Cameron Penney A construction crew worked tirelessly yesterday to install water services for the future Edgewood townhomes being constructed on Front Street. Thunder Bay-based Syncor Contracting’s plan is to build two five-unit complexes there this summer.
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The Canadian Press VERNON, B.C.—A bald eagle is recovering in B.C.’s North Okanagan region after four firefighters stepped up to save it. The bird was spotted in distress earlier this week around Killiney Beach, on the west side of Okanagan Lake, south of Vernon. North Westside Fire and Rescue chief […]
The Canadian Press WIMBLEDON, United Kingdom—Milos Raonic has made Canadian tennis history—and he beat one of the game’s best and most decorated players in the process. The 25-year-old player from Thornhill, Ont., defeated Swiss superstar Roger Federer in a marathon Wimbledon semifinal earlier today to become the first Canadian man […]
Staff Before the rains came, the La Place Rendez-Vous U18 Voyageurs fended off an approaching storm and gave themselves a bit of breathing room in the process. Ian Jodoin netted the game-winner as the Voyageurs edged Manitou Forest Products 2-1 in the men’s division of the Borderland Soccer League last […]
The Associated PressTerry Wallace DALLAS—Dallas was in shock and beset by uncertainty early today after gunmen shot and killed five police officers and wounded seven during a peaceful protest over fatal police shootings of black men in other states, police said, in bloodshed evoking the trauma of the nation’s tumultuous […]
The Associated PressGreg Beacham LAS VEGAS—Eddie Alvarez persevered through financial troubles, promotional disputes and a loss in his UFC debut to get back to the cage with a title shot. And then he beat Rafael Dos Anjos with a fire that’s been growing for years. Alvarez won the UFC lightweight […]
The Canadian Press GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta.—RCMP in northwestern Alberta are praising two young kids for doing the right thing when they found a loaded handgun ditched by a shooting suspect. “The children were astute enough to not touch the weapon and immediately notified a parent,” Grande Prairie RCMP said in […]
The Canadian PressDirk Meissner SAANICH, B.C.—The Douglas fir Andy MacKinnon leans against is 40 metres tall. It’s likely more than 500 years old and its fire-scarred trunk is almost two metres in diameter. In most other countries, the tree would be the largest in the land, noted MacKinnon, a forest […]
The Canadian Press REGINA—A report says giving two homeless men in Saskatchewan one-way bus tickets to British Columbia was within Social Services policy but the situation could have been better handled. The two men went together to an income assistance service centre in North Battleford in March to request the […]
The Associated Press MOSS POINT, Miss.—A mayor in a Mississippi city has decided not to banish a pet pig while its owner is on military duty in Iraq. The Sun Herald reported that Moss Point Mayor Billy Broomfield has saved the bacon, so to speak, of Patrick the pig. Patrick’s […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO—Ontarians won’t know what caused a critical bridge in northern Ontario to fail until the fall. The steel decking on the newly constructed Nipigon River Bridge lifted about 60 centimetres on Jan. 10, forcing a 24-hour closure that severed the Trans-Canada Highway link between the east and […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA—Canada Post’s union is calling for a 30-day truce to allow the two sides to negotiate a new contract without a strike or lockout. The postal service has given notice that it will lock out the unionized employees starting Monday if there’s no deal. But the Canadian […]
