Heather Latter Bianca Kells of Tbaytel surprised Charlene Gustafson with a gift Sunday afternoon at the Christmas Market here. As part of Tbaytel’s “12 Days of Christmas,” the company handed out $50 gift cards to 50 local shoppers and also paid for Christmas trees for several families. Tbaytel is using […]
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Heather Latter From the Grind Up owner Ben Morelli, left, chatted with local author Frank Maraj after he delivered some of his books there Monday in time for the Christmas season. Limited copies of all three of his novels—“Snapshots, A Life Revisited,” “Snapshots II, Navigating: The University Years,” and “Snapshots […]
Joey Payeur Fort Frances Midget ‘AA’ goalie Jesse Quesnel tried to gain a better sightline with the crease-clearing assistance of teammate Peter Fedoruk on Assiniboine Park Rangers’ forward Riley Beamish during the first period of the Canadians’ 3-1 win in the final of their home tournament Sunday at the Ice […]
By Vitnija Saldava The Associated Press MOSCOW A group of Christian enthusiasts has released a calendar showing an unexpected face of the Russian Orthodox Church: cat-loving priests. The Priest and Cat calendar released earlier this month by photographer Anna Galperina and editor Ksenia Luchenko shows 12 Orthodox priests at their […]
The Associated Press CLEVELAND A man has paid off more than $106,000 in shoppers’ layaways at two Wal-Mart stores in northeast Ohio. WEWS-TV in Cleveland says the man told Wal-Mart employees that he liked to do something special on his birthday every year. They say he insisted on remaining anonymous. […]
By Dee-Ann Durbin The Associated Press DETROIT The thin, lightweight glass on your smartphone could soon be found on your car. Corning Inc.’s Gorilla Glass is used for the screens on billions of mobile phones. Now, car makers are using an automotive version to help shave weight off their vehicles […]
By Ian Bickis THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY Shale gas producers in Western Canada are responding to plunging natural gas prices by slashing their 2016 budgets. NuVista Energy Ltd. has cut its budget in half, while Encana Corp. and Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd. have cut their budgets by 25 per cent […]
The Associated PressLeanne Italie NEW YORK—Merriam-Webster has picked a small but powerful suffix as word of the year: “ism.” But not just any “ism.” The top “isms” to earn high-traffic spikes and big bumps in look-ups on the dictionary company’s website in 2015 over the year before are socialism, fascism, […]
The Associated PressSteven Wine MIAMI—With the score tied in the fourth quarter, Odell Beckham Jr. somehow slipped five yards behind the secondary. That turned out to be the winning margin for the N.Y. Giants. Beckham’s 84-yard touchdown reception put the Giants ahead to stay with 11 minutes to go as […]
The Associated PressJim Johnson INDIANAPOLIS—Jordan Hill and Monta Ellis helped Indiana pull off a big come-from-behind win with hopes of getting the Pacers back to their winning ways. Hill had season highs of 20 points and 13 rebounds, while Ellis added 18 points, as the Pacers beat the Raptors 106-90 […]
The Associated Press BOSTON—The Edmonton Oilers weren’t trying to hide it. They knew they were lucky to get out of town with a victory. Andrej Sekera scored 41 seconds into overtime, and Cam Talbot stopped 47 shots, to lift the Oilers to a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins last […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA—When Justice Murray Sinclair formally ended the six-year Truth and Reconciliation Commission late this morning with the release of its final report, he set a high bar for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Last June, when Sinclair released the damning preliminary report on the legacy of Canada’s residential […]
