Fort Frances Times Online Edition - June 5, 2017

The Muskie track-and-field team saved its best for last.

Sean Huziak recorded Fort High's best individual result at the OFSAA championships in Belleville when he placed seventh in the Midget boys' discus on the final day of the competition Saturday.

Rainycrest resident Calvin Jourdain and Mary O'Connor, client services co-ordinator for the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts, planted “Seeds of Hope" in the courtyard garden of the Special Care Unit there Friday afternoon.

Br. #29 Legion Ladies' Auxiliary president Alfreda Easton, second from left, presented Josie Miller, left, Christine Eisenzopf, Sandra Bridgeman, and Marcia Shute with 20-year pins and bouquets during the Legion ladies' honours and awards ceremony Saturday afternoon. Auxiliary members were recognized for up to 75 years of service at the event, which was followed by a luncheon.

Kaylyn Levesque worked on her form behind the line during the Ontario Volleyball Association Region 1 U14 High Performance Centre tryouts yesterday at Fort High. Players were selected to attend the OVA High Performance Centre in North Bay for a camp later this summer.

GRAVENHURST, Ont.—Two men have died in the crash of a small plane in central Ontario.

The plane went down Friday along Highway 11 near the community of Gravenhurst in the province's Muskoka region.

The OPP identified the victims as Ted Dirstein, 66, of Bracebridge and Allan Metivier, 48, of Stratford.

TORONTO—One of the candidates for the NDP leadership race is quitting, blaming party insiders who he says don't want to see him win.

Pat Stogran posted a video Saturday on YouTube, saying the inside workings of the NDP are “fundamentally flawed.”

Messages of sorrow and condolence have been pouring in following the death of a Canadian woman killed in Saturday's terror attack in the heart of London.

Christine Archibald, 30, was enjoying a warm spring night with her fiancé, Tyler Ferguson, when she was struck by a speeding van that plowed into people strolling on London Bridge.

THREE HILLS, Alta.—An photo of a man in Alberta mowing a lawn with a tornado swirling behind him has been causing a bit of a storm on social media.

Cecilia Wessels snapped the picture of her husband, Theunis, on Friday evening as the twister passed near their home in Three Hills.

A pristine section of forest that once was owned by a famous 19th-century Quebec politician will become a conservation area, a nature group announced today.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada announced it will preserve some 6,000 hectares of what once was known as the “Seigneurie Papineau”—a segment of ecologically-important forests and wetlands situated between Ottawa and Montreal.

CHICAGO — Drugs are scoring big wins against common cancers, setting new standards for how to treat many prostate, breast and lung tumors. There’s even a “uni-drug” that may fight many forms of the disease.

DOVER, Del.—Hooked on NASCAR as a kid, there was something about Cale Yarborough that made a fan out of Jimmie Johnson.

Johnson was glued to the set as he sat on a dirty old couch at home in El Cajon, Calif.

He loved Yarborough's fearlessness and the way the Hall-of-Fame driver kind of reminded Johnson of his grandfather.

TORONTO—The Toronto Blue Jays left for the West Coast feeling a lot better about themselves after securing a series split yesterday afternoon with the American League East-leading N.Y. Yankees.

“I love the way we're playing right now, to be honest with you,” Jays' manager John Gibbons said after a 3-2 comeback win over the visiting Yankees.

OAKLAND, Calif.—Stephen Curry dribbled every which way and ran a circle around LeBron James, then drove left through the paint and beat him to the rim for a right-handed layup over the star's outstretched arm in a move reminiscent of his recent MVP magic.

DUBLIN, Ohio—Jason Dufner spent quality time on the practice range that played in a big role in his victory at the Memorial.

It had nothing to do with his swing.

This was about beating balls to burn off the anger from a five-over 77 in the third round that looked as though it might cost him the tournament.

LONDON — For eight agonizing minutes, the orders came from all directions, frantic and contradictory. Crowds scattered, sometimes directly into the path of the men trying to kill them. Police cars screamed past the attackers toward the van they had abandoned.

SYDNEY, Australia — In their first joint appearance abroad, America’s top diplomat and its Pentagon chief offered public reassurances to a longstanding ally at odds with President Donald Trump’s abandonment of the Paris climate agreement.

College student Vashu Tyagi was leaving his dorm and heading to a nearby bar to celebrate the end of classes Saturday night in London when he saw people running frantically down the street. As three men with large knives moved through the area, stabbing anyone in their path, police yelled at Tyagi and others to get back inside — an order he credits with saving his life.

LONDON — British counterterrorism investigators searched two homes Monday and detained “a number” of people in the investigation into a van and knife attack in the heart of London that left seven people dead.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Maldives has announced it is severing diplomatic ties with Qatar over its alleged support for Islamist groups.

It joined Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in cutting diplomatic ties with Qatar on Monday and began withdrawing its diplomatic staff.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said the United States “will continue to be the cleanest and most environmentally friendly country on Earth” as he announced a U.S. pullout from an international accord designed to curb climate change.

But facts muddy that claim.

The stars aligned when our forefathers signed the Declaration of Independence right in the middle of berry season. And while maybe that wasn’t part of Thomas Jefferson’s agenda, we really ought to take advantage of it.