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Ohio man arrested after allegedly walking into Canada from Maine and back
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (313+ words) An Ohio man is facing federal charges after he allegedly used a train trestle to walk from Maine into Canada, and return back again days later. Darrell Murphy, 42, of Carrollton, Ohio, is charged with a misdemeanor of failure to present…...
Canada's last hockey stick factory survives in face of tariff threats and globalization
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (1054+ words) Nearby, stacks of wooden wedges wait to be slotted into those grooves to form the beginnings of a hockey stick. Further down the Roustan Hockey production line, other workers are busy shaping, trimming, sanding, painting and screen printing as they…...
1 killed, 2 seriously hurt in Topsham head-on crash
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (153+ words) One person was killed and two others seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash Saturday night in Topsham. The crash on Route 196 near the Merrymeeting Bridge was reported at 10:38 p.m., according to Topsham police. When officers arrived, they immediately began life-saving efforts…...
Man drowned when he swam to retrieve his boat that drifted away on a Maine pond
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (130+ words) An Oakland man drowned on Wednesday afternoon when he swam after his boat as it drifted away on a Belgrade pond. Robert Gary, 66, launched his 12-foot motorized aluminum boat from the Spaulding Point boat launch on Ellis Pond, also known…...
Maine train engineer sues Canadian Pacific after he was nearly impaled in derailment
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (431+ words) A train engineer is suing Canadian Pacific Railway, saying the company should have known there was a high risk that tracks would be washed out before a train derailment in rural Maine nearly three years ago. Louis Meyers of Dover-Foxcroft…...
Ontario premier backs down on US electricity hikes, prompting Trump to halt doubling tariffs
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (669+ words) Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick have agreed to meet on Thursday to "discuss a renewed" United States-Mexico-Canada-Agreement ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's April 2 reciprocal tariff deadline. "They call you and they hand over an…...