The Fort Frances Chamber Expo will be held May 12-13 at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Admission is free, with dozens of exhibitors to see! Food bank and goodwill donations accepted at the door. Come see local vendors and businesses, and see what’s new and exciting! There will be bouncy […]
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By Bill Graveland
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
MAGRATH, ALBERTA – A fossil of a prehistoric lizard “on steroids” has been found at a mining site in southern Alberta. The partial fossil of a recently discovered mosasaurus was recently discovered at an ammolite mine south of Lethbridge. It lived in the inland sea that covered Alberta during the […]
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LAKE LOUISE, ALBERTA – A Quebec resident has been fined $20,000 for taking 45 fossils from three national parks in the Rocky Mountains, including an internationally known fossil site. Parks Canada says in a news release that park wardens in Lake Louise, Alta., received a tip in 2020 from a […]
By Jim Bronskill
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – The Liberal government has finalized long-promised firearm regulations that ensure someone buying a gun actually has a valid licence and require vendors to keep sales and inventory records. The measures announced Wednesday by Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino represent the latest steps toward fully implementing Bill C-71, which […]
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The Retail Council of Canada says it’s keeping an eye on domestic supplies of baby formula as a recall of some Abbott products spikes demand overall. A dearth of some of the Chicago-based manufacturer’s Similac powder formulas has increased pressure on other brands as families turn to alternatives, said national […]
By Don Babwin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO (AP) – A predominantly Black college in central Illinois named after Abraham Lincoln and founded the year the former president was assassinated will close this week, months after a cyberattack that compounded enrollment struggles due to the coronavirus pandemic. Lincoln College, which saw record enrollment numbers in 2019, said […]
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DETROIT (AP) – Mer- cedes-Benz is telling the owners of more than 292,000 vehicles in the U.S. to stop driving them due to a problem that could cause the brakes to fail. The German automaker is recalling the vehicles and says it will offer free towing so the owners can […]
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The Oilers need a win to stay alive and the the Leafs need one to end an 18-year drought. Here are five things to know as we head into Thursday’s post-season action: The Edmonton Oilers will be fighting for their playoff lives as they take on the Kings in Los […]
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Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews and Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid are two of the finalists for the Hart Memorial Trophy, the NHL’s most valuable player award. New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin is also in contention for the prize awarded “to the player adjudged to be the most […]
The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 29 held its annual poster and poem contest, and enjoyed looking through all the local submissions. There were several stand-outs from this year’s submissions, especially the colour poster created by Layton Hanson, which is being forwarded to the provincial level competition. The following are this […]
A prayer and drum circle was held in honour of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Awareness Day, held annually on May 5. The event took place at Fort Frances Tribal Area Health Services on Kings Highway. The day is to raise awareness and pay honour to Indigenous women […]
