Tonight will be cloudy with a chance of showers and a low of 16 C (61 F). Tomorrow will see cloudy skies with a chance of showers during the day before becoming clear overnight with a high of 24 (75) and a low of 16 (61). Saturday brings a mix […]
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By Sam Laskaris
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Windspeaker.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Windspeaker.com
A documentary about a series of wrestling events in Indigenous communities throughout northern Manitoba is now being screened at various theatres across Canada. The film is titled The Death Tour. The wrestling trip, which starts in Winnipeg each year, lasts a couple of weeks. Its moniker was earned for the […]
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Jamie Bruce and Bryan Gustafson won the Kenora Bass International tournament last weekend, which ran from Thursday, August 8 to Saturday, August 10, 2024. The team went wire to wire for the win, bringing in 20.16 lbs on day one, 17.76 lbs on day two and 18.44 lbs on day […]
From NOHFC
Press Release
Press Release
The Ontario government is providing over $857,000 through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) to three agricultural economic development projects in the Rainy River region. This investment will improve community infrastructure and boost agribusiness operations in Northwestern Ontario. “It’s no secret that Rainy River is a bustling agricultural hub […]
When I made my first “friend” in professional baseball, he was on crutches, sitting in a snow-tainted box seat watching his teammates-to-be. His name was Ellie Hendricks and Winnipeg was the furthest he’d been from his native Virgin Islands, in both miles and degrees. How the baseball equivalent of a […]
Dear editor, A recent letter to the Fort Frances Times and Chronicle Journal, authored by Joanne Jacyk of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) deserves a response and as a member of the general public who has followed the issue of nuclear waste I felt compelled to make the following […]
While the Kenora Bass International was going on at Lake of the Woods, I have been out in New York for the last two Bassmaster Elite Series tournaments of the season at Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence River. The first event at Champlain just wrapped up over the weekend […]
Fair week is upon us. I have had butterflies in my stomach for the last week wondering if I can pull it off. It hasn’t been an easy year. Extra work with our Expo, miserable weather which has resulted in a very late haying season. There haven’t been too many […]
The family of Elaine Hebert (nee Allen) announces her peaceful passing at LaVerendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont., with family by her side, on August 4, 2024. Elaine, the oldest of three children, was born on August 31, 1932, in Emo, Ont., to Stan and Annice Allen. She married her […]
Word has been received of the passing of Rodney Arnold Rydoell on August 4, 2024, in Kamloops, B.C. He leaves behind his sons Brad (Rachel) Rydoell and Doug Rydoell of Fort Frances, Ontario, and Edward Rydoell of Seine River First Nations; one granddaughter Faith Marie (Tristan Taylor); one grandson Charlie […]
Agreement Provides Stability to Support Student Achievement Ontario has reached a tentative agreement with the associations representing school boards and the associations representing principals and vice-principals on the employment terms and conditions for principals and vice-principals in publicly funded schools. The memorandum of settlement is between the Ontario government, the […]
