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Laurent Beausoleil Randy Staats is photographed at the Gaylord Powless Community Centre at the Six Nations of the Grand River, Ontario on Friday, March 12, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power March 15, 2021 - 11:57 AM Iroquois Nationals lacrosse star Randy Staats was angry at first, but he now says an international snub of his team only fuelled his desire to play on the world stage. Three years ago, the International Olympic Committee granted World Lacrosse, the international federation, provisional recognition. That's a step toward inclusion in the 2028 Summer Ol...

Author: Janice Forsyth (MENAFN - The Conversation) Lately, I have been wondering what it is like to win a sport award named after a notorious racist. Every year in December a panel of professional journalists award the Lou Marsh Trophy to Canada's top athlete. This award, first handed out in 1936, remains one of the most anticipated events in Canadian sport because it is given to any athlete in any sport, whether amateur or professional, male or female. With the criteria being wide open and with journalists at the helm, it is no surprise the recip...

Maury County accepts additional relief funding for COVID-19 The Daily Herald Maury County government will receive more than $30,000 in public assistance funding to relieve financial burdens caused by COVID-19. Commissioners unanimously accepted the funding resolution during the board’s monthly meeting on Tuesday. The county will receive an additional  $30,274 from a state and federal grant to provide local relief during the pandemic. The funds provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency and will support “small projects” withi...

Six dairy farms needed for new NI technology network 7 January 2021 | The aim of the network is to encourage technology adoption on Northern Irish farms Six dairy farms are needed to encourage a greater rate of technology adoption within the industry as part of a new network of demonstration farms in Northern Ireland. The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is currently establishing Technology Demonstration Farms. The aim is to encourage technology adoption on farms, as research shows that early adopters play an important role in convincing their peers to take mo...

Shorebirds in the Misty Morning | Surveying the St. Marks Refuge It’s a little after 6:00 am, and all I can see in my headlights is tall grass. In that tall grass is the car I’m following; off to the sides is darkness, water. My car struggles to stay straight on the overgrown levies of the Saint Marks Refuge, and my hands stay busy on the wheel. Soon, Don Morrow and I are standing in the dark hearing least bitterns and frogs, and a distant barred owl. We’re in position to count shorebirds. Don does this roughly twice a month, based on the tides. “I’m looking for a 2.5 foot tide...