By Times Staff

The water restrictions imposed by the Town of Fort Frances on Tuesday morning have been lifted according to a Facebook post at around 11 a.m. Thursday. The restriction on watering lawns, washing cars, filling swimming pools and other non-essential uses of water was imposed after the town’s water supply dipped […]

By Pam Fedack
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Kenora Miner & News

The president of the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA) says Northern Ontario’s labour shortage cannot be addressed with the same policies being applied in southern Ontario. In an interview with Kenora Miner & News, Rick Dumas said the province should continue discussions with northern leaders after opting out of a […]

By Meg Deak
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Woolwich Observer

Drones are changing the landscape for many industries, and for conservation, they are proving one of the most effective tools in the fight against invasive phragmites. Research from the University of Waterloo reveals that using spray drones, remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS), to apply the herbicide Habitat Aqua to areas […]

By Maggie Macintosh
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Free Press

The University of Winnipeg has joined other public post-secondary institutions across the province in hiking tuition rates by four per cent — as high as possible — for the fall. Domestic fees are increasing by more annually in 2026-27 than they have in eight years in Manitoba. International rates, which […]

EVENTS CALENDAR 55+ Movie Matinee at the Fort Frances Public Library on Friday, July 17, featuring Hamnet. “In late 16th-century England, Agnes, a healer sensitive to the world around her, builds a home with William, a local tutor and aspiring playwright. As their lives fracture, they are tested by distance, […]

Book Review
By Robert Animikii Horton

In 2024, historian and essayist Christine Rosen (who has written at great length about ethics and consequences of technological innovation) wrestled with a simple question: “What happens to human life when more and more is experienced by means of screens and less and less is experienced directly?” In her book The […]