The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Ontario is increasing class sizes for Grades 4-12 in an effort to cut costs, a move critics say will hurt student learning and result in thousands of teaching jobs lost across the province. The move is part of education reforms announced by the Progressive Conservative government […]
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Staff Sean Twomey, vice-president of Repap, announced Friday morning that Repap has made a formal offer to Resolute Forest Products to acquire the Fort Frances paper mill. It will operate as Rainy River Packaging Inc. and when operational, the kraft mill and two paper machines will produce kraft paper to […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers will be heading into the SIJHL playoffs with a little more confidence after splitting their final regular-season games over the weekend at the Ice For Kids Arena. In what was a preview of their first-round playoff match-up, the fifth-place Lakers eked out a tough 6-5 […]
Duane Hicks Construction is continuing on the new addition to the Super 8 Motel here. The 24-room expansion, being built by Syncor Construction of Thunder Bay, is due to be completed by the end of August.
The Canadian PressGregory Strong Baseball prognasticators are predicting pain for the 2019 edition of the Toronto Blue Jays. What remains unclear is whether the team’s off-season teardown might result in a short-term malaise or an extended run of mediocrity. Canada’s lone Major League Baseball team said goodbye to a number […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords CAMBRIDGE, Ont.–Management-level jobs will be lost in the planned merger of 20 provincial health agencies, Premier Doug Ford said yesterday, as his message shifted from no job losses under his government to no front-line job losses. Front-line jobs will be protected, Ford said, as the province […]
The Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.–A Florida travel insurance company has awarded a Georgia high school teacher $10,000 for reading the fine print in a policy she recently purchased. A Squaremouth statement said Donelan Andrews claimed the prize 23 hours after the contest began. The St. Petersburg-based company said it […]
The Canadian PressAndy Blatchford OTTAWA–The improved economy is expected to give the Trudeau government more fiscal room than anticipated in next week’s pre-election budget–but a wobbly economic finish to 2018 means conditions could look much different as the October vote approaches. An abrupt deceleration in economic growth over the final […]
The Associated Press WASHINGTON–Earth is sick with multiple and worsening environmental ills killing millions of people yearly, a new U.N. report says. Climate change, a global major extinction of animals and plants, a human population soaring toward 10 billion, degraded land, polluted air, and plastics, pesticides, and hormone-changing chemicals in […]
Sam Odrowski Vai Lockman, left, and David Morrison enjoyed a game of Pokemon Monopoly at the Fort Frances Public Library yesterday afternoon during its “Pokemon Party.” Children also enjoyed decorating cupcakes, participating in pin the tail on the Charmander, and other Pokemon-themed games. The library has run a series of […]
The Associated Press FAIR HAVEN, Vt.–The new honourary mayor of Fair Haven, Vt.–a three-year-old goat named “Lincoln”–officially was sworn into office this week. Lincoln was dressed in a sash reading “Mayor” for the Tuesday ceremony at the Fair Haven town offices. Town clerk Suzanne Dechame and the select board were […]
The Fort Frances Lakers will host the Dryden GM Ice Dogs in SIJHL action on Friday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice For Kids Arena. Admission is $12 for adults, $8 for students, $5 for kids aged 12 and under, and free for those under five. A fish […]
