Kiera Kowalski Pamela Murray of Reiki White Rose Holistic Healing offered free 10-minute sessions at “Market Thursdays” here yesterday. Reiki is a Japanese form of touch therapy that is beneficial for those suffering from headaches and body pain. The weekly market, which sets up by the Fort Frances Museum courtyard, […]
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The Canadian Press STEINBACH, Man.–The RCMP have issued an appeal asking for the public’s help in finding the remains of a 13-year-old boy who vanished in July, 1978. David Wiebe was last seen by his mother, riding away from his home in Steinbach, Man. on his bicycle. In December, 1994, […]
The Canadian PressStephanie Levitz OTTAWA–The 13 candidates vying to lead the federal Conservatives make their final pitches to party faithful today–at which point, the marathon leadership race will be all over but the crying for 12 of them. Indeed, it likely will be over even before the leadership hopefuls make […]
Staff Take your pooch out for a stroll this Sunday. The 12th-annual “Pet Valu Walk for Dog Guides,” organized by the Fort Frances Voyageur Lions Club, is all set to go. The walk will begin at 1 p.m. at the Sorting Gap Marina, with registration starting at 11:30 a.m. (although […]
Duane Hicks While the gulls have been back in Borderland for a couple of months now, American white pelicans returned in full force over the past few weeks, including this colony (the pelican-specific term for a flock during breeding season) spotted offshore at Seven Oaks on Wednesday afternoon.
Nicholas Donaldson Members of the organizing committee were recognized for their hard work at the fifth-annual banquet of the Mill Alumni (formerly the Old-timers’ Club). About 100 former mill workers attended the social hour and dinner, which took place last night at the local Legion.
From the OPP On May 18, the OPP received video footage of a near head-on collision on Highway 17 in Coyle Township. The driver of the pickup truck captured the video on its dash camera. The tractor-trailer unit was westbound at the time and crossed over the centre line into […]
Duane Hicks Local MP Don Rusnak announced infrastructure funding for Fort Frances, Emo, and Chapple yesterday morning at the Civic Centre. Fort Frances got a total of $957,000 to replace pipes under Second Street East from Mowat Avenue to Portage Avenue while the Township of Emo got $164,000 for upgrades […]
The Canadian Press EDMONTON–Another Albertan who lost a home in Fort McMurray has had a change of luck, winning a luxury condo and an Italian sports car in an Edmonton hospital fundraising lottery. Michael Marchand was shopping for flowers when a representative from the Full House Lottery phoned on Wednesday […]
The Associated Press COCOA, Fla.–Another day, another python in Florida. This time a woman found a python wrapped around her pet rat’s blanket while she was doing laundry. Juanita Tedesco called police after spotting the snake as she rinsed blankets yesterday. She said she believes it was trying to get […]
The Canadian Press QIKIQTARJUAQ, Nunavut–A teacher in Nunavut who turned to crowdfunding for a modest greenhouse to grow vegetables with his students is revising his plans after Canadians responded with a bumper crop of donations. Adam Malcolm originally asked for $4,500 on GoFundMe for a greenhouse about the size of […]
The Associated Press FREDERICKSBURG, Va.–After learning of his grandmother’s cancer diagnosis, a 17-year-old wanted to give her a night to remember. Stephen Vigil took his grandmother to Stafford High School’s prom on Saturday–the eve of Julia Jarman’s 92nd birthday. The Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star reported Jarman was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer […]
