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Featured Event The Fort Frances Museum is hosting a family game night Tonight, Thursday March 27, from 5-8 p.m. Try some of ours, or bring your own. We will have replicas of some of the historic games in the collection available for use. All ages welcome. EVENTS CALENDAR Lenten Fish […]
Number 21 Emmerson Evans of the Fort Frances Lakers fights for a faceoff against Marcellus Francis of the Thunder Bay North Stars. The Lakers won 5-1 and the series shifts back to Thunder Bay Friday night. For more on last night’s game see the story on page 8.
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
It was the captain that put away the first goal less than a minute into the game, then the Lakers never looked back. Brady Krentz got the Lakers on the board early on a feed from Ian Ness just 46 seconds into the fourth game of the opening series of […]
Press release
Thunder Bay, ON – March 26, 2025 – Confederation College has announced the suspension of 11 academic programs following a thorough review of enrollment trends, financial performance and labour market data. The decision was approved at the Board of Governors meeting on March 26, 2025. The affected programs include: School […]
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Free Press
A new teacher group is promoting the benefits of “ungrading” and how professionals across the province can tweak their classroom evaluations to better serve students. The Manitoba Association for Progressive Assessment — an affiliate of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society — officially formed at the start of the new year. It […]
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
WABIGOON LAKE — Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation appears to have received its first “milestone payment” from the federally mandated agency that aims to build an underground nuclear repository upstream from their reserve. An application form for what is dubbed an Engagement and Education Payment of $145,000 from the first milestone […]
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
At 12:12 p.m. on Monday, the bulk carrier, Captain Henry Jackman, crossed the harbour breakwall and arrived in the Port of Thunder Bay, kicking off the 2025 navigation season. Docked at the Richardson International’s Main Elevator, the ship is taking on a load of Canadian grain as its captain and […]
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
When the Ontario Provincial Parliament resumes on April 14, Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford will no longer hold the position of Minister of Northern Development, a position which he’d held since 2022 prior to Premier Doug Ford naming his most recent cabinet. Rickford will maintain the portfolio of Minister of […]
Press release
Riverside Health Care, in conjunction with the Northwestern Health Unit, has declared that the Gastrointestinal Outbreak at Rainycrest Long Term Care Home’s East Wing has ended. Restrictions are no longer in effect for visitors and residents. Our detailed safety procedures and infection prevention control practices are in place, designed to […]
The mayor of Fort Frances is pushing back against what he says are inaccurate comments made by the library union. In a press release from CUPE 65, the union representing local library workers at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre that ran in yesterday’s Bulletin, the union stated that […]
