BANGKOK – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, under intense criticism for failing to secure adequate supplies of coronavirus vaccines, said Tuesday his government is negotiating to buy 5 million to 10 million doses from U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer. Thailand is experiencing a new wave of the coronavirus, with the number […]
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MINNEAPOLIS – The jurors who sat quietly off-camera through three weeks of draining testimony in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial in George Floyd’s death moved into the spotlight Tuesday, still out of sight but now in control of verdicts awaited by a skittish city. The jury of six white people and […]
They might make a mess, but our fair-weather residents are always a welcome sign of spring. Canada geese return each year to the place they were born, to brood and raise goslings of their own. Geese mate for life, and live for 15-20 years in the wild. Urban areas areas […]
By Natali Trivuncic
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
ntrivuncic@fortfrances.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
ntrivuncic@fortfrances.com
Special education teachers are now eligible to receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Kit Young Hoon, medical officer of health at the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU), announced on Friday. “The province has given direction that staff that work with special education students are eligible for vaccines, so […]
By Colin Perkel
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Calls for Ontario Premier Doug Ford to undo new wide-ranging COVID-19 restrictions on outdoor recreational activities came Sunday, amid pledges of help from the federal government. A political battle also appeared to be brewing amid word the province had proposed to shut the legislature down as early as […]
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Earth Day is taking root at the Fort Frances Library Technology Centre. To celebrate Earth Day, taking place this Thursday, library staff will offering curbside pickup of grain bags and activity books. According to Andrea Avis, the activity bags include seeds to grow barley, soy beans, corn and wheat. The […]
By Nicole Thompson
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Two provinces will offer the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to those aged 40 and over starting Tuesday, officials announced Sunday following days of mounting pressure to lower the minimum age. Alberta and Ontario had previously stuck to the National Advisory Committee on Immunization’s recommendation to offer the AstraZeneca shot to those 55 […]
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VANCOUVER – Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou are expected to ask a B.C. Supreme Court judge today to delay the final leg of hearings in her extradition case. The court said in a statement last week that the Huawei executive’s application for an adjournment would be heard this morning. The hearings […]
By Jordan Press
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – The federal government will this afternoon unveil its spending plans to manage the remainder of the COVID-19 crisis and chart an economic course in a post-pandemic Canada. The Liberals’ first budget in two years is expected to outline the government’s plans for a national child-care system, including what […]
MINNEAPOLIS – Officer Derek Chauvin “had to know” he was squeezing the life out of George Floyd as the Black man cried out over and over that he couldn’t breathe and finally fell silent, a prosecutor told jurors Monday as closing arguments began at Chauvin’s murder trial. “Use your common […]
By Tom Krisher
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DETROIT – Federal safety regulators have sent a team to investigate the fatal crash of a Tesla in a Houston suburb in which local authorities say no one was behind the wheel. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday it has sent a Special Crash Investigation team to Spring, […]
