Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Ontario is removing most mask mandates on March 21 and ending all remaining public health orders a month later, shifting the onus of protection from COVID-19 to individuals – a move some experts worry comes too quickly. Improving health indicators, such as a stable test positivity rate and declining hospitalizations, […]
Saturday March 12 Memorial Sport Centre’s Open Ice: 12 and Under: 3:30-6 p.m.; Family: 6-7:30 p.m.; 13+ 7:30-9 p.m. Sunday, March 13 The Fort Frances pool will fold a Family Swim from 10 a.m. to noon and a Toonie Swim from 2-5 p.m. Memorial Sport Centre’s Open Ice: Family: 11 […]
How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed after two years? More countries are shifting toward a return to normal and learning to live with the virus. Safe, effective vaccines have been developed and there’s better understanding of how to treat people sickened by the virus. Two years after the pandemic began, […]
Canada’s ailing health systems need some drastic intervention from federal and provincial governments if there is any hope of reviving them post-pandemic, an emergency summit of nearly 40 health-worker organizations concluded at an emergency meeting Wednesday. Health workers have now endured two difficult years of pandemic conditions, leading to serious […]
NEW YORK (AP) – In an- other sign that show business is snapping back to its pre-pandemic rhythm, the Tony Awards will once again take place in June and at a familiar location, Radio City Music Hall. The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing announced Wednesday that the awards […]
With heavy hearts, the family announces the sudden passing of Dr. Donald Leishman on Sunday, March 6, 2022, at the age of 72. Born on June 26, 1949, Don was raised and educated in Fort Frances, Ontario, and attended the University of Manitoba where he graduated from medical school in […]
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian airstrike on a Mariupol maternity hospital that killed three people brought condemnation down on Moscow on Thursday, with Ukrainian and Western officials branding it a war crime, while the highest-level talks yet yielded no progress in stopping the fighting. Emergency workers renewed efforts to […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Actor Jussie Smollett is scheduled to return to court on Thursday, where he will learn if a judge will order him locked up for his conviction of lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack that he orchestrated himself or allow him to remain free. Smollett, […]
A Gardening Seminar is being hosted by Emo Feeds, for anyone interested in growing their own food. The sessions will be held March 12: Gardening Basics, March 19: Seed Starting and More and March 26: Greenhouses, Harvesting Produce and Preserving. Sessions will be held in person at Emo Feeds, from, […]
Irene Cooper of Calgary, Alberta, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 7, 2022, in Calgary. Irene was born March 8, 1938, on the family homestead, Sutherland Township, near Arbor Vita, Ontario. In 1968, Irene graduated from Nursing College in Vancouver, B.C., with a degree in Nursing. In 1983 she decided […]
The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association hosted a U7 hockey jamboree last weekend. Teams were in town from Dryden, Emo and Atikokan played in addition to several FFMHA teams and a team from the Fort Frances Womens and Girls Hockey Association. -Allan Bradbury photos
On March 2, members of the Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police, (OPP) along with the Fort Frances Community Street Crime Unit with the assistance from the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, OPP Northwest Emergency Response Team and Treaty 3 Police Service conducted an investigation into drug trafficking within the […]
