The Associated Press CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — A South Florida 911 dispatch supervisor was watching “I Am Mother” on Netflix while a caller unsuccessfully tried to get help after someone shot out her car’s windshield, an internal affairs investigation found. Records show a 34-minute delay in the June 9 call […]
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The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario is putting up to $60 million toward the construction of a centre dedicated to brain and mental health. Health Minister Christine Elliott made the announcement yesterday about the investment in the Garry Hurvitz Brain Sciences Centre at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. She says the facility will […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA–Canada’s Senate took another step yesterday in its evolution toward a less partisan chamber of sober second thought as 11 senators banded together to form a new independent caucus aimed at ensuring regional issues get their due in the upper chamber. The newly christened Canadian Senators […]
The Associated Press MONROE, La.–A Louisiana man who rented a motel room for seven men and bought them sausage biscuits has been arrested, because authorities say the seven were escapees from a jail. News outlets report 38-year-old Trevor Toney of Monroe was arrested last week on charges of assisting escape […]
The Canadian PressBob Weber An open letter signed by thousands of scientists from around the world may be the clearest demonstration yet of their near-unanimous agreement over the globe’s emerging climate crisis. Published today in the journal BioScience, the letter includes 11,258 signatures from 153 countries–including 409 from Canada. “We […]
The Canadian PressHina Alam Two years ago when Heather Campbell was sorting through a box of books she came across a Bible from her grandmother. Tucked inside was an envelope carrying a yellowing letter and a poppy from Flanders Fields sent during the First World War. “When I discovered that […]
Ken Kellar Riverside Community Counselling Service’s community family violence counsellor Jacquee Loerzel and Kiwanian Robin Wright displayed the winning ticket on Friday morning for the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s “Trip of the Month” draw for November at International Travel Services. This month’s winners were Sylvia Hyatt and Tim Rowe who […]
The Associated Press ATHENS, Greece–Greece’s Culture Ministry said three shipwrecks from ancient and mediaeval times and large sections of their cargoes have been discovered off the small Aegean island of Kasos. A statement yesterday said an underwater survey that ended last month also located cannons and other scattered finds–possibly from […]
The Associated Press PRESCOTT, Ariz.–A boulder that mysteriously disappeared two weeks ago from a national forest in Arizona is back, and forest officials aren’t asking any questions. Prescott National Forest officials said a forest employee on patrol Friday noticed that the one-ton boulder dubbed “Wizard Rock” had been returned to […]
The Canadian PressLiam Casey TORONTO–Ontario’s education workers have ratified a tentative agreement that narrowly avoided a strike last month, their union said yesterday. The Canadian Union of Public Employees’ bargaining team said 79 percent of its 55,000 members voted in favour of the new deal. Under the agreement, the workers […]
The Associated PressDoug Padilla ANAHEIM, Calif.–There was symmetry in the way the Chicago Blackhawks picked up their first road victory of the season yesterday, with a near-perfect balance of youth and veterans. Rookie Adam Boqvist scored his first NHL goal in the first period and the veteran duo of Patrick […]
The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo.–Harrison Butker watched his 44-yard field goal split the uprights, the clocks inside Arrowhead Stadium reading zero, and the Chiefs kicker turned and sprinted the other way in celebration. The first person to join him? Patrick Mahomes. The reigning league MVP, who missed his second […]
