Born to Kaitlyn and Luke, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a boy, Harrison James, weighing 8 lbs 6 oz on March 23, 2022 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
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Hang on to your hats, and get your shovels ready. The region is in for a spring snowstorm. Environment Canada has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Fort Frances, Emo and Rainy River. Hazardous winter conditions are expected from Wednesday to Friday. According to the warning, we can expect total […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ontario’s financial watchdog says the province is on track to balance the budget by 2023-24 and run a $7.1 billion surplus three years later. The province posted a $16.4-billion deficit in 2020-21 due to COVID-19 spending, and the Financial Accountability Office says Ontario is now seeing strong revenue growth that […]
The Fort Frances Curling Club played host to the U18 Northern Ontario Provincial Curling Championships this past weekend. During the event banquet, they were joined by special guest Colin Hodgson, who has won gold at the Canada Winter games, and has made five Brier appearances, among his many curling accomplishments. […]
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As part of the Beyak Automotive Group, Dryden GM is proud to announce the funding of a 2800 square foot Community Splash Park located at Rotary Park in Dryden, ON. Site prep and construction are set to begin mid-July 2022, with the park open to the public mid-August 2022. Beyak […]
By Allison Jones and Paola Loriggio
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Ontario won’t be reinstating its mask mandate despite a sixth wave that won’t peak for several more weeks, the province’s top doctor said Monday as he announced expanded eligibility for COVID-19 PCR testing and antiviral treatments. Public health indicators have been worsening recently, including the percentage of tests […]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON (AP) – European health officials investigating an outbreak of salmonella linked to chocolate Easter eggs that has sickened at least 150 children across the continent said Tuesday they suspect it is due to bad buttermilk in a Belgian factory. In an assessment of the continuing outbreak, experts at the […]
By Jacob Serebrin
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL – At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, retired teacher Lois Armstrong said local health officials where she lives in Kings- ton, Ont., provided daily up- dates about outbreaks, cases and deaths in the community. Now, Armstrong, 68, said the public is being asked to take a bigger role […]
By Laura Osman
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says the food industry is making adjustments to maintain supplies of poultry and eggs in the face of a large outbreak of avian flu in Canada and around the world. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says this has been an unprecedented year globally for […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia RCMP say one man who was pulled from the waters around Peggy’s Cove has died and another taken out of the ocean has suffered life-threatening injuries. RCMP say the two men slipped off the rocks in the area southwest of Halifax at about 8:30 p.m. Monday. […]
