TORONTO — Student protesters were thrown out of Ontario’s legislature Tuesday morning after unfurling a banner to demand free tuition and hurling insults at Premier Doug Ford. “Doug Ford can kiss my a**. You’re a f**king cracker,” one woman yelled from the public gallery at Queen’s Park. Security escorted five people out of the building,…
The US could overtake Russia and Saudi Arabia as the world’s top oil exporter by 2024, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has predicted. In its annual oil outlook, the agency forecast rapid growth of American oil supplies to the global market in the next five years, as output from the country’s shale fields continues to…
Click:bamboo fly rod LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The NFCA is pleased to announce that Southern Illinois University-Carbondale associate head coach Jen Sewell is the 2018 recipient of the Association’s Donna Newberry “Perseverance” Award, which recognizes an NFCA member coach who has demonstrated extraordinary strength of will and character in the fight to overcome a physical, mental,…
Winnipeg’s airport is now the home of North America’s first ever autonomous snowplow. Richardson International Airport collaborated with Manitoba companies Northstar Robotics and Airport Technologies to create the plow, which was unveiled Thursday. Otto clears snow by following GPS routes and moving its blades according to what has been pre-programmed into it via iPad. The…
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a ban on the import of more than 50 Ukrainian goods, worth $510 million. The move comes in response to recently prolonged Kiev’s embargo on Russian products. The list, published by the Russian government on Saturday, includes mainly industrial goods, agricultural products, raw materials, and food. The products…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Oneida’s (N.Y.) Kyra Shlotzhauer, Superior’s (Wisc.) Mady Stariha, White House (Tenn.)-Heritage’s Alyssa Arden, Clyde’s (Texas) Peyton Lee and Tooele’s (Utah) Amber Lujan were selected MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Players of the Week for games played the week of May 14-20. East RegionOver three games, Shlotzhauer was 10-for-11 (.909) with two doubles, three…
Click:凤楼 President Donald Trump has told Apple to make its products in the US instead of China. It comes shortly after the Silicon Valley giant’s lowered revenue forecast crashed the market, but Trump says he’s not concerned about it. “Apple makes its product in China. I told [Apple CEO] Tim Cook, who’s a friend of…
MONTREAL — In what is being described as a major defeat for the tobacco industry, the Quebec Court of Appeal on Friday upheld a landmark judgment ordering three companies to pay billions of dollars in damages to Quebec smokers. Imperial Tobacco, JTI-Macdonald and Rothmans-Benson & Hedges had appealed a ruling that found the companies chose…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Neshoba Central opens the USA TODAY Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 poll in a familiar spot — the same No 1 position it held for the final eight weeks last season. The six-time defending Mississippi 5A state champion, which was a perfect 34-0 a year ago, is already 4-0 and is unbeaten…
Click:Automotive part mold design China’s Ministry of Agriculture has announced plans to create 53.3 million hectares of connected farmland to ensure the country’s food security. More than five million hectares of farmland will be developed this year. The country which has to feed nearly 1.4 billion people has been building drought and flood resistant farmland…