Fort Frances Time Online Edition - April 18, 2017

Flora Danylchuk of the Fort Frances Lions Club handed out Canadian flags to eager Grade 1 students at J.W. Walker School this morning. She then gave a brief presentation on why the flag is an important symbol in Canada before the class sang “O Canada.”

OTTAWA—The federal plan to legalize recreational marijuana does not include the general amnesty for past pot convictions some would like to see, Public Safety minister Ralph Goodale says.

Newly-tabled legislation would allow people 18 and older to publicly possess up to 30 grams of dried cannabis, or its equivalent in non-dried form.

TORONTO—Some Ontario university students are set for a stressful final examination: disarming fake bombs with robots they've designed.

Ryerson University said computer science students were scheduled to navigate robots through a simulated crime scene this afternoon as they try to disable mock improvised explosive devices, draw maps, and describe the area.

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta.—Horses that were struggling after falling through thin ice in northwestern Alberta were saved by rescuers who cut paths to the shore with chainsaws.

Trevor Grant, the County of Grande Prairie's fire chief, said 10 horses fell through a frozen dugout on a rural property on Sunday.

OTTAWA—Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, will visit Canada this summer to participate in the celebrations marking the country's 150th birthday.

Gov. Gen. David Johnston said they have accepted the government's invitation to undertake a tour—their fourth visit as a couple.

WASHINGTON—Scientists have witnessed the first modern case of what they call “river piracy”—and they blame global warming.

Most of the water gushing from a large glacier in northwest Canada last year suddenly switched from one river to another.

CALGARY—A Calgary wildlife centre has cured a porcupine with a snoring problem.

The Kyne family has shared their backyard with the rodent they named “Billy Jo” for the past several years.

They recorded video of him sleeping and when staff at the Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society watched it, they realized the porcupine's problem was more than a sleep disorder.

SHANGHAI — On April 6, Ivanka Trump’s company won provisional approval from the Chinese government for three new trademarks, giving it monopoly rights to sell Ivanka brand jewelry, bags and spa services in the world’s second-largest economy.

CLEVELAND—Blown big leads. Defensive breakdowns. Bad shots.

None of it means anything to LeBron James.

The only score that matters is 2-0.

Kyrie Irving scored 37 points, with Kevin Love adding 27 and James 25, as the Cleveland Cavaliers avoided another fourth-quarter collapse in Game 2, beating the Indiana Pacers 117-111 last night to take a 2-0 lead in the series.

MINNEAPOLIS—The return for Michael Brantley to the middle of Cleveland's lineup has seen some promising early returns.

The multi-skilled Indians left-fielder is cautiously content.

Danny Salazar finished six innings strong after a shaky start, and Brantley homered and drove in two runs, as the Indians beat the Minnesota Twins 3-1 last night.

TORONTO—The Maple Leafs think they just could topple a giant in the first round.

They scored their second-straight overtime victory last night—rallying to beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 in front of an electric Air Canada Centre crowd.

BOSTON—The Kenyans are back in Boston after a relative lull that saw them shut out in the world's most prestigious marathon twice in the past three years.

More surprisingly, so are the Americans.

Geoffrey Kirui won the 121st Boston Marathon yesterday, pulling away from three-time U.S. Olympian Galen Rupp with two miles to go to give Kenya its first men's victory in five years.

DUANVALE, Jamaica—Violet Brown spent much of her life cutting sugar cane in the fields around her home in western Jamaica.

She attended church regularly, avoids pork and chicken, and celebrated her 117th birthday last month.

On Saturday, she is believed to have become the world's oldest living person following the death of Emma Morano of Italy, who was born on Nov. 29, 1899.

BEIJING — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made a new appeal for calm on the Korean Peninsula on Tuesday and said he believes the United States would prefer a diplomatic resolution to the standoff.

BEIJING — China defended its trade practices on Tuesday after Chinese-made vehicles were seen towing ballistic missiles during a North Korea military parade despite international sanctions against selling military hardware to Pyongyang.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is planning to sign an executive order that seeks to make changes to a visa program that brings in high-skilled workers.

PIERRE, S.D. — A South Dakota lawmaker frustrated with what he views as inaction over a secretive polygamous sect’s outpost in his district wants legislators to look into the compound, including why no South Dakota birth or death records have been filed from there over the last decade.