Staff Don’t stop voting! While the Fort Frances High School Medical Responders have garnered more than 8,000 votes so far in the Tbaytel For Good Community Fund, the public is urged to keep voting today through Monday to help them secure one of two $5,000 prizes. Residents can vote for […]
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The Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn.–Count Phil Mickelson among those happy to see the St. Jude Classic shift to a World Golf Championship even as he uses the TPC Southwind one final time as a tune-up for the U.S. Open. “I really, really enjoy this golf course,” Mickelson said yesterday. “I […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Ontario goes to the polls today in an election that could see a seismic political shift if Doug Ford’s Tories beat out the NDP, their closest rival, and win a majority government, as the latest polls suggest. Either way, the vote will bring an end to […]
Stephanie Hagenaars Directed by WO2 Aidan DeGagne, right, and led by F/Sgt Jonathan Danielson, members of the 908 Rainy Lake Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron marched in front of family and friends at their 15th-annual ceremonial review last night at the Memorial Sports Centre auditorium. The gathering marked the end […]
The Associated PressSeth Borenstein WASHINGTON–Record heat returned to the U.S. with a vengeance in May. May warmed to a record average 65.4 degrees F in the Lower 48 states, breaking the high of 64.7 F set in 1934, according to federal weather figures released yesterday. May was 5.2 degrees F […]
The Canadian PressMorgan Lowrie QUEBEC–Masked activists posing as G7 leaders mimicked household tasks in front of Quebec City’s legislature this morning as the first of a series of demonstrations and protests kicked off in the provincial capital. The event, staged by aid organization Oxfam, was one of many protests and […]
The Canadian Press MILLET, Alta.–Leonard Norwest struggled to speak yesterday about his three granddaughters who were among five people killed in a central Alberta highway crash. “I can’t find my words,” Norwest said from the Samson Cree Nation, one of four that make up the community of Maskwacis south of […]
The Canadian PressMelissa Couto TORONTO–Kevin Pillar wasn’t making excuses after another loss for the scuffling Blue Jays last night. The Toronto centre-fielder, speaking to media after a 3-0 defeat to the N.Y. Yankees in 13 innings, said the Jays’ 26-35 record is an accurate representation of how his team has […]
The Associated PressCaleb Jones HONOLULU–A neighbourhood called Vacationland on Hawaii’s Big Island had disappeared by yesterday as lava poured into two oceanfront subdivisions, smothering hundreds of homes and filling an ocean bay–turning it into new land that now juts into the sea. Molten rock entirely covered Vacationland and only a […]
The Canadian PressBob Weber Research suggests hares and jackrabbits hopping along in the Rocky Mountains demonstrate the “secret sauce” for how animals can adapt to a new climate. Scott Mills, lead author of a paper published recently in “Science,” says lessons from mixed populations of brown and white bunnies can […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Former cabinet minister Kent Hehr says he will remain a member of the Liberal caucus following an investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct with women–although he’s not returning to the government’s inner circle. Hehr, who has served as both veterans minister and sport and disabilities minister, resigned […]
The Associated Press PARIS–Juan Martin del Potro is back in the French Open semi-finals for the first time since 2009 and next face Rafael Nadal–the man with the most appearances at this stage of the clay-court Grand Slam. The fifth-seeded Del Potro, whose career has been hampered by injuries, beat […]
