Confession: I am sitting at my desk writing when only a week ago I was attended to by an ambulance and paramedics for the sudden onset of what the ER doctor diagnosed as pneumonia. I had no cough, no cold, no illness of any kind. I woke up at 2 […]
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March break is coming March 11-15. The Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre has plenty of events going on! TUESDAY Family Movie Sing-Along: Frozen 11:30 am – 1 pm Talk to a Nurse 3-5 pm Teen Movie Matinee: The Super Mario Broths Movie 4 – 5:30 pm WEDNESDAY Storytime (St. […]
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Artist Shawna Grapentine was a special guest presenter at the first annual Gikendamok Onowen (Things You Must Know) Youth Gathering at Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre. The two-day gathering was hosted by Weechi-it-te-win Family Services(WFS), as a way to discuss life skills and traditional Anishinaabe Teachings to more than 40 youth from […]
From the OPP
Press release
Press release
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – Members of the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are continuing to search for a missing person and are asking the public and our media partners for assistance. The missing individual is Melanie, age 35, of Fort Frances. Melanie is described as […]
By Dave Baxter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Sun
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Sun
Hundreds filled the corner of Portage and Main Friday morning as cries of “search the landfill” rang out, and some sent a clear message to governments that the time to act on a landfill search is now, because they refuse to wait any longer. “I’m done talking with our governments, […]
By Mike Stimpson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
IGNACE – The Northwestern Ontario site being considered for a nuclear waste repository is safe for that use, according to the industry-funded organization tasked with creating a repository. So is the other site on the shortlist for the proposed deep geological repository, a recent news release from the Nuclear Waste […]
By Rochelle Baker
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada's National Observer
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada's National Observer
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is urging Ottawa to tackle the affordability crisis and fund a national school lunch program to feed hungry kids in the upcoming budget. Canadian food banks are struggling to meet record-high demand and more than a million children live in poverty, said Singh on Wednesday alongside […]
By Mike Stimpson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
KENORA – An art exhibition themed around MMIWG – missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls – will be at The Muse’s Douglas Family Art Centre on March 12-13. Medicine Lines of Womanhood – MMIWG features artwork made with the support of grief counsellors, knowledge keepers, elders, art therapy helpers […]
By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Many of us are still struggling to adjust to turning clocks ahead one hour to switch to daylight time on Sunday, and we can thank Thunder Bay for this. It all began in 1908 when Fort William and Port Arthur became the first places in the world to institute a […]
By Laura Stradiotto
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Sudbury Star
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Sudbury Star
New data from the Ontario College of Family Physicians shows that the number of residents without a family doctor in Sudbury, Manitoulin Island and Parry Sound will nearly double in the next two years. According to the association, there are currently 32,000 people without a family physician in the jurisdiction […]
