By Gillian Flaccus The Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. An unusual warming in the Pacific Ocean may be having disastrous consequences for the majestic whales that use the waters off California as a migratory super-highway. This year alone, more than 60 whales entangled in fishing gear have been spotted along […]
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By Michelle Rindels And Ken Ritter he Associated Press LAS VEGAS A California company with visions of building a futuristic transportation system to one day zip people and packages at nearly the speed of sound announced Tuesday it is building a test facility in southern Nevada. Hyperloop Technologies Inc. and […]
By Joan Lowy The Associated Press WASHINGTON The government on Tuesday announced plans to update its safety rating system for new cars and trucks to include whether the vehicle has technology to avoid crashes, in addition to how well it protects occupants in accidents. The 5-star rating system now uses […]
Staff It’s already one week into December but it sure doesn’t look like it outside, as can be seen along the riverfront here this morning. Above-average temperatures over the past week have melted the snow that previously had fallen. However, the mild spell is coming to a close, with colder […]
Press Release The Northwest Catholic District School Board held elections for chair and vice-chair at its meeting Saturday. Trustee Cathy Bowen was acclaimed, for a second term, as chair of the Board. She lives in Sioux Lookout and has served as a trustee since 2003. “I am honoured to have […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA—Sen. Mike Duffy finally has begun testifying in his own defence against 31 charges of fraud, breach of trust, and bribery. The controversial senator’s testimony comes some eight months into Duffy’s protracted criminal trial, which has been slowed by adjournments and delays in scheduling witnesses. The Crown […]
Staff If Nick Minerva keeps this up, he’s going to need a bigger trophy case—possibly one large enough to hold a defenceman-of-the-year award and perhaps even a league MVP. The Fort Frances Lakers’ defenceman cemented his spot as one of the SIJHL’s elite performers of late with his selection yesterday […]
The Associated Press LANDOVER, Md.—Dez Bryant’s tantrum on the Dallas Cowboys’ sideline was not a good look. Neither was Darren McFadden’s two-fumble performance. And Matt Cassel’s passes often sailed nowhere near his receivers. All in all, it was an ugly game—devoid of any style points or many scoreboard points until […]
The Canadian PressJoshua Clipperton VANCOUVER—Pulsating post-game music in the home locker-room at Rogers Arena has been far from the norm this season. For at least one night, the Vancouver Canucks could relax. Radim Vrbata recorded the sixth hat trick of his career last night as the Canucks snapped a five-game […]
The Canadian PressAlexander Panetta WASHINGTON—Let the record show that this was the moment in the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign that Donald Trump effectively was yanked from the funny pages. Media that frequently derided him as a buffoonish sideshow in the serious process of picking a president suddenly were comparing […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA—The Liberal government will lift a long-standing cap on First Nations’ funding, Justin Trudeau said today as he promised a fresh fiscal partnership with indigenous communities—even as the economic and political pressure on the federal pocketbook continues to mount. Just one day after Finance minister Bill Morneau […]
The Canadian PressBruce Cheadle OTTAWA—The federal government hasn’t yet delivered a plan for reducing the country’s overall emissions of greenhouse gases, but the Liberals already are supporting a more ambitious climate agenda at the Paris conference. Opposition critics reacted with scorn yesterday to word that Catherine McKenna, the Liberal minister […]
