It's time for our annual Pioneer Press roll call of lives that came to an end in the past year who weren't exactly household names but who still made an impact, who fired our imaginations or who simply made the world a more interesting place. And our …

We both had fair experience in the woods and high hopes for a good catch of fur. We were looking for marten north of the … Our only contact with the outside world was an AM radio and the knowledge that Frank Warren was to pick us up sometime toward …

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A gold analyst says the lower Australian dollar protected local miners against the drop in the price of gold in 2013. It's been widely reported that the spot price for the precious metal fell almost 30 per cent, the single largest annual reduction in …

Gold held steady in thin year-end trade on Tuesday, inevitably heading for its first annual price decline since 2000 and the biggest in 32 years, signalling what some say is the end of the gold rush that saw the price surge six-fold and an …

"The safe was emptied of its contents – gold and silver bullion and coins worth approximately $200,000 – with thieves using the household wheelie bin to transport the cargo to the end of Ellie Court, where the wheelie bin was found abandoned," a police …

L-R: Brittany Bowe (second), Heather Richardson (first) and Jilleanne Rookard (third) celebrate on the podium after the women's 1,500-meter during the 2014 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Long Track Speedskating at the Utah Olympic Oval on Dec. 31, 2013 …

The bullion market began the New Year on a positive note with gold rising by Rs. 225 to Rs. 30,025 per ten grams and silver gaining by Rs. 45 to Rs. 43,800 per kg on Wednesday on emergence of buying at prevailing lower levels for the ensuing marriage …

The price of gold endured its worst year since 1981 as the US economy improved, inflation remained at bay and worries about the financial system and gridlock in Washington faded. Gold slumped 28pc in 2013. The price peaked at $1,900 an ounce in August …