Riverside’s Emergency Planning Team activated its pandemic plan last week in response to COVID-19 and is taking increased precautions to ensure the safety of our patients, residents, clients, staff, professional staff and volunteers.While the risk of contracting COVID-19 remains low, we are taking increased precautions as a preventative measure. Screening […]
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Press Release THUNDER BAY, Ont.–The SIJHL announced today that Fort Frances Lakers’ captain Noah Loveday has been named its Most Improved Player for the 2019-20 season. The 20-year-old Fort Frances native earned the award over fellow nominees Xavier Halterman of the Dryden GM Ice Dogs and Nick Harder of the […]
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Given the Government of Ontario’s decision Thursday to close all publicly-funded schools for two weeks following the upcoming March Break, and given the widespread health measures imposed due to COVID-19, OFSAA is cancelling the boys’ and girls’ hockey and curling championships. The championships were scheduled for the first week after […]
The Associated PressStephen WhynoAnd John Wawrow NHL players have been told they can go home and must self-isolate there until the end of March, suggesting any potential return to play is many weeks away. The National Hockey League and NHL Players’ Association sent out separate memos today detailing the new […]
Tonight will see a few flurries with a low of -13 C (9 F). Tomorrow will be mainly sunny and clear overnight with a high of minus-four (25) and a low of -16 (three). Wednesday will bring a chance of flurries during the day with periods of snow overnight and […]
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The Town of Fort Frances Emergency Management Control Group met today at 8:30 a.m. to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic. We are still actively monitoring the situation and will be continuing to regularly meet to ensure that the community is provided with appropriate and timely updates. With this stated, given the […]
The Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU)has been notified that a resident of Fort Frances has tested positive coronavirus (COVID-19). The affected individual is an adult who has recently returned from international travel. “The individual was seen, assessed and tested in Winnipeg”, said Dr. Ian Gemmill, Acting Medical Officer of Health for […]
Shoppers have been met with empty shelves throughout town. This was Safeway’s toilet paper isle on Friday, and it hasn’t recovered since. Bulk buying has been sweeping North America, as shoppers bracing for a potential quarantine, stock up. Canned goods, meat, bread, cereal, baking supplies, cleaning supplies, paper towel, tissue […]
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The NWHU is sending this media release to bring residents up-to-date with the situation locally, and with new provincial recommendations.Currently in our area, there have not been any positive cases of COVID-19. NWHU is following up on all tests that have been done in the area, and will provide an […]
Ken Kellar Sawyer Hanson worked up the courage to show off his perch catch during the Fishing Derby that was held on Saturday as part of the Nestor Falls Winter Carnival. Organizers have announced this this was the last year for the festival, due to a lack of volunteers.
The Canadian PressJim Bronskill OTTAWA–China and Russia are meddling in Canadian affairs, a national security-and-intelligence watchdog says in a new report that cites evidence of “significant and sustained” foreign interference directed at Canada. In its annual report, made public today, the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians singles out […]
The Associated PressBill BarrowAnd Randall Chase WILMINGTON, Del.–Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden is to deliver an address on the coronavirus on Thursday, less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump spoke to the nation from the Oval Office about a public health crisis he’d previously downplayed. Biden aides pitch the […]
