Here are some of the local graduations you may want to know about. Seven Generations Education Institute Graduation Today June 6 3:30 p.m. at the Memorial Sports Centre Confederation College Graduation Monday June 10 3:30 p.m. at the Townshend Theatre. Fort Frances High School Grade 8 Graduation June 18 7-8 […]
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From the OPP
Press release
Press release
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), in partnership with the Treaty Three Police Service (T3PS), is investigating a death in Eagle Lake First Nation. On May 31, 2024, at approximately 12:35 p.m., an individual was located deceased in Eagle Lake First Nation. A post-mortem examination will be conducted at the Centre […]
By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
GRASSY NARROWS – More than 50 years into its struggle with mercury poisoning, this First Nation is suing the governments of Canada and Ontario for alleged failure to protect its treaty rights. Grassy Narrows (Asubpeeschoseewagong) First Nation announced its lawsuit Tuesday morning in a news conference in front of the […]
By Dave Baxter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Sun
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Sun
The Lake Winnipeg Foundation (LWF) is sharing what they are calling “shocking and disturbing” photos online they say show signs of sewage contamination in Lake Winnipeg. In what LWF said was a “disturbing update” from the Sandy Hook area, the not-for-profit organization that advocates for the health of Lake Winnipeg […]
By Alexandra Noad
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Lethbridge Herald
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Lethbridge Herald
In a time when Indigenous people were seen as less than human and their culture assimilated, many still volunteered to fight for freedom in the Second World War. Due to the Indian Act, these soldiers were denied Canadian citizenship, yet they still served their country with honour. According to the […]
–Allan Bradbury photos
Over 100 alumni of the Fort Frances paper mill gathered at the Fort Frances Legion last Wednesday evening, May 29 to catch up with old friends and enjoy an amazing meal prepared by the Legion ladies. While the evening was mostly fun and laughs, a special time was dedicated to […]
It is with great sadness that we mourn the loss of Bernice Doris Armit, 85, of Fort Frances, Ontario, who passed after a short illness with family by her side on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Born Bernice Boyda on July 17, 1938, […]
Surrounded by the love of her family, Jane Helen Leona Labott-Atatise, 80, of Gakijiwanong Anishinaabe Nation, started her journey to the spirit world on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. Leona was born to her parents Bill Labott and Dorothy Ottertail on June 11, […]
On May 28, 2024, to ease the pain from cancer complications, God called William (Bill) Lawrence Corrigan home. Born to Lawrence and Olive Corrigan on February 14, 1949, in Emo, Ontario, Bill grew up with a love for family, his faith in God, friends, coffee, westerns and driving trucks. He […]
Mr. Ronald Kenneth Miller, age 77 years, passed away peacefully with family by his side, in St. Joseph’s Hospice on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, after a short battle with cancer. Ronald was born on February 3, 1947, at York Hospital in Toronto to Stella and Jack Miller. As a young […]
By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com
After more than a decade in business, a local entrepreneur is shifting focus and providing Fort Frances residents with a new event space. Jennifer Horton, owner of Curvy Chick Boutique in downtown Fort Frances, is bringing to a close the retail portion of her business, while at the same time […]
