Leo Penney, 71, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Saturday, February 5, 2022, at the La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Funeral services are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
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By Dirk Meissner and Brieanna Charlebois
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER – Former cabinet minister Kevin Falcon won the leadership of the B.C. Liberal party on Saturday night. Falcon won on the fifth ballot, taking just over 52 per cent of the points available. Legislature member Ellis Ross finished second with almost 34 per cent of the vote and Michael […]
By Jean-Benoit Legault
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL – A bigger, more interactive and more modern Holocaust museum will be opening its doors in Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal neighbourhood in 2025. The opening is planned to coincide with the 80 year anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, according to the museum’s director. “Some (visitors) don’t […]
By Jordan Press
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – The mayor of Canada’s national capital declared a state of emergency in his city on Sunday in the face of ongoing protests that have overwhelmed local resources shortly before police moved to choke the convoy’s supply chain. In a late-afternoon release, the City of Ottawa said Mayor Jim […]
By Sylvie Corbet And Vladimir Isachenkov
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is set to hold talks in Kyiv and later head to the area near the line of contact in the east. The British government said Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will visit Moscow on Thursday and Defense Secretary Ben Wallace will follow meet Friday with his […]
By Samy Magdy
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CAIRO (AP) – Egypt’s president on Monday hosted his Djiboutian counterpart for talks on improving ties and a controversial dam that Ethiopia is building on the Nile River’s main tributary, which Egypt deems an existential threat, Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh landed in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Sunday. […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
BEIJING – Canada scored another multi-medal day at the Beijing Olympics, and it took just one event to make it happen. Max Parrot won Canada’s first gold medal in Beijing with a dominant performance in the men’s snowboard slopestyle on Monday, while teammate Mark McMorris took the bronze. It’s the […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
BEIJING – Canada won a surprise bronze medal in the mixed team ski jumping competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics. The Canadian team of Alexandria Loutitt, Matthew Soukup, Abigail Strate and Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes placed third with a combined score of 844.6 points. Slovenia won the gold medal in dominating style […]
By Tyler Moffitt
Fire Chief
Fort Frances Fire Rescue Service
Fire Chief
Fort Frances Fire Rescue Service
Along with the Fire Marshal of Ontario and other Fire Chiefs/Firefighters… I am pleading with all residents of the province to do more to prevent fires in their homes. We have lost 21 people in fires so far this year in Ontario! These deaths are preventable. We’ve lost mothers, fathers, […]
By Len Gillis
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Sudbury.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Sudbury.com
Young First Nations (FN) children in Northern Ontario are suffering respiratory tract infections because of poor housing conditions. Those are among the findings that were part of a study carried out in several Northern Ontario locations that included research from the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM). Details of the […]
Baby, it’s cold outside! Fort Frances woke up to a frigid -41C this morning – so cold, we’re sure most of us just wanted to curl back up in bed, like this young deer. But relief is on the way. Environment Canada is predicting this latest cold snap will loosen […]
