The Associated PressHoward Fendrich NEW YORK–There was something bittersweet about David Ferrer’s last Grand Slam match. Yes, he got to depart by sharing the court with his friend and Spanish Davis Cup teammate Rafael Nadal, under the lights on the big stage of Arthur Ashe Stadium at the U.S. Open. […]
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The Canadian Press VANCOUVER–Scientists who are trying to treat an ailing killer whale in the Pacific Ocean off Washington state are looking at injecting the animal with a second dose of antibiotics and another drug. For the past few weeks, the endangered female killer whale, called J50, has been at […]
The Associated PressLindsey Tanner CHICAGO–Marijuana’s main mind-altering ingredient was detected in nursing mothers’ breast milk in a small study that comes amid evidence that more U.S. women are using pot during pregnancy and afterward. Experts say the ingredient, THC, has chemical properties that could allow it to disrupt brain development […]
The Associated PressHoward Fendrich NEW YORK–Some players, like top-ranked Simona Halep, freely acknowledge they don’t deal well with the hustle-and-bustle of the U.S. Open and all it entails. Others, like 44th-ranked Kaia Kanepi, take to the Big Apple and its Grand Slam tournament. Put those two types at opposite ends […]
The Associated Press CHICAGO–A suburban Chicago girl has received a heart transplant just days after she danced her way into a hospital visit from Drake. Surgeons performed the transplant on 11-year-old Sofia Sanchez yesterday at Chicago’s Lurie Children’s Hospital. The Canadian rapper visited Sofia there after seeing a video of […]
Jamie Mountain Another WHSFL season is almost upon us and the Muskie football team is hard at work preparing for it. The black-and-gold have been holding their annual training camp sessions every weekday afternoon since last Thursday and will continue to do so until school starts next Wednesday (Sept. 5). […]
The Canadian Press KANANASKIS, Alta.–Conservation officers say a bear that seriously injured two hikers in a southern Alberta park retreated after biting into a can of bear spray that one of the people was holding. Officials with Alberta Parks said a Calgary woman and her adult son were hiking in […]
The Associated PressDavid Ginsburg BALTIMORE–Kendrys Morales took his cuts, and the ball didn’t go out of the park. It happens all the time to the best players in the land. On this occasion, however, Morales’ homerless performance ended his attempt to make baseball history. Morales had his home run streak […]
The Canadian Press CALGARY–The National Energy Board says crude-by-rail exports from Canada set another record in June, rising to 204,558 barrels per day. That’s up almost three percent from 198,800 in May and 86 percent from 109,500 in June 2017. In a report yesterday, analysts at AltaCorp Capital linked growth […]
Sam Odrowski A storm wreaked havoc here last night causing thousands of district and town residents to lose their power. “Mother Nature did a number on us,” said Joerg Ruppenstein, president and CEO of the Fort Frances Power Corp. (FFPC). High winds brought several trees crashing down, resulting in damaged […]
Sam Odrowski Local MPP Greg Rickford held a big thumbs up with members of the OPP and town council inside the Civic Centre last Friday after making an announcement regarding the new $18-million OPP detachment that is being built on 200 McIrvine Road. The official construction start date is May […]
From the OPP Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) located human remains in the Dryden area. The Office of the Chief Coroner has been engaged and a post mortem examination began in Toronto last week. The remains have been positively identified as Henry Stone-Arnold, 28 years-old, of Dryden who […]
