Did you remember to change your clocks this past weekend? Let daylight saving time serve as a reminder that when you change your clocks, also change your batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. Taking the time (a few minutes) could save your life. DID YOU KNOW? WHAT IS […]
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On my list of favourite people and superheroes is John Williams. I don’t believe there are many of us, if any, who wouldn’t recognize the music of John Williams from the more than one hundred films his musical creations have empowered over his career. Movieweb.com tells us he is the […]
FEATURED EVENTS A free exercise class for men at the Fort Frances Seniors Centre is seeking participants. All men aged 55+ are welcome to join. If you’re interested, text 807-271-2021. The Spirit of Christmas is seeking donations for its silent auction and penny table. This fundraising event is held by […]
– Ken Kellar photo
Members of the Fort Frances High School Muskies boys hockey team were one of the dozens of groups, businesses and organizations who filled the parking lot at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre on Halloween night for the annual Trunk or Treat event. This year’s Trunk or Treat saw […]
From the OPP
Press release
Press release
(FORT FRANCES ON)- Rainy River District OPP is investigating a break and enter to a residential property in Fort Frances. On Saturday October 26, 2024, at 1:30 p.m, members of the Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), were dispatched to a property on Mill Road in the Town of […]
By Mike Stimpson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
THUNDER BAY – Parks Canada is working with Red Rock Indian Band to make amends after a “flawed process” culminated in the unearthing of Indigenous ancestral remains in Nipigon, Patty Hajdu says. “I’ve spoken with (Red Rock Chief Allan) Odawa a number of times about the Parks Canada build and […]
By Mike Stimpson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
THUNDER BAY – The federal government is providing $980,595 over the next four years to Lakehead University for programming that focuses on youth dating violence prevention. “When our young people are experiencing a crisis, they need a safe place and safe people to turn to,” Patty Hajdu, Thunder Bay-Superior North’s […]
By Rob Perry
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Aylmer Express
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Aylmer Express
The Ontario government’s current ongoing expansion of the number of retail outlets that could sell beer, wine, liquor and other alcoholic beverages would at it completion see 8,500 stores peddling booze, Southwestern Public Health Board was told at its meeting on Thursday, Oct. 24. Public Health Nurse Jacqueline Deroo delivered […]
By Marissa Lentz-McGrath
Local Journalism Initiative
TimminsToday.com
Local Journalism Initiative
TimminsToday.com
FORT ALBANY – Fort Albany First Nation is receiving federal funding to help provide safety and support for women and families. On Oct. 23, the federal government announced over $58 million for 12 Indigenous housing projects in Ontario. Among the recipients is the Fort Albany Women’s Shelter. TimminsToday reached out […]
By Jon Thompson,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Ricochet
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Ricochet
“People are dying left and right,” Meno Ya Win Hospital staff told Sol Mamakwa as the Kiiwetinoong MPP toured the Sioux Lookout area’s largest health care facility. The backlog in the 55-bed acute care facility was worse than Mamakwa had ever seen it during his years as health system transformation […]
– Ken Kellar photo
Jeff Wright of Wright Physiotherapy pulled the winning ticket for the 2024 Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s British Isles Trip of the Month draw for November on Friday, November 1, 2024. Reo Walton of Fort Frances is the winner of an Orkney and Scotland tour, valued at $4,000. Next month’s draw […]
