Born to Heidi Loney and Dave Bonnallie, of Emo, Ontario, a girl, Alyssa Jean, weighing 8 lbs 1 oz on June 21, 2022 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
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Riverside Health Care in conjunction with the Northwestern Public Health Unit has declared COVID-19 Outbreaks at La Verendrye General Hospital and Rainycrest Long Term Care Home affecting patients and residents. To further enhance our team’s ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, additional precautions are being taken including, but […]
This little visitor was spotted at a local birdfeeder earlier this year. If you have a great photo to share, send it in to tips@fortfrances.com. – Submitted photo
By Allison Jones
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Parents in some parts of Ontario are already receiving rebates under the national $10-a-day child-care program while operators elsewhere can’t apply yet to be part of the system, leaving a municipal patchwork of daycare pricing across the province. Child-care operators in many communities have recently been able to start opting […]
By Jordan Omstead
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Municipal leaders in small Ontario communities are sounding the alarm over the temporary closures of hospital emergency rooms, saying action is needed to ensure local residents and visitors to those areas can get the care they need. Hospitals have cited critical staff shortages for the closures and organizations […]
By Jessica Smith and Allison Jones
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ontario is not seeing rapid growth in cases of monkeypox and its vaccination strategy appears to be working, the province’s top doctor says. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore said monkeypox will likely be around for “many, many months” due to its lengthy incubation period of up to […]
By Michael MacDonald
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
The Nova Scotia denture maker who killed 22 people in April 2020 was long known to be a violent man, especially among disadvantaged people who owed him money, newly released documents show. In a summary of evidence released Tuesday, the inquiry investigating the mass shooting shared details about Gabriel Wortman’s […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Canada’s premiers are meeting again today in Victoria after a day of talks dominated by health care. Affordability issues and economic recovery are among the other topics on the table during the Council of the Federation’s summer meetings, which wrap up today. On Monday, the premiers called on the federal […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Officials with Via Rail and Unifor Council 4000 and Local 100 have announced a tentative deal has been struck just ahead of a deadline that would have seen some 2,400 workers walk off the job. A late-night statement from Via Rail says the deal, which still has to be ratified […]
By Will Weissert
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Joe Biden is meeting with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday for discussions the White House says will showcase the underlying strength of a relationship that of late has been more notable for the leaders’ disagreements on issues including energy and Ukraine policy. Lopez Obrador declined Biden’s […]
By Jari Tanner
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Latvia’s president said Tuesday that he supports a plan to reinstate national conscription for men, and for women on a voluntary basis. The draft could be reintroduced next year after a hiatus of over 15 years. President Egils Levits, who is the supreme military commander of Latvia – a NATO […]
