Fort Frances Times Online Edition - July 24, 2018

Carter Daniw, left, Teagan McKinnon, and Hayley Glueheisen played with dinosaurs in one of the sandboxes at the McIrvine Rotary Park on Colonization Road West this morning.

MONTREAL—The move by Montreal to increase the minimum age for youngsters to be allowed into its public swimming pools without supervision is getting the thumbs-up from the province's lifesaving society.

Several drownings earlier this year prompted the city to raise the age to eight years old from six when municipal pools opened this summer.

OTTAWA—The number of sexual assaults reported to police is on the rise while the ones deemed “unfounded” by officers is on the decline in the wake of the #MeToo movement, according to a new statistical look at crime in Canada.

TORONTO—A controversial decision by the Ontario government to scrap the sex-education curriculum before a new one is in place has left school boards in limbo with just weeks to go before students return to classes.

TORONTO—Residents of Toronto's Danforth Avenue gathered for a prayer service last night to mourn the victims of a shooting that left three people dead, including the gunman, and 13 wounded.

The mood on the normally-bustling street lined with restaurants, patios, and boutiques was solemn after it was reopened by police.

CHURCHILL, Man.—Florence Hamilton's ancestors once followed the caribou across the Arctic tundra.

That was before the federal government forcefully relocated the Sayisi Dene to barren land outside Churchill, Man. in 1956.

By 1973, 117 of the more than 250 people who were moved had died and most of those still alive moved west to Tadoule Lake, where they still live today.

BANFF, Alta.—Three bison babies have been born in the backcountry of Banff National Park—the first calves conceived in the area in more than 140 years.

Two of the bison were born on July 15 while the third was born on Thursday.

OTTAWA—A 24-year-old man was taken into custody yesterday morning in connection with an incident during the traditional Changing of the Guard ceremony on Parliament Hill.

OTTAWA—The Liberal government has made it clear that simply entering Canada is not a “free ticket” for newcomers to stay in the country, Public Safety minister Ralph Goodale told MPs studying the ongoing influx of asylum-seekers from the United States.

TOKYO—The 2020 Olympics will open in two years—and the heat is on.

Since being awarded the games, which will be the largest-ever with 33 sports and 339 events, Tokyo organizers have had to deal with a series of setbacks ranging from stadium and construction delays, natural disasters, and a mascot scandal.

TORONTO—With the Blue Jays lacking a starter for last night's game, manager John Gibbons hoped to find an answer in his bullpen.

The end result wasn't quite was he was looking for but Gibbons did see a glimmer of hope in three scoreless innings from Jaime Garcia to close out the game.

It will be clear to partly cloudy tonight, with an overnight low of 12 C (54 F) and west-northwest winds gusting up to 17 km/h.

Tomorrow will see a morning shower or thunderstorm give way to partial clearing, with a high of 21 (70) and low around 11 (52).

Look for west-northwest winds gusting up to 18 km/h.