Theft attempts reported
Shortly after 4 a.m. on Saturday, members of the Rainy River District OPP were called to a report of a male trying to steal items from vehicles.
This took place in the Willow Road and Elm Crescent area of Atikokan.
Officers also were advised that vehicles in the Alder Road area had been entered and the items inside moved around.
Active weekend for fires
Eighteen new fires confirmed by yesterday afternoon in the Northwest Region, with more reports still being investigated.
These fires were located in the Red Lake, Thunder Bay, Nipigon, Sioux Lookout, and Dryden districts.
Most of these blazes remained small and fire crews were making good progress on them.
Boater's body recovered
The Kenora OPP currently is investigating the death of a boater on Grassy Narrows Lake.
On Saturday, the Treaty #3 Police Service notified the OPP of a missing man on Grassy Narrows Lake.
Police were advised that four individuals had overturned a boat and fallen into the lake, and that one male had not resurfaced.
Learning to putt
Michael Collins putted the ball as Erica Lemelin, Joanna Empey, Andrea Avis, and Caroline Goulding looked on during Project Sunset's second-annual PALS golf event at Heron Landing on Thursday. Running from 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., the event also fetaured a barbecued lunch for all the participants.
Speeding along
Jason Williamson of Fort Frances put his #88 car into high gear to pull away with the win in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds division as part of Borderland Racing Association action at Emo Speedway on Saturday. Emo's Brody Strachan captured the WISSOTA Modifieds division while Tylar Wilson of Fort Frances emerged victorious in the Street Stocks.
Feds rarely match disaster donations at home
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau encouraged people over the weekend to donate to the Canadian Red Cross to help British Columbians affected by raging wildfires.
He made a similar appeal for Ontario and Quebec flood victims earlier this year.
Trudeau gets upstaged by daughter
CALGARY—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was upstaged by his eight-year-old daughter, Ella Grace, as the CP Canada 150 train chugged into Calgary yesterday afternoon.
Prior to Trudeau speaking, CP Rail president Keith Creel told the audience the railway had created a special train horn 50 years ago to celebrate Canada's centennial.
NDP race enters crunch time
OTTAWA—Many NDP supporters may be focused on putting their feet up for the rest of the summer, but their party's leadership race is about to enter a critical phase as candidates eye the last leg of the campaign to replace Tom Mulcair.
Arctic science station nearing completion
A decade after it was first promised, Canada's new High Arctic Research Station is nearly complete and already giving scientists access to a vast new section of ice and tundra.
Man charged over luring confrontation
LLOYDMINSTER, Alta.—Police have charged a man who they allege confronted another man with a video camera and accused him of trying to meet up with a young boy in what is being called a case of mistaken identity.
RCMP allege the suspect approached a man last weekend outside a restaurant in Lloydminster, on the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary.
Kenney announces UCP leadership bid
EDMONTON—Former federal cabinet minister Jason Kenney officially has launched his bid for the leadership of Alberta's new United Conservative Party by promising to stand up to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
It's Kenney's second entry into a leadership contest in a year.
Kyle Busch ends winless season
LONG POND, Pa.—Kyle Busch watched the number of laps he's led this season tick, tick, tick as it crossed 1,000 but he only really cared about the lap he hadn't led: the last one.
“We've had speed. We've been right there,” Busch noted.
“We've been able to do what we should be doing and that's running up front.”
Vegas defends crown at Canadian Open
OAKVILLE, Ont.—This year there were no video calls to be made when Jhonattan Vegas won the RBC Canadian Open.
He had brought his wife and daughter with him so they could see him win the PGA Tour event—again—in person.
Vegas made birdie on the 524-yard par-five No. 18 to win a playoff with Charley Hoffman yesterday and capture back-to-back Canadian Opens.
Another wild rally for Jays
TORONTO—With his second walk-off grand slam in four days, Steve Pearce lifted the Toronto Blue Jays to a miraculous 11-10 comeback win over the L.A. Angels yesterday afternoon to avoid a three-game sweep.
The Angels held a 10-4 lead entering the ninth inning and many of the 46,852 in the sold-out Rogers Centre crowd already had left the stadium.
Hall of Fame ceremony emotional for inductees
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.—Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez stared out at his father, wiping away tears as he spoke.
“I love you with all of my heart,” Rodriguez said.
“If I'm a Hall-of-Famer, you're a Hall-of-Famer—double.”
Those words punctuated Rodriguez's speech as he was inducted yesterday into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Beltre doubles for 3,000th hit, 1st from Dominican to do it
ARLINGTON, Texas — Adrian Beltre got his 3,000th career hit in a fitting way ‚Äî a hard hit down the line past third base.
The 38-year-old Texas Rangers third baseman doubled Sunday to become the first player from the Dominican Republic, and 31st overall, to join the 3,000-hit club in the major leagues.
Beltre doubles for 3,000th hit
ARLINGTON, Tex.—Adrian Beltre got his 3,000th career hit in a fitting way—a hard hit down the line past third base.
The 38-year-old Texas Rangers' third baseman doubled yesterday to become the first player from the Dominican Republic, and 31st overall, to join the 3,000-hit club in the major leagues.
U.S. bombers fly over South Korea
SEOUL—The United States flew two supersonic bombers over the Korean Peninsula yesterday in a show of force against North Korea following the country's latest intercontinental ballistic missile test.
The U.S. also said it conducted a successful test of a missile defence system located in Alaska.
Airplane plot foiled
CANBERRA, Australia—Security remained heightened in airports around Australia, with more intense screening of luggage, after law enforcement officials thwarted what a police chief described today as a “credible attempt to attack an aircraft.”
Luggage screening intensified after Australia airplane plot
CANBERRA, Australia — Security remained heightened in airports around Australia with more intense screening of luggage after law enforcement officials thwarted what a police chief described on Monday as a “credible attempt to attack an aircraft.”
FDA to target addictive levels of nicotine in cigarettes
For the first time, the federal government is proposing cutting the nicotine level in cigarettes so they aren’t so addictive.
US bombers fly over South Korea after North’s 2nd ICBM test
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — The United States flew two supersonic bombers over the Korean Peninsula on Sunday in a show of force against North Korea following the country’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile test. The U.S. also said it conducted a successful test of a missile defence system located in Alaska.
Election council says 8M voted to create Venezuelan assembly
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan electoral authorities said more than 8 million people voted to create a constitutional assembly endowing President Nicolas Maduro’s ruling socialist party with virtually unlimited powers a number more than double the estimates of independent experts and opposition leaders, who met the announcement with fury and derision.
Australian court debates release of Queen’s secret letters
SYDNEY, Australia — A legal battle over secret letters revealing what Queen Elizabeth II knew of her Australian representative’s stunning plan to dismiss Australia’s government in 1975 opened in federal court Monday, in a case that could finally solve a mystery behind the country’s most dramatic political crisis.
This eggplant gets sweet, sour thanks to vinegar, tomatoes
Traditional recipes seem to be part of a collective conscience of sorts, and eggplant caponata is no exception. All around Italy (and the world), chefs and grandmothers and uncles are making a variation of this sweet and sour eggplant dish. And while each region and family has its own variation on method and ingredients, the same overall idea prevails.