Mark Kennedy The Associated Press NEW YORK – Charley Pride, one of country music’s first Black superstar whose rich baritone on such hits as “Kiss an Angel Good Morning” helped sell millions of records and made him the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died. […]

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(FORT FRANCES, ON) – The Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested two persons in connection to a Break and Enter at the old Robin’s Donuts building on Scott Street. On Thursday December 10, at 5:33 a.m. officers of the Rainy River District OPP received […]

Tonight will be overcast with a low of -6 C (21). Tomorrow will be overcast during the day but clear overnight with a high of minus-five (23) and a low of -13 (nine). Saturday will be sunny and clear with a high of minus-seven (19) and a low of -14 […]

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SUDBURY ― The Ontario government released its draft transportation plan for Northern Ontario, delivering on its commitment to build a better transportation network for the Region. The plan outlines more than 60 actions to expand highways and transit services, create Northern economic opportunities, keep people safe and provide reliable travel […]

The Associated Press Taylor Swift fans are getting a double reason to celebrate this year – the singer-songwriter is about to release her second album in 2020. “To put it plainly, we just couldn’t stop writing songs,” Swift wrote in social media posts Thursday morning. “I’ve never done this before. […]

Members of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association and the Rainy River District OPP were on hand at Walmart on Saturday to accept donations for the annual Stuff-A-Cruiser event. Locations were set up at Safeway, the Place, Cloverleaf Market and beaver Mills Market as well, each accepting food donations that […]

Natali Trivuncic
Staff Writer

Ice lines the streets, adding to the cold reality that winter is finally here and making way for the mounds of snow that will soon take over. Travis Rob, operations and facilities manager, said they are getting ready for the snowfall like every other year, but there is one major […]

The outbreak at the Soutbridge Roseview Manor in Thunder bay has expanded, to include 44 residents and 22 staff, with the death toll climbing to seven. The outbreak was first declared on November 17. Outbreaks at the John Owen Evans residence in Geraldton, involving one staff, the Walford, involving one […]

Revealed on Monday during the town’s Planning and Development Executive Committee, these plans show the proposed phases of the demolition of the Fort Frances mill site. Buildings highlighted in purple are included in the teardown process, while buildings with an orange border or marked ‘N.I.’ are not included. Phases 1 […]

Revealed on Monday during the town’s Planning and Development Executive Committee, these plans show the proposed phases of the demolition of the Fort Frances mill site. Buildings highlighted in purple are included in the teardown process, while buildings with an orange border or marked ‘N.I.’ are not included. Phases 1 […]