By Manik Banerjee The Associated Press KOLKATA, India A wild elephant rampaged through an east Indian town on Wednesday, smashing homes and sending panicked residents running. As the frightened elephant ran amok, trampling parked cars and motorbikes, crowds of people gathered to watch from balconies and roof tops. Some followed […]
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By Manik Banerjee The Associated Press KOLKATA, India A wild elephant rampaged through an east Indian town on Wednesday, smashing homes and sending panicked residents running. As the frightened elephant ran amok, trampling parked cars and motorbikes, crowds of people gathered to watch from balconies and roof tops. Some followed […]
By John-Thor Dahlburg And Robert Burns The Associated Press BRUSSELS NATO defence ministers should approve plans Wednesday for increasing NATO’s forward presence in Eastern Europe to deter Russia, and discuss what the alliance might do to stanch the ongoing flow of migrants into Europe, the organization’s secretary-general said. “Today and […]
By Janie Har The Associated Press San Francisco nuns who serve the homeless are in danger of getting kicked out of their home after a rent hike of more than 50 per cent, another example of the struggle to balance soaring living costs in a booming economy. The sisters of […]
By Elizabeth Karmel The Associated Press Recently, I went to France to test drive some porcelain cookware. I wanted to see how it handled my favourite cooking method ……. grilling! For inspiration, I headed to the famed indoor food market, Les Halles de Lyon-Paul Bocuse. The meat was displayed like […]
The Associated Press DETROIT General Motors is recalling more than 473,000 trucks and SUVs in the U.S. and Canada because the brake pedals can come loose and fail to work properly. The recall covers certain 2015 and 2016 Chevrolet Silverado HD, GMC Sierra HD and Chevrolet Tahoe police vehicles. GM […]
The Associated Press NEW DELHI—Scientists are analyzing a small blue object that plummeted from the sky and killed a man in southern India after authorities said it was a meteorite. The object slammed into the ground at an engineering college over the weekend, shattering a water cooler and sending splinters […]
The Canadian PressSteve Lambert WINNIPEG—Indigenous Affairs minister Carolyn Bennett met with the families of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Winnipeg yesterday and said she noticed a different tone from similar meetings in other cities. “Today we heard many things a little bit different than other places,” Bennett said halfway […]
Noah Trister THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AUBURN HILLS, Mich.—When Andre Drummond’s shot from about 80 feet dropped straight through the net to end the third quarter, Toronto’s lead was down to five points and it looked like this game against the Detroit Pistons might come down to the wire. Instead, Kyle […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA—For the first time in a long time, the Ottawa Senators are feeling good about themselves. The Senators beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 last night, with Mark Stone leading the way with two goals and an assist. Stone now has five goals and three assists in […]
Joey Payeur Lead Andrea Schram was on target for the Muskie girls’ curling rink during Fort High’s 13-5 win over the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) yesterday on Day 1 of the NorWOSSA finals at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The quartet, skiped by Erin Tomalty, went 2-1 to sit […]
Staff It took 20 weeks but the best offensive producer in the SIJHL finally got his due. Fort Frances Lakers’ forward Dylan Robertson yesterday was named the Amyotte’s Awards & Promotions performer-of-the-week after helping his team to a pair of weekend wins. The 20-year-old native of Atlanta notched four points […]
