The Associated PressSarah Trotto CHICAGO–An injury to star rookie Lourdes Gurriel Jr. dampened the excitement after a late Blue Jays comeback. Brandon Drury hit a go-ahead, two-run double in a five-run ninth inning and Toronto beat the Chicago White Sox 7-4 yesterday. Gurriel extended his Toronto record of consecutive multihit […]
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The Associated PressJohn Kekis COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.–Chipper Jones didn’t bow to the pressure of the moment, and it was considerable. Jones was inducted yesterday into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and he stood there delivering his speech with wife Taylor staring up at him, hours away from giving birth to a […]
The Canadian PressCraig Slater REGINA–Bo Levi Mitchell threw three touchdown passes and the Calgary Stampeders improved to 6-0 with a 34-22 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Saturday night. The Stampeders exploded with a 24-point first quarter, highlighted by Mitchell’s two touchdown strikes, both of which were set up by […]
of the MNRF Fort Frances Ogimaa Binesiiyog Stewardship Youth Rangers Rianna Roche, left, and Jaiden VanDulmen examined bloodroot during a recent nature walk at the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre. There the youth rangers learned about local Indigenous history and archeology. They also helped to clean up the area by weeding unwanted […]
Sam Odrowski A group of children who attended the Couchiching Fire Department open house on Saturday had a chance to meet with “Sparky the Fire Dog.” The mascot spread cheer throughout the open house and provided a sense of entertainment to all that came. Kids who attended the open house […]
The Canadian PressOlivia Bowden TORONTO–Parks Canada says it has reached an agreement to acquire a privately-owned parcel of land in Ontario’s Georgian Bay area to expand the Bruce Peninsula National Park. The 1,324-hectare property called Driftwood Cove includes 6.5 km of uninterrupted shoreline and is home to at least 10 […]
The Canadian PressBob Weber New research is upending old assumptions about what the ancestors of today’s Inuit learned from Viking settlers. And the techniques researchers have developed to show that ancient Dorset and Thule people knew how to spin yarn centuries before the Norse were thought to have taught them […]
From the MNRF There were 23 new fires in the Northwest region by the early evening yesterday. Widespread lightning over the past few days has yielded numerous new starts in the western and central areas of the region as fire hazard conditions rebound. At the time of this update there […]
Staff A full slate of candidates will be on the ballot for the municipal and public school board election here come Oct. 22. Rick Wiedenhoeft was the last candidate to put his name in prior to the 2 p.m. deadline on Friday. Wiedenhoeft was a town councillor for 11 years […]
Tonight will be clear to partly cloudy with a low of 14 C (57 F). Tomorrow will be partly sunny in the morning with thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. Expect a high of 28 (82) and a low of 12 (54). Wednesday will be rainy, a high of 19 […]
By Darlene Superville The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The publisher of The New York Times says he took President Donald Trump to task for “deeply troubling anti-press rhetoric” that is “not just divisive but increasingly dangerous” when the two met privately at the White House this month. Trump disclosed the […]
By Nicole Winfield The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Monday accepted the resignation of an Australian archbishop convicted in criminal court of covering up the sexual abuse of children by a priest, taking action after coming under mounting pressure from ordinary Catholics, priests and even the Australian […]
