Drive Safe and Be Road Aware THUNDER BAY – LIVING – Nobody wants to have a car accident but at some point, most people will be involved in one. However there are a number of steps any driver can take to stack the odds in their favour. Kick the tires Check to see if your […]

MONTREAL – SPORTS – The 2014 RBC Canadian Open was won by Tim Clark. Clark, who entered the final round of the RBC Canadian Open trailing Jim Furyk by three strokes, stumbled out of the gate with a bogey on the opening hole to fall four shots back. He rebounded with birdies on Nos. 6, […]

Emergency Session At United Nations NEW YORK – The United Nations Security Council today, meeting in an emergency session just after midnight, called for an “immediate and unconditional” ceasefire, allowing for the delivery of urgently needed humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip. In a presidential statement, the 15-member body expressed strong support for the call […]

Thunder Bay Regional Aboriginal Engagement Gains Results THUNDER BAY – HEALTH – A key strategic priority of Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) in Aboriginal Health is to establish an environment that is culturally sensitive and welcoming to patients and families. Some patients at TBRHSC request to participate in a sweat lodge ceremony as […]

Space Agency Prepares for Comet Nearing Mars HOUSTON – NASA is preparing for an October comet, C/2013 A1 Siding Spring that will approach Mars this October. The space agency is getting ready to protect its space vehicles orbiting the planet Mars. NASA currently operates two Mars orbiters, with a third on its way and expected […]

CALGARY – Opinion – Just over a hundred years ago seven undertrained ethnic Serbs assembled in Sarajevo, Bosnia to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand. the heir to the Austrian throne. One, Nadeljko Cabrinovic, tossed a bomb that missed. Ferdinand was royally miffed. A second conspirator, Gavrilo Princip, got lucky when the Archduke’s driver made a wrong […]

State releases images it says show Russia fired on Ukraine by Reuters International Pressure to Solve Mystery on MH17 There appears to be a bit of a breakthrough in getting to the site where Malaysian Air MH17 hit the Earth. Malaysia has secured an agreement with Ukrainian separatists, who control the area around the MH17 […]

Severe Weather Impacts Toronto’s Pearson International Airport TORONTO – WEATHER – There is a severe Thunderstorm Warning in effect for Toronto. The weather is impacting flights into and out of Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. Environment Canada has issued the warning on July 27 2014 and it will either be ended or updated by 10:58EDT tonight. […]