Fort Frances Times Online Edition - April 5, 2016

Samantha Manty, director of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care, showed off some of the gently-used items donated for its annual spring luncheon coming up Sunday, April 24 from noon-2 p.m. at the Robert Moore School gym. The special events committee is looking for more items (no clothing please) to sell at the event, with proceeds going to support local health care.

Mine Centre School will receive the Rainy River District School Board’s “Recognition of Excellence” for its Early Years camp at tonight’s regular monthly meeting.

“This year, the Early Years team has taken outdoor learning to a new level by developing an outdoor classroom, as part of the Early Years program,” stated a report to the board from principal Barb Dennis.

TORONTO—Survivors of Canada’s notorious residential school system have the right to see their stories archived if they wish, but their accounts otherwise must be destroyed in 15 years, Ontario’s top court ruled in a split decision yesterday.

MONTREAL—Quebec is standing tall and the world should make space for the new country, the late premier Jacques Parizeau said in a speech prepared in the event of a “Yes” victory in the 1995 sovereignty referendum.

Parizeau’s comments—made in English and French—were destined for media organizations but were not aired because of the “No” side’s win on Oct. 30, 1995.

SWIFT CURRENT, Sask.—Premier Brad Wall started his third term in office right where he left off—pushing Ottawa to support pipelines and energy-sector workers who are out of a job.

Wall and his Saskatchewan Party resoundingly delivered another majority election win yesterday, taking 51 seats in the 61-seat legislature.

Edmonton police say some of the calls they get for 9-1-1 are so ridiculous, they are launching a campaign reminding citizens of when not to phone the emergency line.

They say one of the worst ones was a call from a driver at West Edmonton Mall who had nosed his vehicle part-way into a parking stall and was annoyed another woman wouldn’t give up challenging him for the spot.

TORONTO—Students in Ontario elementary schools soon will be required to have one full hour a day of math instructions.

Education minister Liz Sandals said the province will spend $60 million to help students improve their test results in math, and some of the money will pay for professional development for teachers who specialize in the subject.

TORONTO—Ontario’s Liberal government is backtracking on changes announced in its recent budget that would have increased drug costs for most seniors.

The government proposed in the budget to raise the Ontario Drug Benefit low-income threshold for single seniors from $16,018 to $19,300, and for senior couples from $24,175 to $32,300.

KAMLOOPS, B.C.—Alex Carpenter dashed Canada’s hopes of reclaiming women’s world hockey championship gold on home ice.

The daughter of former NHL player Bobby Carpenter scored the overtime winner for the U.S. in a 1-0 win over the host country last night in Kamloops, B.C.

The U.S. went undefeated in the tournament en route to a third-straight world title.

HOUSTON—Kris Jenkins is one of those players who believes every shot is going in.

Sometimes, it feels so right to be right.

The Villanova junior answered a double-clutch, game-tying three-pointer by North Carolina’s Marcus Paige with a buzzer-beating “three” of his own last night to lift the Wildcats to a 77-74 victory and the national championship.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Kevin Pillar chased a drive deep into the left-centre gap and extended his arm above his head before leaping to make the catch and falling into the wall.

NEW YORK—Disappointed by a bad loss in the last game, New York Islanders’ coach Jack Capuano singled out some players he said “needed to play better.”

The Islanders then went out and got a crucial win in their playoff push.

HOUSTON — One good shot deserved another.

Kris Jenkins of Villanova wasn’t about to be outdone.

Jenkins overcame the shock of watching North Carolina’s Marcus Paige hit a double-clutch 3 to tie it by spotting up behind the right side of the arc and draining a 3 of his own at the buzzer to lift Villanova to a 77-74 victory and the national championship Monday night.

NASHVILLE — Having already made a .50-calibre sniper gun the official state rifle, Tennessee lawmakers on Monday gave final approval to making the Holy Bible the state’s official book.

PRINCETON, N.J. — Woodrow Wilson’s name will remain on Princeton University’s public policy school, despite calls to remove it because the former U.S. president was a segregationist, the Ivy League university announced Monday.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Helen Clark, a former New Zealand prime minister who is now a senior U.N. official, announced Tuesday she is running for the top position at the United Nations, saying she would bring nearly 30 years of leadership skills to the job of secretary-general in an ever more challenging and crisis-filled world.

PANAMA CITY — Panamanians have long shrugged off their country’s checkered reputation as a financial haven for drug lords, tax dodgers and corrupt oligarchs. If they’re crooks, they’ve learned from the world’s wealthy nations, they like to joke.

BEIJING — China on Tuesday banned most imports of North Korean coal and iron ore, the country’s main exports, in a significant increase in pressure on the North under U.N. sanctions against its nuclear and missile tests.

WASHINGTON — Man-made global warming is making America sicker, and it’s only going to get worse, according to a new federal government report.