The Associated PressSimmi Buttar NEW YORK – With NFL training camps set to start at the end of the month, the league believes it is closer to one answer when it comes to player safety amid the coronavirus pandemic: face shields for the players’ helmets. The NFL and the players’ […]

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There are a host of presentations and reports to be made at tonight’s town council meeting.Following verbal updates that will be provided by Mayor June Caul and Councillors Michael Behan, Wendy Brunetta and Andrew Hallikas, council will consider a report that recommends the implementation of a Capital Asset Registry Policy. […]

The town has recalled three summer students to maintain the municipalities’ two cemeteries. Unforseen projects left existing staff unable to keep the grounds up to standard. The students will be devoted entirely to cemeteries, freeing staff to tackle other projects. -Submitted photo

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SUDDEN DEATH IN FORT FRANCES AT WHITE PINE INN (FORT FRANCES, ON) Members of the Fort Frances Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), are investigating a sudden death at 800 Scott Street in Fort Frances. The address is known as the White Pine Inn. At 9:14 a.m. on Sunday […]

The Associated PressDeb Riechmann WASHINGTON — The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on three senior officials of the Chinese Communist Party for alleged human rights abuses targeting ethnic and religious minorities China has detained in the western part of the country. The decision to bar these senior officials and […]

The Associated PressMark Sherman WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court issued a mixed verdict Thursday on demands for President Donald Trump’s financial records that will keep his tax returns, banking and other documents out of the public eye for the time being. The court rejected broad arguments by Trump’s lawyers and […]

The Canadian Press TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 170 new cases of COVID-19, and three new deaths due to the novel coronavirus. The total number of cases now stands at 36,348, which includes 31,977 marked as resolved and 2,703 deaths. The province is also reporting 172 newly resolved cases today. […]

Northwestern Health Unit has received a report of one new positive COVID-19 test result in the Municipality of Red Lake. Follow up with the person involved and their contacts has started according to protocol. Anyone who is identified as a contact for this case will be contacted directly. According to […]

Four new fires were confirmed in the Northwest Region by the mid-afternoon of July 8. An additional fire was confirmed during the evening hours of July 7: The fire hazard is mainly high across the Northwest region with isolated pockets of moderate hazard in most sectors. Areas of extreme hazard […]