One of the best parts about living in Sunset Country is that we are fortunate that there are always open fishing seasons for some species of fish. Of the most popular sport fish species, the walleye season closes for a month in the spring, musky season is closed from the […]
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By Natali Trivuncic
Staff Writer
ntrivuncic@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
ntrivuncic@fortfrances.com
At the end of April, The Spry Farm posted to their Facebook page asking members in the community to help them look for a commercial liability insurance policy, something they never thought they would have to do, Leanne Spry said. “I wasn’t actually anticipating this. We had a commercial insurance […]
Container gardening is very versatile and rewarding. You can purchase containers in many materials or you may have something around the house that could be an interesting planter. You are only limited by your imagination. Make sure your container has a few holes in the bottom to ensure good drainage. […]
The first time I was in the presence of the great Rocket Richard, we were in jail. Both of us. He was a few paces ahead of me (that’s royalty) as the big iron door clanged shut behind us. The jail was Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Penitentiary, in suburban Montreal, and we were […]
Press release
Canada’s farmland market remained strong and stable during a year marked by economic turbulence caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Farmland Values Report. The average value of Canadian farmland increased by 5.4 per cent in 2020, slightly more than the 5.2 per cent […]
Press release
Currently, there are 66 active cases of COVID-19 in the Northwestern Health Unit region. Today we received reports of: 1 new positive COVID-19 test result in the Emo Health Hub region; 2 new positive COVID-19 test results in the Kenora Health Hub region; 2 new positive COVID-19 test results in […]
Judy Anderson, 69, gets her AstraZeneca vaccine from Venkata Reddy Donthi Reddy, pharmacist at Pharmasave in Fort Frances. The provincial government is hoping to have vaccine eligibility open to all adults by the end of the month.– Merna Emara photo
By Holly McKenzie-Sutter
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Ontario might shorten the length of time between COVID-19 vaccine doses and is looking into mixing and matching doses as it prepares to receive increased shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The province expects to receive weekly shipments of more than 785,000 doses from Pfizer-BioNTech in May, and more […]
Ontario is reporting 2,791 new cases of COVID-19 today and 25 more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 931 new cases in Toronto, 653 in Peel Region, and 275 in York Region. She also says there are 147 new cases in Durham Region and […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – A second team of health-care workers from Newfoundland and Labrador left this morning for Ontario to help the province battle its COVID-19 caseload. Three doctors and four nurses are scheduled to arrive in Toronto this afternoon and then head to Brampton, where they’ll be working for […]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRUSSELS – Dried yellow mealworms could soon be hitting supermarket shelves and restaurants across Europe. The European Union’s 27 nations gave the greenlight Tuesday to a proposal to put the Tenebrio molitor beetle’s larvae on the market as a “novel food.” The move came after the EU’s food safety agency […]
