Albert Wagner 
For more than a century, many people of Irish descent have faced a daunting predicament when searching for details about their families’ pasts. A 1922 fire at the Public Records Office in Dublin at the outset of Ireland’s Civil War destroyed census, vital and probate records. While some records have been recovered … Read more
LONDON – Now that he’s been doing it for well over half a century, Anthony Hopkins believes acting is much “easier” now. “As you get older, you have a little more knowledge of life. When you’re young, you think you know a thing or two, but you don’t. When you get to my … Read more
As young female hockey players hit the ice this International Women’s Day, they’re not just inspired by the play of the Professional Women’s Hockey League, they also have something to shoot for. “You’ve got a professional league where females are now able to make money, they’re able to play the sport they love … Read more
OTTAWA – The Canadian government is imposing new sanctions on two Iranians it accuses of participating in the violent repression of women and girls in Iran. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is making the announcement on International Women’s Day. Joly says Iranian women and girls face an increasingly repressive environment where they … Read more
It’s been eight years since Po, the accident-prone panda voiced by Jack Black, last brought one of his “legendary adventures of awesomeness” to the big screen. He returns in “Kung Fu Panda 4,” alongside some high-profile help in the form of Awkwafina, Viola Davis, Dustin Hoffman and Ke Huy Quan, to battle all the master … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO – A United Airlines jetliner bound for Japan made a safe landing in Los Angeles on Thursday after losing a tire while taking off from San Francisco. Video shows the plane losing one of the six tires on its left-side main landing gear assembly seconds after takeoff. The tire landed in an employee … Read more
LOWELL, Mass. – With an early-season PWHL game between Montreal and Boston winding down, the speakers blared the Olivia Newton-John classic, “Let’s Get Physical.” And that’s just what the players did. In a break from previous top professional women’s hockey leagues, the PWHL has written into its rules more body checking than most might be … Read more
NEW YORK – Steve Lawrence, a singer and top stage act who as a solo performer and in tandem with his wife Eydie Gorme kept Tin Pan Alley alive during the rock era, died Thursday. He was 88. Lawrence, whose hits included “Go Away Little Girl,” died from complications due to Alzheimer’s disease, said Susan … Read more
A shelter-in-place order affecting residents in Latchford Township, approximately 130 kilometers north of North Bay, Ont., along Highway 11, was lifted early Friday morning. “Shelter-in-place has been lifted in the Latchford and the surrounding area,” said Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in an updated news release just before 1 a.m. Road closure The OPP have closed … Read more
It was one of Canada’s worst train accidents in history. Now 81 years on, a Pembroke author is re-telling the events of the tragic night in the Ottawa Valley. “Most of the victims of the crash were from the small Ottawa Valley towns stretching from Chalk River to Arnprior,” says Jamie Bramburger, author … Read more
