More pasta chefs needed
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is looking for more chefs to participate in “Pasta Palooza,” which is scheduled to take place next Wednesday (Sept. 27) upstairs at the Memorial Sports Centre.
Four teams have been confirmed for the event, with a possible fifth one pending, Chamber executive director Jennifer Soderholm said yesterday.
'Tween Club'
Lynden Peters, left, Izzy Meeks, Olivia Allen, and Cadence Smith showed off the postcard they will be sending to a new penpal during the first meeting of the new school year for the “Tween Club" yesterday afternoon at the Fort Frances Public Library.
Tough penalties for drug-impaired driving
TORONTO—Ontario plans to introduce tough new penalties for drug-impaired drivers ahead of the legalization of recreational marijuana next July.
Premier Kathleen Wynne said yesterday there will be zero tolerance for youths aged 21 and under, novice drivers, and all commercial drivers in Ontario who have a detectable presence of drugs or alcohol in their system.
U.S. cellphone searches worrying to privacy czar
OTTAWA—Canadians should be “very concerned” about their cellphones, computers, and other electronic devices being searched by U.S. border agents, the federal privacy czar says.
Privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien told a House of Commons' committee yesterday that U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers can look at mobile devices and even demand passwords under American law.
Pesticides are killing more than bees
OTTAWA—A group of international scientists meets today to try to convince parliamentarians there no longer is any doubt common agricultural pesticides are toxic chemicals that are killing off honey bees.
PM sticks to tax plans despite better economy
OTTAWA—The Liberal government will go ahead with controversial tax reforms despite clear new evidence the economy is rebounding, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today.
The Finance Department said the federal government ran a smaller deficit than the $23 billion that was forecast in the spring budget, ending the 2016-17 fiscal year with an actual deficit of $17.8 billion.
Liberals set to declare housing a right
OTTAWA—The federal Liberals are signalling they are ready to make a right to housing a tenet of the government's upcoming national housing strategy.
The declaration appears aspirational in nature at this point.
Trudeau: Canada could stop dealing with Boeing over dispute
TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday his government could stop doing business with Boeing if the U.S. company doesn’t drop a trade complaint against Canadian plane maker Bombardier.
Trudeau said Canada “won’t do business with a company that’s busy trying to sue us and put our aerospace workers out of business.”
Lions roll over Giants
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.—So far, so good for Matthew Stafford and the Detroit Lions.
Eli Manning and the N.Y. Giants are heading in the opposite direction.
Stafford threw for two touchdowns, and rookie Jamal Agnew broke the game open with an 88-yard punt return, as the Lions beat the Giants 24-10 last night.
Twins lose ground in playoff chase
NEW YORK—With the Yankees barely clinging to a late lead in a game with October implications, Aroldis Chapman made fast work of Joe Mauer and the Minnesota Twins.
Really fast.
Throwing all four pitches at least 100 m.p.h., Chapman worked out of big trouble in the eighth inning as New York edged Minnesota 2-1 last night to increase its AL wild-card cushion.
Leafs 'slapped' by Sens
OTTAWA—Pre-season game or not, Mike Babcock was less than impressed after the Ottawa Senators beat his Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2 last night.
“Any way you look at it we got slapped,” said the Leafs' head coach.
Mike Hoffman scored twice to lead the Senators while Mark Stone, Tyler Randell, Gabriel Gagne, and Cody Ceci added singles.
Glitzy iPhone X aside, the iPhone 8 is fine for most
WARSAW, Poland — The difference between Apple’s new iPhone models is a bit like flying first class compared with coach. We envy first class, but coach gets us there without breaking the budget.
Great Lakes states renew push for new lock at critical point
MINNEAPOLIS — Officials from Great Lakes states are making a renewed push to win approval of a long stalled proposal for adding a new lock to the Soo Locks complex, a critical chokepoint that connects Lake Superior to the lower Great Lakes.
German WWI U-boat found off Belgium with 23 bodies inside
BRUSSELS — An intact German World War I submarine containing the bodies of 23 people has been found off the coast of Belgium, authorities said Tuesday.
Western Flanders Governor Carl Decaluwe told The Associated Press that the find on the floor of the North Sea “is very unique.”
'Maria' regains strength
ROSEAU, Dominica—Hurricane Maria smashed into Dominica with 160 m.p.h. winds, ripping the roof off even the prime minister's residence and causing what he called “mind-boggling” devastation today as it plunged into a Caribbean region already ravaged by Hurricane Irma.
Skillet Apple Cranberry Pie is delicious
Just because nothing’s more American than apple pie and few desserts more delicious doesn’t mean that making one is easy. On the contrary, the standard recipes can be pretty involved. But this recipe is for a pie with only one crust, not two, and with everything cooked in the same skillet.