By Rod McGuirk THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia The undersea search for the Malaysian airliner that vanished almost two years ago has found a second 19th century shipwreck deep in the Indian Ocean off the west Australian coast, officials said Wednesday. A sonar search for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines […]
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By Jill Lawless The Associated Press LONDON Will England bid goodbye to “God Save the Queen”? British lawmakers agreed Wednesday to consider replacing the royalist song that serves as England’s anthem at sporting events. “God Save the Queen” is the national anthem of the United Kingdom ‚Äî made up of […]
The Canadian Press WINNIPEG A Winnipeg doctor’s study on preventing kidney failure is getting recognition in the medical community. Dr. Navdeep Tangri created a model to predict kidney failure, which was developed at the Seven Oaks Hospital Chronic Disease Innovation Centre. Tangri developed an equation which can be used to […]
By Justin Pritchard The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Google’s futuristic self-driving cars needed some old-fashioned human intervention to avoid 11 crashes during testing on California roads, the company revealed Tuesday, results it says are encouraging but show the technology has yet to reach the goal of not needing someone behind […]
Heather Latter Participants Denise Rybuck, left, Bonnie Shute, and Mary Hickling looked on as Andrea Avis, program director at the Fort Frances Public Library, explained the process of transferring a photo onto a block of wood during a workshop there last night. The workshop, which wraps up next Monday, is […]
The Associated Press A snake thief smuggled a two-foot-long python from a Portland pet store by stuffing it down his pants. Sgt. Greg Stewart said no arrests have been made in Friday’s theft. But Christin Bjugan, an owner of A to Z pet store, said video surveillance has helped viewers […]
The Associated Press LONDON—It’s the dark days of one of the rainiest British winters on record. So some London commuters were surprised to hear their trains had been delayed because of the sun. Rail operator Southeastern tweeted today that “we had severe congestion through Lewisham due to dispatching issues as […]
The Canadian Press A Canadian helicopter pilot who plunged into a crevasse while working on a remote ice shelf in Antarctica died of his injuries today. David Wood was working with the Australian government’s Antarctic program at Davis station—a permanent base in Antarctica. “Mr. Wood was a respected colleague and […]
The Canadian Press SWIFT CURRENT, Sask.—A stretch of highway in southwestern Saskatchewan was cordoned off until this morning after a tractor-trailer carrying 63 drums of uranium concentrate bound for a refinery rolled—spilling a small part of its load. RCMP notified residents within a 1.6-km radius of what happened, but say […]
The Canadian PressJoshua Clipperton VANCOUVER—The Florida Panthers’ franchise-record 12-game winning streak ended with a bang last night—and a few punches. Daniel Sedin ripped his second goal of the night off the crossbar and in past Roberto Luongo on the power play at 2:21 of overtime as Vancouver edged Florida 3-2. […]
undefined GLENDALE, Ariz.—The last step toward making Alabama’s run of championships under Nick Saban the greatest in college football history was the toughest. The Crimson Tide needed all its power and speed. It needed all its talent and steely resolve. And when that alone couldn’t do it, it was up […]
The Canadian PressBob Weber Wildfires scorched a record amount of Canada’s national parks last year—the latest in a number of long, hot summers that almost entirely have depleted Parks Canada’s firefighting reserve. “We had a very busy fire year,” said Jeff Weir, director of fire management. “We had more wildfires […]
