Province and Ottawa to Study Ticks in NB

The provincial and federal governments are partnering to enhance field surveillance and tick collection over two years.  The geographic range of blacklegged ticks, which can transmit Lyme disease, has been expanding, so they’ll look at where.  Grand Manan, Grand Bay-Westfield, Saint John, Rothesay, Quispamsis, St. Stephen, Saint Andrews and St. George are among targeted areas.

Friday’s Sports Results

NS Senior Baseball

Dartmouth 13 Kentville 0

MLB

American League

Chicago White Sox 11 Toronto 4

Detroit 13 Tampa Bay 4

Texas 10 Seattle 4

Boston 2 Houston 1

Cleveland 8 Minnesota 1

Oakland 7 N.Y. Yankees 6

Kansas City 3 L.A. Angels 1

National League

Arizona 5 Philadelphia 4

Chicago Cubs 9 Pittsburgh 5

L.A. Dodgers 3 Cincinnati 1

Washington 7 N.Y. Mets 2

Miami 5 Atlanta 0

Milwaukee 6 San Diego 5 (10 innings)

Colorado 10 San Francisco 8

Interleague

St. Louis 11 Baltimore 2

CFL Pre-season

Toronto 23 Hamilton 16

B.C. 42 Saskatchewan 10