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LONDON (AP) – Russian race walker Yelena Lashmanova has been banned for two years for doping and will be stripped of her Olympic gold medal, the Athletics Integrity Unit said Monday. Lashmanova won gold in the 20-kilometer race walk at the 2012 London Olympics and also at the world championships […]
After a week-long battle, a fire at the Fort Frances Landfill site has finally been extinguished thanks to a multi-organization community effort. The fire began at the landfill site on Saturday, March 5 and burned through to Sunday, March 13, according to Fort Frances Fire Rescue Service chief Tyler Moffitt. […]
Ontario’s colleges and the union representing faculty are set to meet virtually Thursday ahead of a threatened strike by professors and other academic staff on Friday. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union’s college faculty bargaining team says if real progress is being made, they are willing to extend the strike […]
It was all about building towers at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre on Tuesday afternoon. As part of the library’s suite of March Break activities for children and students, participants were tasked with building towers from wooden blocks. Prizes were available for those who achieved specific goals like […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Vaccinated travellers will no longer require a negative COVID-19 test to come to Canada as of April 1, according to a source in the federal government. The change is welcome news, just in time for the tourist season, said Perrin Beatty, president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and co-chair […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Two pediatric cancer patients from Ukraine are soon expected to arrive in Toronto for treatment, the city’s Hospital for Sick Children said Tuesday, noting it has capacity to care for more children from the country recently invaded by Russia. SickKids president and CEO Dr. Ronald Cohn said the two patients […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Canada’s prime minister and Ontario’s premier announced millions in funding support for domestic hybrid car production on Tuesday but both leaders dodged questions on the possibility of incentives to help Canadians buy them. Justin Trudeau and Doug Ford were in Alliston, Ont., on Wednesday to formally announce the $131.6 million […]
MARCH BREAK EVENTS Friday March 18 A Winter-Biboon Carnival will be held at the Couchiching Recreation Centre from noon to 3 p.m. Dogsledding, smoothboard races, snowshoeing food, skating and more. Please register for dogsledding with Lori: 271-4500 or lleduc@unfc.org. Stop by the Fort Frances Museum to create a community spring-themed […]
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Candy Crush Saga and Words with Friends, video games that helped make gamers out of anyone with a smartphone, are up for inclusion in the World Video Game Hall of Fame, hall officials said Thursday as they announced a total of 12 finalists. Also being considered […]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nine people have died in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, including six students and a coach from a New Mexico university who were returning home from a golf tournament, authorities say. Two students from Ontario were hospitalized in critical condition following the Tuesday evening crash. Those killed included […]
THE CANADIAN PRES
Quebec doesn’t intend to revive any COVID-19 restrictions that have been removed, Health Minister Christian Dubé said Wednesday as he tabled a bill aimed at ending the public health state of emergency. Dubé told a news conference in Quebec City the legislation would maintain certain operational provisions until the end […]
