Staff Two more wins will mean one gold medal. Team Ontario, with Fort Frances resident Amy Wilson-Hands on board as an apprentice coach, brushed past Saskatchewan 3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-17) in the quarterfinals of the female indoor volleyball competition at the Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg yesterday. The squad has […]
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The Associated Press LOGANVILLE, Ga.–The father of a seven-year-old had to scramble to find his daughter after a foster care worker took her–and not another girl with a similar name–from their school in suburban Atlanta. Sean Harris says he panicked when he went to pick up his daughter from after-school […]
The Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran–Iranian media say authorities have arrested six young people for promoting Zumba, the Latin-inspired dance exercises, and other types of exercise. The arrests are part of Iran’s decades-long crackdown against influences of Western culture. In June, Iran banned Zumba and other exercises considered un-Islamic. Yesterday’s report […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL–Only people who can speak French should be allowed to immigrate to the province, Parti Quebecois Leader Jean-Francois Lisee said yesterday in reaction to 2016 census data. Lisee said if his party wins the 2018 election, it will introduce a new, stricter language law to stem what […]
The Canadian PressLisa Wallace OTTAWA–Quarterback Mike Reilly and receiver Chris Getzlaf showed why the Edmonton Eskimos are the only undefeated team in the CFL this season with a pair of plays in the fourth quarter. Reilly found Getzlaf in the end zone for an eight-yard touchdown pass and then ran […]
Staff By the end of the frame, the Elanco Blackahawks weren’t pleading the fifth–they were pleading for the fifth to end. The Northern O Selects, representing the Rainy River District, chalked up a seven-run fifth inning to lay the foundation for a 10-3 win in six innings over the Pennsylvania-based […]
Staff The ballpark just wasn’t big enough for the two of them, so one of them had to go. Faron Morrisseau drilled a home run to provide the biggest blast for the Couchiching Raiders, who won the all-Couchiching showdown with Windey’s Warriors in a 5-1 triumph in the Rainy River […]
By Dee-Ann Durbin The Associated Press DETROIT — Around the world, support is growing for electric cars. Automakers are delivering more electric models with longer range and lower prices, such as the Chevrolet Bolt and the Tesla Model 3. China has set aggressive targets for electric vehicle sales to curb […]
By Dan Joling The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Federal researchers studying critically endangered North Pacific right whales sometimes go years without finding their subjects. Over the weekend they got lucky. A research vessel in the Bering Sea photographed two of the animals Sunday and obtained a biopsy sample from […]
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 “ Thursday, showing Zoya with her new […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press The healthy noodle market is booming, thanks to low-carb fans, and so it’s no surprise that kelp noodles, which used to be a specialty-store item only, are now readily available at the neighbourhood supermarket. Kelp noodles are a sea vegetable with a neutral flavour […]
By Ilan Ben Zion The Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel has been known as the land of milk and honey since Biblical times ‚Äî but the land of single malt whiskey? One appropriately named distillery is trying to turn Israel into a whiskey powerhouse. Smooth, honey-brown whiskey is […]
