The Canadian Press OTTAWA — Canadians looking to track a package on the Canada Post website this weekend will be out of luck. Canada Post says it will shut down its canadapost.ca website, along with its web services and mobile app, from 9 p.m. ET on Friday until 7 p.m. […]
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The Associated PressPhilip Marcelo BOSTON — Boston’s failed bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics underestimated costs for hosting the games, potentially leaving Massachusetts taxpayers on the hook for significant cost overruns, according to a state-funded report released Tuesday. Boston 2024, the local group organizing the bid, had projected construction costs […]
By Alison Noon THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HELENA, Mon. — Growing numbers of grizzly bears venturing east from the Rocky Mountains are attacking more domestic cattle and sheep. Montana’s livestock-loss program has reimbursed ranchers for 42 animals killed by grizzlies so far this year — eight more than in all of […]
Joey Payeur Northwest Bay pitcher Darcy Smith swung with plenty of conviction in her first-inning at-bat with Red Gut Babes catcher Kayla Windigo getting a front-row view of the action during the Beavers’ 12-11 victory in eight innings over the host Red Gut Babes yesterday evening in Game 1 of […]
From the OPP Thunder Bay OPP received a report of a stolen vehicle Sunday around 8:10 a.m. The vehicle—a blue 1969 Ford Mustang—was stolen from an address on Lyyli Road (Shabaqua area) sometime between 8:30 p.m. on Saturday and 8 a.m. on Sunday. Police are asking anyone with information regarding […]
The Associated PressBen Walker NEW YORK—Long after they saw starter Bryan Mitchell suddenly exit with a bloody face and head to the hospital, the N.Y. Yankees were greeted with a most welcome sight: the rookie pitcher was back in the locker-room after a late win. Chase Headley hit a bases-loaded […]
The Associated Press SAN DIEGO—Colin Rea’s second big-league start was less dramatic than his first. But it ended the same way: with a victory for the San Diego Padres’ right-hander. Rea became just the seventh starter in Padres’ history to begin his big-league career 2-0, pitching into the sixth inning […]
The Canadian PressDan Ralph Brooke Henderson’s first LPGA Tour win didn’t stop her from having to play golf on Mondays. Henderson completed an eight-stroke victory Sunday at the $1.3-million (U.S.) Cambia Portland Classic to become the first Canadian to win an LPGA event since Charlottetown’s Lorie Kane in 2001. She […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers keep working towards filling their void up front. General manager and head coach Wayne Strachan announced today the signings of forwards Zach Bennett and Kyle Folson. Bennett, an 18-year-old from Grande Prairie, Alta., played with the Junior ‘B’ Grande Prairie Kings last season in the […]
The Canadian Press BRAMPTON, Ont.—Premier Kathleen Wynne is more optimistic now than she was a few weeks ago about having a normal return to school this fall. But one teachers’ union says it will be working-to-rule if there’s no contract. Ontario’s 115,000 teachers are in legal strike positions after being […]
The Canadian PressJennifer Ditchburn OTTAWA—The definition of “lie” was tossed around during Sen. Mike Duffy’s trial yesterday—all part of a scandal where words are carefully chosen and their meanings parsed. Nigel Wright, the prime minister’s former chief of staff, was asked to explain to the court what he told his […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO—A new study suggests Canada ranks sixth out of 152 countries when it comes to human freedom while its southern neighbour is 20th. The index, compiled by the Fraser Institute and public-policy think-tanks in Germany and the U.S., uses 76 indicators of personal, civil, and economic freedoms. […]
