TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index was down more than 500 points in late-morning trading, led lower by losses in the energy and base metal sectors, while U.S. stock markets also plunged in a broad-based sell-off. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 561.36 points at 19,713.46. In New York, the […]
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Fort Frances High School hosted a pow-wow on its football field Tuesday, June 7 from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event, which was scheduled to start an hour later was moved so students could attend on their lunch break. The host drum, Yerxa Traditional, helped lead singing and dancing […]
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There is relief on the horizon for communities impacted by flooding int he Rainy River District; headwater levels are dropping, and rising levels are slowing considerably in Rainy Lake. According to the National weather Service, out of Duluth, MN, Rainy Lake can expect to see an additional rise of 2-6 […]
Pride Month activities are underway! For a full listing of Pride Month events, including the Pride parade this Saturday, visit www.borderlandpride.org. The Strawberry Social is back! It will look a little different this year – it will be delivery only, with your orders arriving on June 16. Each $6 order […]
The Fort Frances Ministerial Association is hosting a prayer vigil at 12:15 p.m. on Friday, June 10 at Rainy Lake Square. Ministerial representative Diane Clifford says this is a time to remember all the different losses that people have experienced during the pandemic. “People may have lost their jobs, maybe […]
TORONTO – Most remaining mandatory mask rules in Ontario, including those requiring that people wear masks when riding public transit or visiting hospitals, will expire on Saturday. Dr. Kieran Moore, the province’s chief medical officer of health, said Wednesday that he made the decision based on high vaccination rates and […]
The Bank of Canada said vulnerabilities from high household debt and elevated housing prices have increased and pose key risks to the Canadian financial system. In its latest financial system review, the central bank said Thursday the twin factors have increased the downside risk to economic growth as rising rates […]
The Conservative Party of Canada says well over 600,000 voters may be eligible to vote for the next leader and campaigns should prepare accordingly. The preliminary figures are more than double the number of members leadership hopefuls wrangled in the 2020 leadership race, when the party broke the record for […]
As a result of ongoing flooding at the waterfront in Fort Frances, the route for the 2022 Pride March, originally set to begin at the Sorting Gap Marina, has been changed in order to ensure participant safety and to comply with municipal emergency orders. The Pride March will now assemble […]
NEW YORK (AP) – Shirley Jackson had a gift for evoking the depths of anxiety in the space it might take to summarize a baseball game. Two very brief and previously unreleased stories, “Charlie Roberts” and “Only Stand and Wait,” were published this week in the summer issue of The […]
VANCOUVER – Refusing to play a friendly game against Panama on Sunday was a decision the Canadian men’s soccer team didn’t take lightly, says Atiba Hutchinson. Locked in a prolonged contract dispute with Canada Soccer, the sport’s national governing body, the players felt witholding their services was a must, the […]
