The Canadian PressJudy Owen WINNIPEG–Patrick Marleau’s birth certificate may say he’s 38 years old but Toronto’s veteran free agent was feeling young and energized last night. Marleau scored twice and added an assist in his Maple Leafs’ debut as Toronto cruised to a 7-2 rout of the Winnipeg Jets in […]
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The Associated PressBob Baum PHOENIX–Three bags, four times. And you wouldn’t believe who got in on all the fun for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Spirited reliever Archie Bradley hit a stunning triple in the seventh inning–driving in two runs with one of four three-baggers by Arizona that sent the Diamondbacks past […]
The Associated PressMarcia Dunn CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.–Spacewalking astronauts worked at giving the International Space Station’s big robot arm a new hand today. Commander Randy Bresnik and Mark Vande Hei tackled the job on the first of three NASA spacewalks planned over the next two weeks. The latching mechanism on one […]
The Associated PressDeb Riechmann WASHINGTON–News bulletin in 1957: Sputnik stuns the world. CIA in 2017: not really. The CIA released newly-declassified documents yesterday revealing that while the American public was surprised when the Soviet Union launched the world’s first artificial satellite 60 years ago, intelligence agencies weren’t caught off-guard. Then […]
Duane Hicks Joyce Georgeson put the finishing touches on her Thanksgiving floral arrangement yesterday evening during a workshop conducted by the talented Jen Coats at the Fort Frances Museum. Fall workshops at the museum will continue with a sushi-making class led by Aya Sletmoen on Oct. 14, which already is […]
Duane Hicks Visiting from Vancouver, Alex Marusyk performed before a full house yesterday evening at From the Grind Up. Marusyk said he loves performing there, noting it’s the perfect local venue for music acts. From the Grind Up will be hosting more shows this fall, with the next one being […]
Duane Hicks Penny Knapp, left, Lori Durbin, and Tina Rawn were among the 130 or so participants in the local Canadian Mental Health Association’s “Steps Against Stigma” glow run held yesterday evening starting at the Sorting Gap Marina. Despite the cold, windy weather, organizers deemed it a success. The fifth-annual […]
Nicholas Donaldson J.W. Walker students received a lesson in smokehouses and smoking meat yesterday morning during the first day of Seven Generations Education Institute’s “Fall Harvest.” The annual gathering continued today, with district schools visiting to learn about indigenous culture and food practices taught by local elders at the Nanicost […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Ontario will create safe zones around abortion clinics to protect women who seek their services and the health-care workers who perform them, Attorney General Yasir Naqvi said yesterday. Naqvi said the zones, which will extend 50-150 metres around Ontario’s eight abortion clinics, are designed to protect […]
The Canadian PressLee Berthiaume OTTAWA–Federal Conservatives yesterday called for the Trudeau government to start talks with U.S. about joining its ballistic-missile shield, after their own party refused to do that during its decade in power. The Tories explained their change of heart by pointing to North Korea’s recent sabre-rattling, as […]
The Canadian Press CALGARY–That’ll be one mayor and two aldermen but sorry, no fries with that. Less than two weeks before Calgary’s municipal election, the city has opened up a drive-thru voting booth at McMahon Stadium. The station will accommodate advanced voting–and drivers won’t even have to get out of […]
The Canadian PressLee Berthiaume OTTAWA–The federal government is promising to improve the services and support available to military personnel and veterans in hopes of cutting down the number of suicides among those who have served in uniform. The initiatives are outlined in a new suicide prevention strategy released today that […]
