The New Year’s baby has arrived! On January 9, 2023, Harshiva Patel graced the world with her birth at La Verendrye General Hospital. Proud parents Binal and Maulin of Fort Frances welcomed their first child who weighed in at 3130 g (6 lbs 14 oz). Our newest resident to the […]
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(Kenora, ON) – On January 24, 2023, Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau with assistance of the Kenora, Fort Frances, Sioux Lookout and Red Lake Community Street Crime Units, the Treaty Three Police Service and the OPP Canine Unit executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act […]
Elisa Nguyen
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
enguyen@fortfrances.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
enguyen@fortfrances.com
The “Out of the Cold” program has accomplished five years of service this year in Fort Frances, offering a safe warm place for individuals facing homelessness. To address the ongoing homelessness crisis in the region, many service providers have partnered together in order to keep programs running. “Things have been […]
Staff
Learn and Stay Grant includes nursing, paramedic and medical technology programs Anyone thinking of becoming a nurse or paramedic got some good news last week, with the announcement of full funding for those programs locally. Students enrolling in the Confederation College nursing program or Seven Generations Educational Institute’s paramedic program, […]
Staff
Grand Council Treaty #3, Territorial Planning Unit has launched a one-stop tool for members, with the launch of the Treaty #3 Geoportal. The Geoportal is an interactive tool for data storage and sharing across the Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty #3. The Geoportal allows Treaty #3 communities and organizations a secure […]
By Eric Shih
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
A new way of learning Anishinaabemowin is rolling out to schools across the Northwest. The new web and app-based language learning platform was developed in partnership by the Seven Generations Education Institute, the Rainy River District School Board, and SayITFirst, a company which uses technology and community participation to facilitate […]
Staff
Tonight will be partly cloudy with a chance of flurries and a low of -21 C (-6 F). Tomorrow will see a mix of sun and clouds with periods of snow overnight and a high of -12 (10) with a low of -12 (10). Friday will see periods of snow […]
I try, though not always with success, not to grumble about the growing limitations of aging. I can no longer snap the fingers of my left hand due to injury and arthritis. I can live with that and confess that no one is lining up to invite me to keep […]
Dear editor, The Family Centre relies entirely on volunteers and donations to help the needy in our community. On top of that they pay rent to the volunteer bureau for the space they occupy as a drop in centre, food bank and clothing bank. The volunteer bureau supplies a garbage […]
Do you remember being upset in January 2020 when you could not motor to the United States, but you could fly from designated airports and return to those airports and then use the ArriveCan app on your phone to return safely to Canada? Do you recall that many of your […]
I was planning a farming week, but work is getting in the way. At least early in the week it is. As I sit at the computer all day thinking of all the things I could be doing, and as Lexi brings me 10 million toys to play, I am […]
