Staff It was a night for superstars and super rookies alike. Mary Waghorn tallied twice as the Wright Physiotherapy Rockettes edged the Shear Serenity Strykers 4-3 in Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer League action last night at Fort High. Waghorn scored back-to-back in the first half for the first-place Rockettes (6-1) […]
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The Canadian Press TORONTO—Grants that will make tuition free for thousands of students will increase along with tuition fee hikes, Ontario’s colleges and universities minister said Tuesday as opposition parties clamoured for more details on the new program. The Liberal government announced in its budget last week that it is […]
By Carolyn Thompson The Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. Ryan Lysek rose to become vice-president of his fifth-grade class at Lorraine Academy in Buffalo, New York, after the sitting vice-president was ousted for saying things that went against the school’s anti-bullying rules. So the 10-year-old is a little puzzled that candidates […]
The Canadian PressGregory Strong OTTAWA—Winnipeg skip Mike McEwen picked a tough year to make his long-awaited Tim Hortons Brier debut. The field is stacked for the upcoming Canadian men’s curling championship at TD Place in Ottawa. Reigning Olympic champion Brad Jacobs of Northern Ontario, two-time Brier champ Kevin Koe of […]
Press Release Despite being a very cold night, it was great to see 26 members brave the weather to attend the local Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary monthly meeting Feb. 10. The charter was draped in memory of Florence Hill. President Alfreda Easton installed Leslie Bell as the Ways and Means chairperson. […]
The Canadian Press WINNIPEG—A Manitoba Liberal candidate who came under fire for using derogatory terms to refer to women on social media has resigned. Jamie Hall was nominated as a Winnipeg-area candidate Tuesday night but immediately was asked to resign when the NDP unearthed dozens of tweets over the years […]
The Associated PressStephen Whyno WASHINGTON—Another blast from the point by Matt Niskanen on the power play got the Washington Capitals another victory in a season full of them. But pulling one out of the fire against the NHL’s last-place team didn’t make anyone all that thrilled. The Capitals edged the […]
The Canadian Press CALGARY—It’s not clear how many Canadians have applied to the courts for physician-assisted deaths, but some experts say the first case involving a terminally-ill Alberta woman has set an example for others who are bound to follow. The Calgary woman, known only as “Ms. S” in court […]
By Sara Moulton The Associated Press We call it cornmeal mush. The Italians call it polenta. And they’ve been making it since shortly after Columbus introduced corn to the Old World upon his return from America. At its most simple, polenta requires exactly two ingredients: cornmeal and a liquid. Sometimes […]
By John-Thor Dahlburg The Associated Press BRUSSELS Following Donald Trump’s breathtaking string of Super Tuesday victories, politicians, editorial writers and ordinary people worldwide were coming to grips Wednesday with the growing possibility the brash New York billionaire might become America’s next president—a thought that aroused widespread befuddlement and a good […]
By Maria Sudekum The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. Sri Srinivasan, a federal appeals judge who was born in India and grew up in Kansas, would be the first foreign-born justice to serve on the Supreme Court in more than 50 years. The 49-year-old Srinivasan is one of several people […]
By Tom Bowker And Kristen Gelineau The Associated Press MAPUTO, Mozambique An American who discovered an aircraft part in Mozambique that may be from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 said Thursday that he initially thought it was from a much smaller plane. Blaine Gibson, who has been searching the region’s […]
