By Verena Dobnik The Associated Press NEW YORK — They’re homeless, but a group of men and women from Texas has made it to Carnegie Hall. The storied New York City concert hall was the venue Wednesday evening for a performance by the Dallas Street Choir, all singers recruited from […]
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By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press Generations of Americans have grown up heralding meat and potatoes as the classic dinner of choice. Who doesn’t love the taste of that time-honoured combination, filling our bellies with the comfort of a juicy, fatty steak and fluffy, carby spuds? Just thinking about it […]
By Russell Contreras The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Typewriter enthusiasts gather at an Albuquerque restaurant to experiment with vintage Smith Coronas. Fans in Boston kneel in a city square and type stories about their lives during a pro-immigration demonstration. A documentary on typewriters featuring Tom Hanks and musician John […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO — Canadian merchants may soon start charging customers extra to pay with certain credit cards thanks to a settlement agreement in a class action suit. The suit, which was filed in 2011, alleges that Visa and MasterCard rules forced merchants to accept all their credit cards, […]
By Craig Wong The Canadian Press OTTAWA — Homeowners with variable rate mortgages losing sleep over the increased chatter about a potential interest rate hike by the Bank of Canada should consider locking their rates in now, mortgage experts say. James Laird, co-founder of interest rate-comparison website RateHub, says in […]
By Mari Yamaguchi The Associated Press YOKOSUKA, Japan — A Japanese industrial group unveiled Thursday a swimming robot designed for underwater probes of damage from meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Remote controlled robots are key to the decades-long decommissioning process for […]
Duane Hicks Merv Ahrens, left, showed Coun. Wendy Brunetta and Debbie Ballard, chair of the museum advisory committee, samples of images from his forthcoming book on pioneer photographer William Hampden Tener during last Thursday’s reception.
Submitted Martha Gerber was smiling on her last day of work at Safeway here at the end of April because it was the beginning of a new stage in her life. She will wed a Swiss man this summer before heading to live in Switzerland–the country where Gerber was born […]
Duane Hicks The revamped version of fortfrances.com includes exciting new features like a community calendar, to which anyone ca add their upcoming events.
The new interactive programming at the museum–accessible through stations with fixed 18.4-inch tablet computers like this one or through smaller, portable tablets–is both informative and easy-to-use.
Duane Hicks Blake Carlson answered Sarah Mueller’s questions about the digital TV service that will be provided here thanks to Tbaytel “Fibre” during the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s “Business After Hours” event Thursday evening at Sight & Sound. The event showcased the recent renovations done at the Scott Street […]
Ellen Gagne got an early start barbecuing hamburgers Saturday morning in advance of the annual “Walk for Alzheimer’s.” This was the third-straight year she’s volunteered to help feed hungry walkers after the event.
