Joey Payeur Kyle Dennis of Mine Centre, left, and Slate River’s Tyson Orr fought for the same racing line coming off the first turn during the Northern Ontario Superior Dirt Riders’ latest tour stop at Emo Motocross on Saturday. A total of six riders from the district took part in […]
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The Canadian Press RIO DE JANEIRO—Andre De Grasse proved once again that he can run with the best sprinters in the world. The Canadian flew to a personal best time of 9.91 seconds to take the bronze medal in the men’s 100-metre sprint last night at the Rio Olympics. De […]
The Canadian PressDan Ralph TORONTO—Matt Nichols and a tenacious defence have the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on a nice roll. Nichols threw two touchdown strikes while the defence forced six turnovers as Winnipeg dumped the Toronto Argonauts 34-17 for its third-straight win on a muggy Friday night at BMO Field. “It’s […]
The Associated Press SILVIS, Ill.—For all the late pars and the closing run of 46 holes without a bogey, Ryan Moore thought the key to his victory yesterday in the John Deere Classic was a 24-foot birdie putt on the fourth hole. It moved him to 20-under and kept him […]
By Randall Chase And Josh Cornfield The Associated Press DOVER, Del. — A fishing crew apparently pulled up unexploded ordnance while clamming, leading to a fisherman being hospitalized with second-degree burns and the destruction of more than 700 cases of chowder, officials said. It’s unclear what the ordnance was, but […]
By David Sharp The Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine — Hundreds of almanacs served a nation of farmers over two centuries ago. These days, only a handful of them remain. One of them, the Farmers’ Almanac based in Maine, is celebrating its 200th edition this month with traditional gardening tips, home-spun […]
By Aya BatrawyPaisley Dodds And Lori Hinnant The Associated Press PARIS — The jihadi employment form asked the recruits, on a scale of 1 to 3, to rate their knowledge of Islam. And the Islamic State applicants, herded into a hangar somewhere at the Syria-Turkey border, turned out to be […]
By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The nation’s transplant network is taking a long-awaited step to ease a serious disparity: Where you live affects whether you get a timely liver transplant or die waiting. Desperate patients sometimes travel across the country to get on a shorter waiting list […]
By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON — It’s the early bird that gets the Cheetos. But it’s the bigger bird that steals it away. Behavioural ecologist Rhea Esposito used the snack food to see how two types of smart birds smaller magpies and bigger crows interact and compete for […]
The Canadian Press RIO DE JANEIRO—Penny Oleksiak continues to solidify herself as a teenage swimming sensation. The 16-year-old from Toronto tied for gold in the women’s 100-metre freestyle last night at the Rio Olympics with Simone Manuel of the U.S. Oleksiak and Manuel finished in an Olympic record time of […]
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ATHENS, Greece—Archaeologists have made a sinister discovery at the top of a Greek mountain which might corroborate one of the darkest legends of antiquity. Excavations this summer on Mount Lykaion, once worshipped as the birthplace of the god Zeus, uncovered the 3,000-year-old skeleton of a teenager amid a mound of […]
Staff Emo Fair Queen contestant Taylor McQuaker helped hand out ice cream sundaes to resident at Rainycrest here yesterday during a visit by the four contestants and the 2015 royalty. Those vying for the crown this year also include Meagan Anderson, Harleigh Brow-Rose, and Janissa Judson. The winner will be […]
