Born to Angeline Medicine and Benjamin Ness, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a boy, Valentine Johnathan, weighing 8 lbs 1 oz on April 14, 2022 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
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Not even the pouring rain could dampen the spirit at last weekend’s Emo Spring Fever Days. Visitors stayed dry in the arena, where a variety of family friendly events were set up, including bouncy castles, an Emo Speedway display, vendor market, games and mini-putt. -Ken Kellar photo
Press release
The Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry – Fort Frances District is advising area residents that a Flood Watch is in effect in the District until Monday, May 02, 2022 at 5pm. Residents in Atikokan, Fort Frances, Mine Center, Emo, Rainy River and surrounding areas throughout the […]
Flooding and washouts have closed several roads across the District, including LaVallee Road North, which was closed on Saturday. Crews have been busy repairing and regrading, but many remain closed, including parts of Dance Road, Hayes Road, Hwy 600 North, Hwy 619 and Hwy 611. Hwy 502 is down to […]
By Shari Narine
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Windspeaker.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
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National Chief RoseAnne Archibald took to the world stage April 25 to reiterate the Assembly of First Nations’ (AFN) call for a United Nations special rapporteur to investigate the findings of children’s graves on and around the sites of former residential schools. “Canada must not be allowed to investigate itself,” […]
By Mia Rabson
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Canada’s environment commissioner says the country’s carbon pricing system is disproportionately hard on Indigenous communities and small businesses and not hard enough on the biggest emitters. Jerry DeMarco issued five audit reports Tuesday on carbon pricing, transitioning workers away from fossil fuel industries, hydrogen energy, climate-related infrastructure policies and the […]
Ontario is reporting 1,730 people in hospital with COVID-19 today and 219 in intensive care. That’s up from 1,455 people in hospital on Monday, with no change in the number of COVID-19 patients in ICUs. The province recorded 13 new deaths from COVID-19 today, and one more that the government […]
By Laura Osman
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – Federal ministers defended the government’s use of the Emergencies Act Monday as they announced an independent public inquiry to investigate the use of the act to end blockades at Canadian border crossings and in Ottawa earlier this year. The Liberal government declared an emergency under the act for […]
By Camille Bains
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia First Nation has reached a proposed $135-million settlement with the federal government, 160 years after settlers began taking over its village lands. Chief Willie Sellars of the Williams Lake First Nation says a legal battle that began nearly three decades ago ended up in the […]
By Ken Moritsugu
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEIJING (AP) – Workers put up fencing and police restricted who could leave a locked-down area in Beijing on Tuesday as authorities in the Chinese capital stepped up efforts to prevent a major COVID-19 outbreak like the one that has all but shut down the city of Shanghai. People lined […]
