THE CANADIAN PRESS BARRIE, Ont. – Highway 400 has reopened in both directions after bring closed for hours due to whiteout conditions and a series of collisions. Ontario Provincial Police announced the lanes had reopened around 9 p.m. Monday. Police shut down the major artery Monday afternoon from Highway 88 […]
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By Camille BainsTHE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER – Essential workers who are more likely to contract and transmit COVID-19 should be prioritized for immunization with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine now that a national panel is not recommending it for seniors, two experts say. Caroline Colijn, a COVID-19 modeller and mathematician at Simon […]
By Jamey KeatenTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS GENEVA – A leader of the U.N.-backed project to deploy COVID-19 vaccines to needy people in both rich and poor countries acknowledged Tuesday that the rollout has gone slower than expected in some places because of issues with shipping and approval, but insisted that “ultimately” […]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – Sen. Mitt Romney said Monday that he was knocked unconscious in a fall over the weekend, but he was “doing better.” The Utah Republican said the accident happened when he was spending time with his grandchildren in Boston. He told reporters he was taken to […]
Karen and Stan Jr. Sockolotuk of Stan’s pulled the winning ticket for the Kiwanis Club Trip of the Month draw for March yesterday. Mallory and Zak Tully are the winners of a trip to Banff on Horseback valued at $3,800. April’s draw is for Winnipeg-Churchill Via Rail trip ($4,500.00). –Merna […]
By Steve DouglasTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS Horse racing’s image received another grievous blow on Tuesday when an Irish jockey apologized after a widely circulated video emerged of him straddling the corpse of a horse which had just suffered a cardiac arrest. Rob James’ apology came a day after the leading Irish […]
By Stephen WadeTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO – The Tokyo Olympics made a symbolic gesture toward gender equality on Tuesday by appointing 12 women to the body’s executive board. The board will now have 19 women among its 45 members, or 42%. To accommodate the new women, the size of the […]
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The Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Rainycrest Long Term Care Home as a result of two staff members testing positive. In addition to the protocols instituted by the NWHU related to close contacts of these individuals, we are implementing additional precautions to prevent the spread […]
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — While check-in for the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Tennessee River was scheduled for 3 p.m. ET, Jeff Gustafson was waiting in the parking lot behind the World’s Fair Park Performance Lawn by 2. With his limit of smallmouth filled and potentially treacherous waters ahead, the Keewatin, […]
By Natali Trivuncic
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
ntrivuncic@fortfrances.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
ntrivuncic@fortfrances.com
The Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) has received its first reported COVID-19 variant of concern lab result on Friday. Dr. Kit Young Hoon, medical officer of health at the NWHU, said the U.K. variant was found in a previously reported case in the Dryden area and is not known to be […]
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On Friday, the Government of Ontario announced that the Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) will be moving into the “Grey – Lockdown” zone of the provincial COVID-19 Response Framework: Keeping Ontario Safe and Open. Additional public health measures will further help control the spread of COVID-19 in the TBDHU […]
