WHITEHORSE – The Yukon Liberals have a new leader who will officially be sworn in as the territory’s 10th premier this weekend. Ranj Pillai, a member of Yukon’s legislature since 2016, was acclaimed Sunday as the new Liberal leader, and will soon become the territory’s 10th premier, replacing Premier Sandy […]
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – A series of explosions and a large fire at a hazardous waste facility in St. Catharines, Ont., left one person with serious injuries and triggered the evacuation of nearby homes on Thursday as crews worked to put out the large blaze. St. Catharines Fire Services said […]
By Stephanie Taylor
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – From long hours waiting on hold to sleepless nights on airport floors and desperate scrambles to rebook flights and find missing bags, it was a holiday travel season that no one had on their wish list – but that thousands of people got. Now, Canadians have a chance […]
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Reactions to the death of Jeff Beck, rock innovator and guitar virtuoso who died Wednesday. “The six stringed Warrior is no longer here for us to admire the spell he could weave around our mortal emotions. Jeff could channel music from the ethereal. His technique unique. His imaginations apparently limitless. […]
By James McCarten
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
MEXICO CITY – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau extolled the virtues of North American free trade to a Mexican audience of business leaders Tuesday – and took a few jabs at the former U.S. president who tried to do away with it. Trudeau, kicking off his final day in Mexico City […]
By John Chidley-Hill
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Michael Gligic has only taken a few days off since his last PGA Tour event in November. He’s been working hard during the circuit’s six-week winter break, even getting reps in during a heavy snowfall in Kitchener, Ont. Gligic is one of five Canadians in the field at this week’s […]
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Registration required for pick-up Christmas tree pick-up is back this year, but it’s going to look a little different. The Fort Frances Volunteer Fire Brigade with help from Daryl’s Custom Landscapes has set a date for the 2023 Christmas tree collection for Sunday, January 15, 2023. It will be a […]
The Kiwanis Club of Fort Frances appreciated the assistance of The Fort Frances High School Medical Responder volunteers. The club manned the Kiwanis Christmas Parade road barricades. Great job, everyone! – Submitted photo
By Eric Shih
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
The only movie theatre in the Rainy Lake area is in danger of shutting its doors. The costs of repairing a water leak affecting the sprinkler system in the Cine 5 Theatres in International Falls, Minn., could be more than the business can bear. Complications from the incident forced the […]
Elisa Nguyen
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
enguyen@fortfrances.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
enguyen@fortfrances.com
Sensei Randy Ball and Gordon Witherspoon at Borderland Judo Club have been practicing the unarmed modern Japanese martial art for almost 50 years. Last weekend on January 7 they hosted a Judo Clinic where teachers and students from judo clubs in Kenora, Dryden and Thunder Bay gathered to uphold a […]
By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Fort Frances Lakers players returned from the Christmas break to a new interim head coach. Formerly an assistant coach for about a year, Tyler Miller was promoted to interim head coach with the firing of the Lakers head coach Paul MacLean. Miller first came on under Ron MacKinnnon when MacKinnon […]
