It’s hard to believe that we are already nearing the end of summer. I have been staying busy over the past month, fishing most days and it has just flown by. It’s been fun and we’ve had some great weather but it’s depressing to think that it will be coming […]
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Maples are definitely one of the more colourful shade trees that can be hardy in our zone 3. Although most maples start their leafing period in hues of green or red, every type of maple has an incredible range of autumn tones once they prepare to enter their dormant stage […]
By Holly McKenzie-Sutter
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ontario has dropped runny noses and headaches from the list of COVID-19 symptoms that require children to stay home from school or daycare and get tested for the virus. The province’s updated online screening tool now lists five categories of symptoms “most commonly associated with COVID-19” – fever and chills, […]
The Fort Frances Lakers were excited to commemorate the first Lakers Power Play Pogo sold with a keepsake photo. Jackson Olsen was their first customer for the new fundraising enterprise. The Lakers were gifted the Odd Fellows “Odd Dog” recipe and fryer, and have since revived them as Lakers Power […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
WINDSOR, Ont. – A southwestern Ontario hospital says it has opened a pediatric clinic as it expects a recent surge of COVID-19 cases in children to continue. The Windsor Regional Hospital says the Paediatric Urgent Medical Assessment Clinic is intended for COVID-19 assessments for those aged 17 and younger. The […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO–Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice has certified a class-action lawsuit against fourteen insurance companies that denied business interruption claims related to COVID-19. The class action, launched by several small businesses including a suit store, a smoothie shop and a dance studio, claims businesses across Canada suffered billions of dollars in […]
TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 525 new cases of COVID-19 today and five more deaths, including three deaths that took place months ago. Health Minister Christine Elliott says that 434 of the new infections are in people who are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status. She says […]
Lawrie Kosowick, 74, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Thursday, August 26, 2021, at the La Verendrye General Hospital. A complete obituary will follow.
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau says an estimated 1,250 Canadian citizens, permanent residents and family members are still in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of all U.S. troops on Monday. Garneau revealed the figure during a news conference this morning in which he and Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announced […]
OTTAWA – A new poll suggests the Conservatives and NDP have momentum heading into the second half of the federal election campaign, while the Liberals are bleeding support. Thirty-four per cent of decided voters who took part in the Leger survey said they support Erin O’Toole’s Conservatives – ahead of […]
By Robert Burns and Lolita C. Baldor
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States has completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war and closing a chapter in military history likely to be remembered for colossal failures, unfulfilled promises and a frantic final exit that cost the lives of more than 180 Afghans and 13 U.S. service […]
