 40 mph (65 kph) that hasn’t been produced in nearly a century is gaining traction in western Michigan. More than 500 people have learned to […]
By Grant Peck The Associated Press BANGKOK — The prejudice and hostility that Rohingya Muslims face in Myanmar stretch beyond the country’s notoriously brutal security forces to a general population receptive to an often-virulent form of Buddhist nationalism that has seen a resurgence since the end of military rule. Many […]
By Scott Smith The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Two days of cracking, thundering falling rock at Yosemite National Park have left one man dead, two people injured, and even experienced climbers stunned by the spectacle. A massive new hunk of granite broke off Thursday at the park’s mountaineering mecca […]
By Elizabeth Karmel The Associated Press When I first moved to Chicago from North Carolina, I was amazed at the variety of sausages. There were polish sausages, bratwurst, bockwurst, Italian; sweet and hot, among others. At that time, the sausage that I knew best was knackwurst which is smoked like […]
By Jamey Keaten And Matt O’Brien The Associated Press ZURICH — Drones will help deliver toothbrushes, deodorant and smartphones to Swiss homes this fall as part of a pilot project, the first of its kind over a densely populated area. The drones will take items from a distribution centre in […]
The Associated Press LONDON — Getting anywhere on the planet in under an hour ‚Äî one of the more intriguing possibilities that Elon Musk, the billionaire innovator, raised as he unveiled plans for a new rocket. Musk said the vessel would both take off and land vertically, like a space […]
The Associated PressDoug Ferguson JERSEY CITY, N.J.–Phil Mickelson is the voice of experience in team competition, and there’s no comparison. He was on the putting green yesterday morning at the Presidents Cup, explaining to some of the six rookies on the U.S. team why the teams might change for the […]
The Associated PressTom Withers CLEVELAND–From worst to wild card, the Minnesota Twins have completed a most remarkable reversal. Their unexpected turnaround season has a new destination: the playoffs. Unable to clinch on their own after losing 4-2 to the Cleveland Indians last night, the Twins earned an AL wild-card berth […]
The Canadian PressJudy Owen WINNIPEG–Paul Maurice is getting a clearer picture of the Winnipeg Jets’ roster after they pumped out a 5-3 come-from-behind victory over the Ottawa Senators last night. Dustin Byfuglien, Bryan Little, and Nic Petan scored on the power play, Marko Dano broke the 3-3 tie, and Little […]
