Fort Frances Time Online Edition - July 26, 2016

Fort Frances Her-icanes’ shortstop Jess Woodgate surrounded this grounder while third baseman Dana Ward watched during the team’s 14-11 loss to the Emo Renegades in the second round of the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League playoffs last night at VanJura here. Emo now advances to play the Big Grassy Lynx in third-round action next Wednesday (Aug.

Carter Payne, left, and Lorelai Lake took turns cruising around an obstacle course set up by OPP summer student Cam Lidkea during a “bike rodeo” yesterday morning at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. Youngsters were encouraged to ride their bicycles safely around town and learn the proper hand signals.

NEW YORK—If you want to see a tall population of men, go to the Netherlands.

Tall women? Latvia.

And in the United States, which lags behind dozens of other countries in height, the average for adults stopped increasing about 20 years ago.

That’s the word from researchers who analyzed a century’s worth of height data from 200 countries.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Ethan Dean will be living his dream today.

The six-year-old has a garbage truck bedspread and pillow. He has garbage truck toys.

He’s had a garbage truck birthday party.

Now, thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, he’s going to experience what it’s like to be a garbage truck driver.

TORONTO—The Toronto Argonauts’ first regular-season win at BMO Field might have have come at a terrible price.

Quarterback Ricky Ray threw three TD passes to lead Toronto past the Montreal Alouettes 30-17 last night.

TORONTO—The Liquor Control Board of Ontario launched online sales today with a website that lets people buy from nearly 5,000 products and have them delivered to their home or a local liquor store.

OTTAWA—Former cabinet minister and Liberal MP Hunter Tootoo has completed his treatment for alcohol addiction, his office said in a statement yesterday.

Tootoo, who left the Liberal caucus two months ago, has scheduled a news conference and open house tomorrow at his constituency office in Iqaluit.

TORONTO—Ontario will be the first province to stop paying for high doses of long-acting opioids as part of a push to reduce the “growing problem” of addiction to the pain-killers in the province.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The world’s first round-the-world flight to be powered solely by the sun’s energy made history Tuesday as it landed in Abu Dhabi, where it first took off on an epic 25,000-mile (40,000-kilometre) journey that began more than a year ago.

CBS News’ Scott Pelley was succinct: “Bernie Sanders heals the breach.”

That was his analysis after Sanders’ speech to the Democratic National Convention on Monday, after a raucous first day filled with restive supporters of the Vermont senator and the controversy over leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee. Pelley’s words were largely echoed by the pundit class.

MEETEETSE, Wyo. — An endangered weasel is returning to an area of western Wyoming where the critter almost went extinct more than 30 years ago.

Biologists plan to release 35 black-footed ferrets Tuesday near Meeteetse (me-TEET’-see). Scientists thought the black-footed ferret was extinct until a dog brought a dead one home near Meeteetse in 1981.

BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawi police on Tuesday arrested a man who said he was hired by families to have sex with more than 100 young women, including children, in what was described as ritual cleansing.

PORTLAND, Maine — American fishermen are digging in for a fight over a proposal to shut down the vestiges of the U.S. harvest of shark fins, prized for soup and traditional medicine in Asia, and send a message to the rest of the world.

VIENTIANE, Laos — North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons when the world is trying to rid itself of them is “very provocative and deeply concerning,” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday, warning that there will be consequences if it does not stop.

NEW YORK — If you want to see a tall population of men, go to the Netherlands. Tall women? Latvia.

And in the United States, which lags behind dozens of other countries in height, the average for adults stopped increasing about 20 years ago.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Ethan Dean will be living his dream on Tuesday.

The six-year-old has a garbage truck bedspread and pillow. He has garbage truck toys. He’s had a garbage truck birthday party.

PHILADELPHIA — Bill Clinton was once the Democrats explainer-in-chief, electrifying the convention crowd with his support of President Barack Obama.

Today, he increasingly seems to be explaining himself.

This recipe sounds, looks and tastes fancy, but it takes only a few steps of preparation and some simple assembly.

It’s one of those recipes that demands the best ingredients you can afford; it will make a difference. You can also use rib lamb chops, which are a bit pricier.

Summer squash reproduces so energetically that calling it prolific is understating the case. Still, why not take advantage of its bounty? Here I slice the squash into long ribbons and employ it as “pasta.” Use a mandoline (be sure to use the guard that comes with it), although a Y-shaped peeler will also work. The resulting “pasta” is more flavourful and less caloric than pasta itself.