The Associated PressMarcia Dunn CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.–With the total solar eclipse right around the cosmic corner, eye doctors are going into nagging overdrive. They say mom was right: You can damage your eyes staring at the sun, even the slimmest sliver of it. So it’s time to rustle up special […]
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The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY–A tiger cub who was rejected by her mother at the Philadelphia Zoo can be seen bonding with her adoptive mother and brothers in Oklahoma via live-streaming video. The Oklahoma City Zoo launched the “Tiger Cub Cam ” yesterday, showing Zoya with her new mother, Lola, […]
The Associated PressMarcia Dunn CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.–Consider this weekend’s Perseid meteor shower an opening act for the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21. Astronomers are projecting a slightly higher than normal rate of 150 meteors per hour across North America. But the bright moon will wash out the finer Perseids. […]
Staff If a post currently being shared on Facebook regarding a $75 Safeway coupon sounds too good to be true, that’s because it is. The hoax of a post claims Safeway is giving free $75 coupons to everyone as a means of celebrating its 50th anniversary, and invites users to […]
Press Release On Aug. 2 at approximately 5 p.m., members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Thunder Bay detachment were conducting a marine patrol in Lake of the Woods–a lake which occupies parts of Ontario and Manitoba and the state of Minnesota in the United States–and located two boaters […]
From T3PS In the early morning hours of Saturday, uniform and street crime members of the Treaty Three Police Service conducted a traffic stop in the City of Kenora that resulted in the seizure of a large amount of illegal drugs. In total, nearly 200 grams of cocaine was seized […]
Staff The fire scene remains hot with 19 new fires confirmed by early yesterday evening in the Northwest Region. These were in addition to 17 confirmed fires by day’s end on Wednesday. The bulk of the fires continue to be located in the northern districts of Nipigon, Sioux Lookout and […]
Duane Hicks Lyla Moen carefully unwrapped her piece of dyed fabric yesterday afternoon at the Point Park during the weekly “Open Air Art Studio” organized by Community Living Fort Frances and District. The day’s activity was Japanese Shibori dyeing–a traditional method using indigo dye, and pleating and binding techniques. The […]
Joey Payeur Garnet Cornell found the back of the net with the final salvo for Centra Pipelines past goalkeeper Cole Kowalski of CJ Contracting in last night’s thrilling Borderland Soccer League men’s division final at the Struchan Gilson Memorial Soccer Pitch. The teams played to a 1-1 tie through regulation […]
Joey Payeur Hockey Night in Canada’s legendary play-by-play announcer Danny Gallivan would have admired this cannonading shot by Jess Caul that gave La Place Rendez-Vous/Taggs a 1-0 lead in the first half of Game 2 of the best-of-three Borderland Soccer League women’s division final against Al’s Racquet Stringing last night […]
Duane Hicks Sydney Martel demonstrated that her Blizzards passed the thickness test yesterday during the 15th-annual “Miracle Treat Day” at the local Dairy Queen. Martel and other DQ staff were kept hopping all day long, making a whopping 1,051 Blizzard Treats for local residents–about 50 more than last year. Proceeds […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontarians can now use a new online tool to see wait times for certain surgeries and compare them at hospitals across the province. Health Minister Eric Hoskins announced yesterday that it was developed with Health Quality Ontario and can be found on that website (www.hqontario.ca). It includes […]
