Fort Frances Times Online Edition - September 29, 2017

Muskie defenders Jayden Woolsey (#5) and Damon Nyberg (#10) zeroed in on the Tec Voc Hornets' running back during Fort High's 39-32 win in WHSFL action here yesterday afternoon. With the victory, which was the team's annual Homecoming game, the black-and-gold improved to 2-2 in the Currie Division ('A').

Grade 4 students Rachel Ste. Croix, left, Gemma Perreault, Alexis Latter, and Olivia Handberg participated in Robert Moore School's Terry Fox Walk/Run yesterday. Similar walks were held at other schools in town and across the district.

Angie Fraser was thrilled to have “Elvis" (Daylin James) sing to her yesterday evening during a concert on the 200 block of Scott Street. The third concert in the Rainy Lake 150 series, the "King” and his Good Rockin' Tonite Band delighted a crowd consisting of about 250 fans of all ages from 6-8 p.m.

TORONTO—A conciliator has set 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 15 as the time a legal strike or lockout involving unionized faculty at all 24 public colleges in the province can begin.

The conciliator issued the date after faculty represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union requested a “no-board” report last week.

TORONTO—A bill that would give people who experience domestic or sexual violence 10 days of paid leave from work cleared a hurdle in the Ontario's legislature yesterday.

The private member's bill proposed by NDP leader Andrea Horwath passed second reading with the support of both the Liberal government and Opposition Progressive Conservatives.

REGINA—A Regina police officer has taken to Twitter, asking what it will take to stop impaired driving.

Cst. Curtis Warnar said a driver pulled over Wednesday morning blew four times the limit while driving children to school.

TORONTO—Medical professionals and body artists say the practice of tattooing the eyeball, which recently left an Ottawa woman facing the prospect of vision loss, is on the rise despite its many risks.

Ophthalmologists and tattoo studios decry the practice, saying it's very difficult to engage in it safely.

VANCOUVER—The Canadian government's new cultural strategy all but snubs so-called legacy media, industry experts say, and left out some key measures that could have given a boost to struggling newspapers expected in the lead-up to the long-awaited announcement.

OTTAWA—As he prepares to return to private life after seven years as Governor General, David Johnston is being toasted as a warm and genial man of the people who connected deeply with Canadians.

Johnston's term ends Monday, when former astronaut Julie Payette is to be sworn in.

LONDON — Getting anywhere on the planet in under an hour ‚Äî one of the more intriguing possibilities that Elon Musk, the billionaire innovator, raised as he unveiled plans for a new rocket.

VANCOUVER—Jake Virtanen's days were pretty packed after the Vancouver Canucks banished him to the AHL last season.

The sixth overall pick at the 2014 NHL draft would work out with his Utica Comets' teammates, hit the ice for practice, then ride a stationary bike before heading home after lunch for a few hours of sleep.

GREEN BAY, Wis.—The Green Bay Packers keep finding ways to win despite more key injuries.

The Chicago Bears never recovered from a miserable start by quarterback Mike Glennon.

Aaron Rodgers threw four touchdown passes while the injury-riddled Packers converted three turnovers into scores in an eventful 35-14 victory over the mistake-prone Chicago Bears last night.

OTTAWA—Things already were hard enough for Ottawa quarterback Ryan Lindley without another giant hole opening up in the Redblacks' offensive line.

With starting quarterback Trevor Harris and back-up Drew Tate sidelined by injuries, the pressure lies on third-string pivot Lindley to find a way to beat the Saskatchewan Roughriders tonight at TD Place.

BOSTON—The Boston Red Sox stumbled on their way to an AL East title—and got a pretty scary look at what's waiting for them if they get there.

JERSEY CITY, N.J.—The opening ceremony at the Presidents Cup was unlike any other in golf, with former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton on the first tee.

But the results were all too familiar.

The Americans led at some point in all five of the foursomes matches yesterday at Liberty National. They won the first three.

ZURICH — Drones will help deliver toothbrushes, deodorant and smartphones to Swiss homes this fall as part of a pilot project, the first of its kind over a densely populated area.

The drones will take items from a distribution centre in the Zurich area and transport them 8 to 16 kilometres (5 to 10 miles) to awaiting delivery vans. The van drivers then bring the packages to homes.

HICKORY CORNERS, Mich.—A different kind of driving lesson—in a vehicle with a top speed of 65 km/h that hasn't been produced in nearly a century—is gaining traction in western Michigan.

More than 500 people have learned to drive a Model T at the Gilmore Car Museum near Kalamazoo this year.

BOSTON—No. 1 if by land, No. 2 if by sea?

Archaeologists are excavating what they believe was the site of an outhouse next door to Paul Revere's home and the “privy,” as the colonists politely called their potties, could be flush with artifacts.

Historians say people typically dumped trash and household goods in their outhouses.

WASHINGTON—Nearly 300 species of fish, mussels, and other sea critters hitchhiked across the Pacific Ocean on debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami, washing ashore alive in the United States, researchers reported yesterday.

It is the largest and longest marine migration ever documented, outside experts and the researchers said.

BANGKOK — The prejudice and hostility that Rohingya Muslims face in Myanmar stretch beyond the country’s notoriously brutal security forces to a general population receptive to an often-virulent form of Buddhist nationalism that has seen a resurgence since the end of military rule.

BOSTON — No. 1 if by land, No. 2 if by sea?

Archaeologists are excavating what they believe was the site of an outhouse next door to Paul Revere’s home and the “privy,” as the colonists politely called their potties, could be flush with artifacts.

HICKORY CORNERS, Mich. — A different kind of driving lesson ‚Äî in a vehicle with a top speed of 40 mph (65 kph) that hasn’t been produced in nearly a century is gaining traction in western Michigan.

More than 500 people have learned to drive a Model T at the Gilmore Car Museum near Kalamazoo this year.

WASHINGTON — Nearly 300 species of fish, mussels and other sea critters hitchhiked across the Pacific Ocean on debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami, washing ashore alive in the United States, researchers reported Thursday.

HONOLULU — One of Hawaii’s most divisive issues is centred on a largely barren, wintry mountain its peak the highest point in the state accessible via vehicles with four-wheel drive that can navigate a steep gravel road with sharp switchbacks. Breathing can be difficult up there at an elevation of nearly 14,000 feet (4,267 metres).

SAN FRANCISCO — Two days of cracking, thundering falling rock at Yosemite National Park have left one man dead, two people injured, and even experienced climbers stunned by the spectacle.

A massive new hunk of granite broke off Thursday at the park’s mountaineering mecca of El Capitan, injuring an elderly man and sending huge plumes of white dust.

When I first moved to Chicago from North Carolina, I was amazed at the variety of sausages. There were polish sausages, bratwurst, bockwurst, Italian; sweet and hot, among others. At that time, the sausage that I knew best was knackwurst which is smoked like a hot dog, only thicker and made from all beef.

The Legion Ladies' Auxiliary will hold its next monthly supper—featuring pork cutlets—today (Sept. 29) at 5:30 p.m. upstairs at the Legion (doors open at 4:30). Admission is $15/person, with take-outs available by calling 274-3772. A 50/50 draw also will be held.