Newly obtained documents reveal details of trips the former governor tried to conceal.
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Just a concept 25 years ago, the International Appalachian Trail now crosses continents
What started as an idea by three Mainers to link their state to Canada with a hiking trail became a collaboration among more than a dozen countries in North American and across the Atlantic.
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Local goes on extreme wilderness adventure
Tracyn Thayer of Mason Township was part of an Outdoor Channel Original series last year.
Posted inNation / World
Canadian brothers freed after ‘stupid’ stunt causing chaos at Canada-US border
The blue 1967 Buick Skylark would have been perfect for an all-American road trip. But Damien Roy, 22, and Bailey Roy, 21, never got that far. Before the two brothers could even cross the Canadian border, drones, helicopters, police dogs and a SWAT team surrounded their car. From 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Oct. […]
Posted inBusiness
US, Canada, Mexico sign trade pact to replace NAFTA
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — President Donald Trump teamed up with the leaders of Canada and Mexico on Friday to sign a revised North American trade pact, a deal that fulfills a key political pledge by the American president but faces an uncertain future in the U.S. Congress. The celebratory moment was dimmed by ongoing […]
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L.L. Bean to expand sales in Canada
FREEPORT (AP) — U.S. retailer L.L. Bean is looking to sell more parkas, sweaters, flannel and mittens in Canada as part of its strategy for a return to sales growth. The 106-year-old retailer’s iconic boot and other products will be sold in 24 stores in Canada this holiday season, and in L.L. Bean-branded stores opening […]
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Canada now world's largest legal marijuana marketplace
TORONTO (AP) — Ian Power was among the first to buy legal recreational marijuana in Canada but he has no plans to smoke it. He plans to frame it. Canada became the largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace as sales began early Wednesday in Newfoundland. Power was first in line at a store […]
Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Lucy Nickerson
BANGOR — Lucy Nickerson died at St Joseph’s Hospital in Bangor, Monday, Sept. 17, after a long illness. Lucy was born in Newfoundland, Canada, June 23, 1936. She was the daughter of Richard and Nora Gleeson of Topsail, Newfoundland. Lucy came from a large family with seven brothers and three sisters. All are deceased except for […]
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Real Gallant
AUBURN — Real Gallant, 81, of Lewiston passed away peacefully Friday, Aug. 31, at the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn, following a long struggle to recover from surgery in December 2017. Real was born Sept. 21, 1936, in Saint-Ignace, New Brunswick, Canada, to Urbain and Marguerite (Richard) Gallant. He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1957, […]
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Marie Anna Blondin
LEWISTON — God has taken another soul into his kingdom. May he guide her and love her for all of eternity. Mrs. Marie Anna Blondin, 104, of Lewiston died Wednesday, Aug. 15. Marie was born on May 6, 1914, in Canada. Her parents were Marie Anna Landry and Emile Landry. Marie had 17 siblings, two […]