Fort Frances Times Online Edition - July 13 2017

Canada Border Services Agency officers at the Pigeon River and Rainy River ports of entry seized three undeclared firearms on Canada Day.

At the Pigeon River POE, a New Mexico resident was referred for a secondary examination by the CBSA.

Officers subsequently found the frame of a firearm concealed within the traveller's bag.

They already had their open tryout camp scheduled for this weekend but the Fort Frances Lakers weren't sitting around counting the minutes to pass the time.

Rather, a trio of team-related events occurred over the past two days.

With their top two pitchers this season unavailable, the Barwick Blue Knights were desperate to fill their void on the rubber Tuesday night.

The Rainy River Royals sensed the desperation and attacked like famished sharks.

The Royals halted Barwick's 11-game winning streak with a 22-6 thrashing of the Blue Knights in Rainy River District Fastball League action.

Centra Pipelines had to sit idly back as Manitou Forest Products took their place at the top of the standings.

Centra took it right back yesterday evening.

Nico Veldhuisen netted a pair of goals to lead Centra to a 4-2 victory over Manitou in Borderland Soccer League men's division action.

Cathy DeGagne checked out an arrangement of vintage car parts made by Fine Line Art Gallery co-op member Ed Halvorsen to promote the Canadian Coasters' 50th anniversary tour stopping in Fort Frances next week. The Scott Street “Show 'n Shine” is slated for Wednesday, followed by a car show at the Sorting Gap Marina on Thursday.

CALGARY—Police say a body found in a ditch west of Calgary likely is to be linked to three people found dead in a burned-out car earlier this week.

Acting Insp. Paul Wozney wouldn't confirm the identity of the body found, but said police no longer are looking for 26-year-old Hanock Afowerk, the registered owner of the black 2011 Chevrolet Cruze that was engulfed in flames.

OTTAWA—NDP leadership contenders vying for the same job found some common ground Tuesday night in their vociferous opposition to Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall and Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister on carbon pricing.

OTTAWA—It could give a whole new meaning to buried treasure.

A national foundation wants to store millions of videos, films, and other recordings 60 storeys underground in an old Norad bunker near North Bay, Ont. in an effort to preserve the vast electronic record of Canadian history.

WINNIPEG—The Manitoba government plans to poll residents about their marijuana consumption and what kind of rules they would like to see when recreational pot is legalized next year.

The provincial liquor and gaming authority is looking for a company to do 15-minute surveys of at least 1,200 Manitobans in the coming months as it prepares for the new law.

OTTAWA—The federal government was set to reveal Canada's next governor general, with an announcement slated earlier this afternoon outside the doors of the Senate.

Sources are telling The Canadian Press and others that astronaut Julie Payette is among the top contenders.

OTTAWA—The Bank of Canada yesterday hiked its benchmark interest rate for the first time in nearly seven years in what may be the beginning of the end of the era of cheap borrowing that has fuelled the hot housing market and record levels of debt.

WINNIPEG—Cries from frustrated families of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls grew louder yesterday as advocates in different parts of the country called for a reboot of the study following the resignation of a Métis commissioner.

MONTREAL—Charles de Gaulle may have made history when he shouted “Vive le Quebec libre” from the balcony of Montreal's city hall in 1967.

But 50 years later, the city doesn't seem keen on re-creating the iconic moment, a sovereigntist group said yesterday.

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Where's the character Rey in the “Star Wars” version of Monopoly?

In a land far, far away, apparently.

Eighteen months after game-maker Hasbro Inc. promised to add the female character to the game by the fall of 2016, an Illinois girl who wrote to the company to say “girls matter” is still waiting.

Others are, too.

Winnipeg defensive back T.J. Heath does well picking off passes, but doesn't expect Toronto quarterback Ricky Ray to add to his reputation when the Argonauts visit the Blue Bombers tonight.

With a league-leading three interceptions in just two games this season, Heath is well on pace to exceed last year's seven, which was good enough to tie for tops in the CFL.

CHICAGO—The Chicago Cubs, scuffling and inconsistent since winning the World Series, acquired ace Jose Quintana from the White Sox today in a major trade between the cross-town rivals.

Trailing Milwaukee by 5.5 games in the NL Central at 43-45, the Cubs shook things up in a big way by acquiring Quintana, a 2016 all-star.

The Toronto Blue Jays will begin the unofficial second half of the season on Friday with a 41-47 record, good for last place in the American League East.

With their playoff hopes fading (they're five games back of the second AL wild card with seven teams between them), here are five things the Jays need to do to stay afloat.

LONDON—Venus Williams reached her ninth Wimbledon final, and first since 2009, turning in her latest display of gutsy serving to beat Johanna Konta 6-4, 6-2 today.

At 37, Williams is the oldest finalist at the All England Club since Martina Navratilova was the 1994 runner-up at that age.

LONDON—In a Wimbledon rematch, Milos Raonic proved to be no match for Roger Federer.

The third-seeded Swiss great—trying for a record eighth Wimbledon title—systematically dismantled Raonic in quarter-final action at the All England Club yesterday with a 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (4) victory.

“I can say with fact that I did everything I could to try to find a way to win,” Raonic said.

HOUSTON — If the Trump administration gets its way, U.S. citizens boarding international flights will have to submit to a face scan, a plan privacy advocates call a step toward a surveillance state.

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. — McDonald’s is hoping to make a difference in its future seven seconds at a time.

The company that helped define fast food is making supersized efforts to reverse its fading popularity and catch up to a landscape that has evolved around it. That includes expanding delivery, digital ordering kiosks in restaurants, and rolling out an app that saves precious seconds.

LONDON—A vast iceberg with twice the volume of Lake Erie has broken off from a key floating ice shelf in Antarctica, scientists said yesterday.

The iceberg broke off from the Larsen C ice shelf, scientists at the University of Swansea in Britain said.

The iceberg is described as weighing one trillion tonnes (1.12 trillion U.S. tons).

NEW YORK—Moon dust collected by Neil Armstrong during the first lunar landing is being sold at a New York auction.

The lunar dust, plus some tiny rocks that Armstrong also collected, are zipped up in a small bag and are worth an estimated $2 million-$4 million.

NEW YORK — Moon dust collected by Neil Armstrong during the first lunar landing is being sold at a New York auction.

The lunar dust plus some tiny rocks that Armstrong also collected are zipped up in a small bag and are worth an estimated $2 million to $4 million.

WASHINGTON — A group of girls from Afghanistan are finally getting their wish of coming to the United States for a robotics competition.

The girls’ applications for U.S. visas had been denied twice, but the White House says President Donald Trump intervened and they will be allowed in to participate in the competition.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Where’s the character Rey in the “Star Wars” version of Monopoly? In a land far, far away, apparently.

Eighteen months after game-maker Hasbro Inc. promised to add the female character to the game by the fall of 2016, an Illinois girl who wrote to the company to say “girls matter” is still waiting.

Others are, too.

Sometimes, it’s just too hot to turn on the stove. The key is to stock up your kitchen with “healthy convenience food” that doesn’t require any heat, such as fresh produce, canned beans, canned fish and small boxes of pre-cooked legumes found in the prepared produce section.