Led by moguls superstar Mikael Kingsbury, Canada’s freestyle ski team at the Beijing Olympics should be as dominant as ever. Kingsbury will make his third appearance at the Games as the reigning Olympic champion. The 29-year-old from Deux-Montagnes, Que., headlines a team of 24 athletes named Monday. They join the […]
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By Tyler Moffitt
Fire Chief & CEMC
Fire Chief & CEMC
Recent tragedies due to house fires show the importance of fire safety Last week (January 13, 2022), fire claimed the lives of three children ages 4, 6 and 9 in Sandy Lake First Nation … so many years of potential life lost! Also last week, one person died in a […]
It might be cold outside, but when hunger strikes, even the squirrels get moving. This little guy was happy to find a stash of sunflower seeds to snack on. Do you have a photo to share, of our local wildlife, your family out having fun, or maybe a spectacular sunset? […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 4,061 people in hospital with COVID-19 and 594 people in intensive care units. That’s the second day in a row that the number of hospitalizations has fallen, from a peak Tuesday of 4,183, though the ICU occupancy is still rising. The province reports that another […]
TORONTO — With key public health and health care indicators starting to show signs of improvement, the Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, today released details of steps to cautiously and gradually ease public health measures, starting on January 31, 2022. “The evidence tells us […]
The first annual Drill and Chill ice fishing tournament will be held February 19-27, Community events for young and old are being organized for a week of winter fun! The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce and Fort Frances Library are on board. Other community partners are welcome to join the […]
By Jim Bronskill
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – A Chinese state-owned telecom firm is pressing for disclosure of federal information to help the company fight Ottawa’s order that its Canadian subsidiary be sold or shut down on national security grounds. During a Federal Court hearing Wednesday, a government lawyer defended the move to shield the records […]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK (AP) – An imprint launched last week by Barnes & Noble Inc. has signed up one of the country’s top children’s author-illustrators, Mo Willems, best known for his “Pigeon” picture books. Willems has a five-book deal with Union Square Kids, including for “The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller […]
By Emma Tranter
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
IQALUIT, Nunavut – Former laboratory technologists in Iqaluit say their not receiving a bonus given to Nunavut nursing staff led them to resign after years of burnout and a lack of support. Four of the techs who left spoke to The Canadian Press on the condition that they would remain […]
By Mike Blanchfield
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says Canada will join allies in imposing severe sanctions on Russian officials if the country takes further military action to compromise Ukrainian sovereignty. Russia has positioned about 100,000 troops across Ukraine’s borders along with tanks and other heavy artillery, stoking fears across Europe […]
By Raf Casert
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRUSSELS (AP) – Home! And no longer alone. The 19-year-old Belgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford set a world record as the youngest woman to fly solo around the world, touching her small airplane down in western Belgium on Thursday – 155 days after she departed. She made it count for herself, […]
