Tonight will see cloudy skies with periods of snow and a low of -10 C (14 F). Tomorrow will continue to see cloudy skies with periods of snow throughout the day, with cloudy periods and a chance of flurries overnight with a high of -6 (21) and a low of […]
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I often search in my reading for those who focus on solutions to poverty and homelessness. I quietly hope for ideas to find their way into reality, which brought me to the brainstorm of Marcel LeBrun in Fredericton, New Brunswick. LeBrun made his fortune in the tech industry with partners […]
–Allan Bradbury photo
Emo Green #13 Rickie Copenace and #20 Orin McCormick defend against a shot attempt from Holmlund Leafs #88 Warren McFayden, while goalie Rylan Sabbe prepares to make a save during last weekend’s U15 A tournament. Other teams involved in the tournament included the Green’s Brand Source Predators from Fort Frances, […]
The Fort Frances Kiwanis Club is celebrating 100 years this year with 100 monthly missions– One mission for January is a food drive. Food can be dropped off at Knox United Church’s west entrance Mon-Fri 11:30 a.m.–4 p.m. You can contact the Kiwanis Club via facebook to arrange pick up […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – Students at Fort Frances High School returned after Christmas break to a heavy police presence at the school. The Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was actively investigating a threat incident at the school. On January 7, 2024, at approximately 4:00 p.m., […]
By Tyler Moffitt
Fire Chief/CEMC
Fort Frances Fire Rescue Service
Fire Chief/CEMC
Fort Frances Fire Rescue Service
On January 7, 2024, at approximately 11:09 p.m. the Fort Frances Fire Rescue Service responded to a house fire in the 800 hundred block of Nelson Street. Six full time firefighters, six part-time firefighters, and the fire chief responded with a pumper truck, an aerial ladder truck, and a rescue […]
By Shari Narine
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Windspeaker.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Windspeaker.com
How do the lives of an Indigenous professor and an aging hockey player in the Indigenous Hockey League intersect with an investigation being carried out by a Toronto detective? It’s all because of an Indigenous myth terrorizing the largest city in Canada. That’s the premise of Ojibway author Drew Hayden […]
By Mike Stimpson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
CAT LAKE FIRST NATION – City dwellers may have welcomed the unseasonably warm December weather, but it made Cat Lake’s chief a tad nervous. Chief Russell Wesley estimated in a recent interview that his remote community northeast of Red Lake might see a winter-road season of just four weeks, with […]
