Fort Frances Times Online Edition - September 15, 2017

The Riverside Foundation for Health Care's special events committee is excited to announce that tickets now are on sale for its upcoming fall gala.

This magical event, entitled “Making Magic for District Health Care,” will take place Saturday, Oct. 14 at La Place Rendez-Vous.

A total of 180 tickets are available at $55 each. Tables of eight or 10 also are available.

In case anyone needed to be reminded who runs the show at the moment in the Fort Frances Women's Volleyball League, the message was reiterated emphatically last night.

How I Set Your Mother kicked off defence of its league title by earning the maximum six points on the opening night of the regular season.

WINNIPEG—The mayor of Winnipeg is calling for the resignation of a senator who wants indigenous people to give up their status cards in exchange for Canadian citizenship.

Brian Bowman said the comments by Conservative Sen. Lynn Beyak are damaging to the country's reconciliation.

MONTREAL—The Toronto-Montreal travel corridor has been identified as one of the strongest candidates for a hyperloop system that could cut the travel time between the cities from five hours to just 39 minutes.

WINNIPEG—Ladybugs usually are thought of as one of the cuter insects, but there's a new type emerging in Canada that has a bit more of a bite.

Health Canada says Asian lady beetles were brought to North America in the 1970s to control crop-eating insects.

TORONTO—The union representing faculty at Ontario's 24 public colleges says they have voted in favour of a strike mandate should upcoming contract talks fail to result in a new agreement.

The Ontario Public Service Employees Union said 68 percent of its members voted in favour of a strike mandate ahead of collective bargaining scheduled to resume next week.

TORONTO—Ontario's New Democrats say they want to expand the scope of a public inquiry into safety and security in the province's long-term care homes.

NDP leader Andrea Horwath said the party has introduced a private member's bill that will ask the government to broaden its approach while reviewing the system.

MINNEAPOLIS—Minnesota Twins' manager Paul Molitor hoped for Byron Buxton to simply get on base with two outs in the 10th inning, knowing the possibilities of what his center-fielder could do on the bases with his speed.

Buxton showed off his power instead.

CINCINNATI—Deshaun Watson showed up in a black tuxedo for his first NFL start.

From his snazzy bowtie to his game-turning scramble, he did it all his style.

The rookie ran 49 yards for a touchdown and led the Houston Texans' depleted offence to a late clinching field goal in a 13-9 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals last night.

LAKE FOREST, Ill.—Marc Leishman left his golf clubs in his garage during his week break from the FedEx Cup playoff and it didn't change anything.

He made 10 birdies in the opening round of the BMW Championship for a nine-under 62 to build a two-shot lead.

Jason Day, meanwhile, made the biggest change of his career and had a 64—his best start in 16 months.

CLEVELAND — On a winning streak that just won’t stop, the Cleveland Indians have posted shutouts, blowouts and routine wins.

All that was missing were a walk-off victory and extra innings.

“Check those two off,” closer Cody Allen said. “We’re checking all the boxes.”

And check this out: 22 in a row.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—SpaceX has put together a bloopers video showing “How NOT to land an orbital rocket booster.”

Set to John Philip Sousa's rousing march “The Liberty Bell,” the two-minute video posted yesterday shows rockets exploding at sea and over land.

The opening blast—from 2013—even is synchronized to the music.

LONDON—Hundreds of British police embarked on a massive manhunt today, racing to find out who placed a homemade bomb on a packed London subway train during the morning rush hour.

The explosion—labelled a terrorist attack by police—wounded 22 people and ignited a panicked stampede to safety.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA's Cassini spacecraft disintegrated in the skies above Saturn early today in a final, fateful blaze of cosmic glory, following a remarkable journey of 20 years.

Confirmation of Cassini's expected demise came about 7:55 a.m. (EDT). That's when radio signals from the spacecraft—its last scientific gifts to Earth—came to an abrupt halt.

TOKYO — Warning sirens blared in northern Japan on Friday when North Korea launched a missile and again when it passed over the Japanese island of Hokkaido as residents were just starting their day.

DAKAR, Senegal — The U.N. refugee agency says Central African Republic is seeing the highest number of people fleeing deadly violence since the beginning of the country’s conflict four years ago.

LONDON — A homemade bomb exploded on a packed London subway train during rush hour on Friday, leaving 22 people injured, police and health officials said. None of the injured is thought to be seriously hurt.

Police say the explosion was a terrorist attack, the fifth in Britain this year. Britain’s domestic spy agency is helping out in the investigation.

HONOLULU — After eight months of living in isolation on a remote Hawaii volcano, six NASA-backed research subjects will emerge from their Mars-like habitat on Sunday and return to civilization.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA waited for confirmation Friday that the Cassini spacecraft had burned up in the sky over Saturn.

Cassini had been put on a course to plunge through Saturn’s atmosphere and vaporize like a meteor at the end of its 20-year journey exploring the planet.

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