The Canadian PressDonna Spencer Jenn Hanna knows what’s coming. The Ontario skip is prepared for the reminders of Jennifer Jones’s final stone the last time they met at a Canadian women’s curling championship. Up two points coming home without hammer, Hanna’s team from Ottawa was on the verge of a […]
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The Associated Press HILLSDALE, N.J. A postmaster seems dumbfounded in a 911 call he made to get help for a New Jersey letter carrier who was trapped inside his truck by several wild turkeys. The incident played out Tuesday in Hillsdale. The audio was released Wednesday. The postmaster initially tells […]
By Josh Lederman And Kevin Freking The Associated Press WASHINGTON President Barack Obama will pay a historic visit to Cuba in the coming weeks, senior Obama administration officials said, becoming the first president to set foot on the island in nearly seven decades. The brief visit in mid-March will mark […]
By Meera Sodha The Associated Press There’s a real joy in slowing down in the kitchen. Gone is the frantic stress of trying to get dinner on the table in an instant and in its place comes a different type of gentle cooking. It allows beautiful smells to waft through […]
By Brandon Bailey And Michael Liedtke The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO As the maker of trend-setting gadgets like the iPhone and iPad, Apple has changed the way people use technology in their daily lives. Now, after positioning itself as a champion of privacy, the tech giant has sparked a potentially […]
By Andrew Dalton The Associated Press LOS ANGELES A Los Angeles hospital paid a ransom in bitcoins equivalent to about $17,000 to hackers who infiltrated and disabled its computer network, the medical centre’s chief executive said Wednesday. It was in the best interest of Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center to pay […]
By Eric Tucker And Tami Abdollah The Associated Press WASHINGTON A U.S. magistrate’s order for Apple Inc. to help the FBI hack into an iPhone used by the gunman in the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, sets up an extraordinary legal fight with implications for ordinary consumers and digital […]
Joey Payeur Call them the “Four Musketeers.” It was a one-for-all, all-for-one mentality that carried the Muskie boys’ curling rink to its second-straight gold medal at the NorWOSSA finals Feb. 8-9 at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Skip Chris Silver, third Daniel Vandenbrand, second Jason Bazylewski, and lead Davis Jackson […]
Joey Payeur So, Davis Ross, who’s the better shootout artist between you and your twin brother? “Well, Nolan’s 2-for-3 and I’m 1-for-1,” chuckled the Fort Frances Lakers’ defenceman. “But if I took three, I don’t know if I’d score two,” he admitted. Taking a page out of the book of […]
Duane Hicks The late Joyce Cunningham made an impact on the library scene not only locally but provincially. Her legacy was acknowledged last month with the unveiling of a prestigious new library award named after her, as well as her being honoured with the Larry Moore Distinguished Service Award for […]
Duane Hicks The Rainy River Future Development Corp. has been granted $1,185,000 to help boost business development and create regional economic development opportunities in forestry, mining, and tourism. Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Don Rusnak, on behalf of Innovation, Science and Economic Development minister Navdeep Bains, who also is the minister […]
Duane Hicks For a second-straight year, the public voted for who they felt were the most deserving businesses to be honoured at the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s 20th-annual business awards gala. And it was clear last Thursday night that quite a few new businesses have been making their mark […]
