Canadians’ player Ozzy Hanson Streaks in to score the shootout winner Friday night against the Norwest Stars. The Canadians would go on to win the first tournament in almost two years. Read more about the tournament in the Fort Frances Times this Wednesday. -Allan Bradbury photo
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OTTAWA – Employees in the core federal public sector who have not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be put on unpaid leave today, unless they were already granted an accommodation. The policy could potentially leave more than one thousand workers without pay and unable to access employment insurance benefits. […]
By Lee Berthiaume
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OTTAWA – A former case manager with Veterans Affairs Canada is speaking out about the overwhelming caseloads, lack of support and toxic work environment that she says are putting severely disabled veterans at risk. “It’s hard to put your head down at night and feel like you did your job […]
By Joan Bryden
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OTTAWA – After getting off to an arguably slow start since winning re-election on Sept. 20, Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government appears poised to go into hyperdrive with next week’s resumption of Parliament. The Liberals promised more than a dozen initiatives in their election platform – including the introduction or reintroduction […]
By Bob Weber
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The delegates are trickling home and Glasgow’s streets are clearing of protesters. Now, experts say, the real work begins of putting meat and bone to the pledges and commitments made by world leaders to keep global warming below catastrophic levels. “The next couple years are going to be the most […]
By Darlene Superville
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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden will showcase his commitment to Native Americans on Monday by taking steps to improve public safety and justice for their communities and seeking a 20-year ban on oil and gas drilling on Chaco Canyon, an ancient heritage site in northwestern New Mexico. Biden was […]
By Gene Johnson
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SEATTLE (AP) – Having rejected a half-billion-dollar settlement offer, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is taking the state’s case against the nation’s three biggest drug distributors to trial Monday, saying they must be held accountable for their role in the opioid crisis. But his gamble isn’t without risk, as a […]
By Rob Maaddi
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Russell Wilson was shut out for the first time in his career. Taylor Heinicke outplayed Tom Brady. Aaron Rodgers had fewer touchdowns than Cam Newton. Another Sunday was filled with upsets and unpredictability. For the second straight week, four teams with losing records beat clubs that entered in first place […]
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TURIN, Italy (AP) – Top-ranked Novak Djokovic extended his winning streak to six matches with a 7-6 (4), 6-2 victory over Casper Ruud on Monday to open his campaign at the ATP Finals. Following a two-month break after his loss to Daniil Medvedev in the U.S. Open final – which […]
Annual Remembrance Day ceremonies took place across the district this morning to re- member the service and sacrifice of Canada’s veterans, including in Couchiching First Nation and Fort Frances. The ceremony in Fort Frances was not officially open to the public, and so was livestreamed online for viewing. –Allan Bradbury […]
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The Town of Fort Frances Operations and Facilities Division, through winter weather monitoring activities, is following a system that could bring a winter weather storm to the Town of Fort Frances that could pose a risk to the users of the roadways and sidewalks within the Town of Fort Frances. […]
