MONTICELLO, Minn. (AP) – The shutdown of a Minnesota nuclear power plant caused a water temperature change that killed at least 230 fish in the Mississippi River, state officials said. The fish didn’t die because of any tritium leaking into the river and there is no danger to the public, […]
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By Jonathan Mattise, Travis Loller And Holly Meyer
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The former student who shot through the doors of a Christian elementary school in Nashville and killed three children and three adults had drawn a detailed map of the school, including potential entry points, and conducted surveillance of the building before carrying out the massacre. Metropolitan […]
By Jonathan Landrum Jr.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES (AP) – MLB The Show has broken a video game barrier: For the first time, the franchise will insert some of the greatest Negro League players – from Satchel Paige to Jackie Robinson – into the 2023 edition of the game as playable characters. Video gamers are now […]
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BERLIN (AP) – More than 300 fencers, including nine medalists from the last Olympics in Tokyo, signed an open letter published Tuesday urging the sport’s governing body and the International Olympic Committee not to allow Russian fencers to compete while the war in Ukraine continues. The International Fencing Federation, known […]
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A historic first for Jeff Gustafson. Gustafson, of Kenora became the first Canadian to capture the US$1-million Bassmaster Classic on Sunday. Gustafson led wire-to-wire in pro bass fishing’s premier event, weighing 12 fish for 42 pounds, seven ounces to finish ahead of American Bryan Schmitt (40 pounds, 14 ounces). “It […]
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The Fort Frances Lakers are up against it as their first-round matchup with the Dryden GM Ice Dogs comes back home after two losses away. The Lakers lost the first two games of the best of seven series on Thursday and Saturday, 7-4 and 9-3 respectively. The next game in […]
By James McCarten
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
WASHINGTON – The federal Liberals aren’t the only ones declaring U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Ottawa a triumph for Canada-U.S. relations: Washington’s envoy, too, described it Friday as an “overarching success.” Biden got what he wanted on several issues, including a clear timeline on key aspects of upgrading Norad, […]
By Mickey Djuric
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – The federal government’s slow rollout of high-speed internet to rural areas is putting First Nations at an economic disadvantage while billions of dollars earmarked to fix the issue remains untouched, says Canada’s auditor general. The lack of internet access continues to exclude First Nation reserves from accessing education, […]
By Kelly Geraldine Malone
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
YORKTON, Sask. – A Saskatchewan judge is set to deliver his decision on whether to give bail to two sisters who have spent nearly 30 years in prison for what they say are wrongful murder convictions. Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance were convicted of second-degree murder in the 1993 stabbing death […]
By Maan Alhmidi
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Ontario doctors and the organization representing them blasted the provincial government on Saturday for its quietly unveiled plans to end a program that provides health-care services for people without health insurance. The Ontario Medical Association said it first learned of the pending suspension on Friday, issuing a statement […]
By Geranda Notten
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Canada’s inflation rate has started to ease up after peaking at 8.1 per cent last summer, but food and shelter prices are showing little sign of slowing down. Increases in wages and earnings only partially make up for lost purchasing power. Those working in lower paying industries are less likely […]
By Jill Lawless
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LONDON (AP) – Scotland’s governing Scottish National Party elected Humza Yousaf as its new leader on Monday after a bruising five-week contest that exposed deep fractures within the pro-independence movement. The 37-year-old son of South Asian immigrants is set to become the first person of color and the first Muslim […]
