It has been five years since the Ontario Conservatives cancelled many of the contracts for solar and wind electrical power negotiated by the Wynn Government. His claim that they were too costly for Ontario never held water. So, after announcing some Gas electrical turbines over the past few years, the […]
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By Kennah LeBlanc
United Beef Club Press Reporter
United Beef Club Press Reporter
The United Beef Club’s 4-H Funday was held at the LeBlanc farm. All members brought their freshly washed and clipped animals to show them off to fellow members, leaders, parents and grandparents. We had a great day with 12 animals practising leading, setting up in the show ring and learning […]
I was reading about Canada’s justice system, specifically about the rates of recidivism, and generally about a system seemingly obsessed with incarceration with little if any focus on prevention of crime, how to help our most vulnerable before they find themselves in trouble. Do we have a system in Canada […]
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Organizers of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship (FFCBC) have everything covered heading into the tournament, with a newly-installed canopy. The traditional white canopy had been showing its age when the Rainy River Future Development Corporation (RRFDC) reached out to the province for help. Thanks to a $116,250 provincial grant […]
Do you have your tickets yet? – Skye Wallace and Goodnight Sunrise are bringing a rock show to the bass championship with Tour de Fort. Thursday, July 20. Tickets are available online or at Ski’s Variety, the Fort Frances Public Library or Boston Pizza for $20. $25 at the door. […]
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The Spry Farm petting zoo was a hit at the annual Teddy Bear Picnic. The beloved community event, hosted by the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre, with help from many community partners, saw hundreds of kids and their teddies out for a fun afternoon.
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Weechi-it-te-win Family Services hosted its annual “Honouring Our Children” powwow at the Nanicost Grounds on Thursday, July 13, 2023. Maango-Inini were host drum, with Broken Horn and Giishkandago’Ikwe Health Services Drum as co-hosts. There was a pancake breakfast and fish feast, two grand entries, and a princess and brave pageant.
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Organizations which work to protect Lake Superior are benefitting from an injection of multi-year funding from the province as part of a larger $6 million initiative to protect, conserve, and restore the Great Lakes. The Ontario government has announced 30 “science on the ground” projects so far, which aim to […]
By Dave Baxter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Sun
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Sun
A Manitoba Chief says Indigenous people and communities will continue to fight to see landfills in Manitoba searched for missing Indigenous women, even after a judge decided on Friday that a blockade at the Brady Road Landfill must come down, and full access to the city-run landfill must be restored […]
By Matteo Cimellaro
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada's National Observer
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada's National Observer
On Thursday and Friday, Neskantaga First Nation will face off in court against the Ontario government over what the nation argues was a flawed consultation on a road that will link the province’s road infrastructure with the Ring of Fire mining region. Neskantaga First Nation, a remote, fly-in community located […]
