A series of renders have been released by the BMI Group, showing a proposed Wellness Precinct that is being planned for a portion of the former Fort Frances Mill site. The Wellness precinct will occupy the part of the property closest to La Verendrye Hospital and St. Mary’s Roman Catholic […]
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–Allan Bradbury photo
Gurdeep Pandher leads a Bhangra dancing workshop at Point Park in Fort Frances last Wednesday evening. Pandher stopped into Fort Frances on his cross-Canada tour teaching people the traditional dance of Punjab, India. Spreading joy and happiness has been Pandher’s goal since he started posting his dancing from his home […]
By Kevin Jeffrey, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
TBnewswatch.com
Northwestern Ontario crews are on the ground in British Columbia and the Northwest Territories trying to curtail the flames. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre called on our province to help the efforts to stop wildfires that have led to evacuation orders for 68 per cent of the population of […]
By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
The Community Economic Development Commission is calling on Indigenous entrepreneurs in Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario who are looking to start, expand or buy an existing business, to apply for their Miinikaanan Badakidoon program. Kirsten Kabernick, program co-ordinator with the commission’s Thunder Bay and District Entrepreneur Centre, said participants are […]
Staff
A 4.3 ha – or 10 acre – bog has been a topic of discussion since it floated into Sunny Cove last summer. It had broken free from its original home during the lake’s historic flooding, and settled in, blocking boat access to the Fort Frances campsite’s shoreline. It was […]
By Greg Seitz
Quetico Superior Wilderness News
Quetico Superior Wilderness News
This article is reprinted with the generous permission of Quetico Superior Wilderness News. To see the original story, visit https://queticosuperior.org/mineral-licks-may-be-to-blame-for-deer-infecting-moose-with-deadly-parasite/ A recent study conducted on the Grand Portage Indian Reservation has uncovered a new clue about problems facing Minnesota’s moose population. The number of moose in Minnesota began to fall […]
Police briefs
(KENORA, ON) – An individual from Kenora was charged with impaired operation after a motor vehicle collision involving two vehicles. On Tuesday August 22, 2023, just before 9:00 a.m., members of the Kenora Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment, City of Kenora Fire and Emergency Services (CKFES), and Kenora Northwest Emergency […]
Press release
As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with his federal cabinet to find ways to make life more affordable for Canadian families, his government should immediately consider removing the GST on home heating. “Winter is coming and so is your heating bill. Like food and medication, heating a home in Canada […]
By Rachel Morgan
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Pointer
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Pointer
Following the release of Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk’s report exposing the broken process that resulted in the removal of 15 parcels of land from the Greenbelt, the Alliance for a Liveable Ontario (ALO), an advocacy super group made up of prominent organizations in the environment, housing and labour sector, is […]
With great sadness the family announces the sudden passing of Jaidan Morrison, 14, of Couchiching First Nation at his residence on August 11, 2023. Jaidan was born on October 18, 2008 in Fort Frances, Ontario. Jaidan had a great love for video games, cooking, swimming, taking pictures and spending time […]
Staff
An application to rezone a piece of residential land is making its way through council. The owner of 1527 Sunset Drive has applied to change the property from Residential Type One (R1) to Residential Type Two (R2), which could remove one roadblock to a multi-residential development on the site. The […]
