June is “Seniors’ Month” so the Fort Frances Senior Centre will be celebrating with a seniors’ fair to be held on Thursday, June 6 at the centre. An interesting day has been planned. The doors will open at 9 a.m. for check-in, coffee and socializing. The fair will officially start […]
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Sam Odrowski Christy Herr from the Northwestern Health Unit spoke about meth use and opioids during the Community Conversation on Substance Abuse held at Place Rendez-Vous last Wednesday.
The Associated PressSudhin Thanawala ATLANTA–Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter broke his hip yesterday at his south Georgia home when he fell while leaving to go turkey hunting, a spokeswoman for the Carter Center said. The 94-year-old former president was treated in Americus, Georgia, near his home in Plains, and was […]
The Canadian Press HALIFAX–A new survey suggests Canadians have become less accepting of recreational cannabis since 2017, despite legalization last October. Researchers at Dalhousie University say they’re surprised by the findings, which also suggests a high degree of stigma persists. While the majority of Canadians still support legalization, the research […]
The Associated PressJosh Dubow SAN JOSE, Calif.–After the San Jose Sharks relied on a usual suspect to tie the game, the St. Louis Blues took back momentum with a tiebreaking goal from a most unlikely source. Defenceman Robert Bortuzzo scored his first career post-season goal late in the second period […]
From the MNRF
There was one new forest fire confirmed by yesterday afternoon in the Northwest Fie Region.Sioux Lookout Fire #4 is “being held” at 1.5 hectares in size. It is located near Doghole Lake in Mishkeegogamang First Nation. There is one other active forest fire in the Northwest Region. Fort Frances Fire […]
Sam Odrowski Grade 8 Fort High students Monika Ruppenstein, left, Healey Jansen, Jenna Bailey (speaking), and Yasmeen Elkheir gave a presentation on the third-annual stencil drain program during yesterday evening’s town council meeting. The students sought council’s approval to again take part in the project, which raises awareness around the […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Ontario is planning to cut about $46 million this year from the provincial police budget, as the Progressive Conservative government tries to trim the province’s deficit. The government’s expenditure estimates for this year show the funding drop, as well as scores of other cuts, including to […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA–Canadian parliamentarians love to quote Albert Einstein’s definition of insanity. No one more so than Liberal Sean Casey, who’s cited the famous quotation purportedly from the acclaimed physicist at least five times in the House of Commons or in parliamentary committees since he was first elected […]
Jamie Mountain Taylor Pagee took a big cut at a pitch during the first inning of the Fort Frances Her-icanes’ 19-2 romp over the Manitou T-Birdies in the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League season-opener last night at VanJura. The three-time defending champion Her-icanes stormed back with 19 unanswered runs […]
The Canadian PressLiam Casey TORONTO–Two confirmed cases of measles in adults in Toronto are both travel related, the city’s public health unit said yesterday as it warned the public of possible places where they may have been exposed to the virus. The latest incidents bring the total measles cases in […]
The Associated Press BERLIN–Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government plane has been grounded by an excited fan who jumped out of her van to take a photo of it at Dortmund airport but forgot to put the parking brake on, and the vehicle rolled slowly into the nose of the jet. Germany’s […]
