Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a low of 12 C (54 F). Tomorrow will be variably cloudy with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm. Expect a high of 24 (75) and a low of 10 (50). Wednesday will be mostly cloudy with a high of 23 (73) and […]

The Associated Press CLEARWATER, Fla. –Authorities say an 11-foot (3.4-metre) alligator busted through a kitchen window and broke several bottles of red wine in a Florida home before it was captured. Police tweeted that the gator was removed from Mary Wischhusen’s Clearwater condominium early Friday. No one was injured. Wischhusen […]

Ken Kellar Students and staff took part in a Colour Run at Fort Frances High School on Thursday afternoon. An obstacle course was set up on the track outside the school and had students navigating hurdles and pools of water to complete a lap, all the while being pelted with […]

Ken Kellar Jessica Ogden, left, of the Rainy Lake Gymnastics Academy, and Kiwanian Robin Wright read out the winning ticket for the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s “Trip of the Month” draw for June at International Travel Services today. This month’s winner is Russell Paterson, who won a trip to New […]

The Canadian PressLori Ewing TORONTO–The Toronto Raptors unravelled in the time it took plenty of stunned fans to file back into their seats with their halftime beers. Eight straight missed shots and five turnovers. And just six minutes into the third quarter, the Raptors’ double-digit lead had morphed into a […]

Marc Stuempfle Harry Klyne, right, and his skins partner Roger Morrison attempted to sink a long putt at Heron Landing Golf Course on Friday afternoon. Kylne fell just short on his birdie attempt as he tried to will the ball closer to the hole after getting a read off of […]

Ken Kellar Macarthur Wilde and Shelby King posed for the crowd gathered to witness the Grand March at the Townshend Theatre on Saturday evening as part of Prom 2019. Some 74 couples took part in the annual event which preceded a dinner at La Place Rendez-Vous. Students also visited Rainycrest […]

The Canadian Press GATINEAU, Que.–Hundreds of families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and survivors are filing into the Canadian Museum of History to mark the release of findings from a commission tasked with examining root causes of violence. The much-anticipated report, to be formally presented in a […]

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Human remains first located last month in an area near the community of Big Island First Nation has been positively identified as those of Bradley Kirkrude Jr., 26, of Big Island First Nation Territory. The Ontario Provincial Police and Treaty Three Police Service commenced an investigation after Kirkrude was reported […]

The Canadian Press PIKANGIKUM, Ont.–Evacuees from Pikangikum First Nation will be taken to host cities in two provinces yesterday while a wildfire continues to grow near the northwestern Ontario community. The Canadian Armed Forces said late Saturday it had evacuated about 1,500 people from the fly-in community 500 kilometres northwest […]

From the MNRF

There were six new forest fires in the Northwest Region by the late afternoon yesterday. At the time of this update there were four active fires in the region, one of which is not under control. Dryden fire #6 is a 0.1 hectare fire located off McGogy Road, approximately five […]

Marc Stuempfle The Borderland Autism Awareness Walk took place Saturday afternoon along the La Verendrye Parkway. The purpose was to raise awareness on issues of early intervention, receiving a proper diagnosis, and obtaining the proper support from the provincial government for each individuals needs. The warm wether and sun kept […]