Positive COVID-19 reports have been announced by both the Northwestern Health Unit and Rainy River First Nations for September 25. Northwestern Health Unit received a report of one new positive COVID-19 test result in the Dryden / Red Lake area. Follow up with the person involved and their contacts has […]
COVID-19
In the middle of a global pandemic, you have to take the good news with the bad, and local libraries are no exception. So it is that even as the Fort Frances Public Library Technology officially reopened to the public in a limited capacity last week, word has come from […]
Staff
Even in the face of adversities, the Drive-In movie nights soldier on. In an email to the Times, Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce executive director Heather Johnson explained that due to recent changes in provincial guidelines regarding COVID-19 gathering restrictions, and recommendations from the Northwestern Health Unit, the show and […]
Robin McCormick
Devlin correspondent
Devlin correspondent
The LaBelle’s Rainy Lake Fall Bass Classic is taking place this Saturday, Sept. 26, with COVID-19 restrictions in place. Dale LaBelle is taking all the necessary precautions. There are 33 teams signed up to far for the one-day tournament; that’s down from the usual 50 teams, because several regular teams […]
Merna Emara
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) reports three new symptomatic COVID-19 cases in the past week – two in Sioux Lookout and one in the Dryden Red Lake area. Dr. Kit Young-Hoon, medical officer of health at the NWHU, said these cases include cases on First Nation communities, as well as […]
Merna Emara
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Rainy River District School Board (RRDSB) sent Education Minister Stephen Lecce a letter requesting more funding to secure the enhanced personal protective equipment (PPE) and to support other modifications to remote learning costs. Raymond Roy, chair of the RRDSB, wrote in the letter that the five month additional operating […]
Merna Emara
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A local woman from Fort Frances made the Tim Hortons Hero Cup – a cup that recognizes essential workers who rose up to the occasion when COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. Every week, Tim Hortons prints over 150 names of essential workers nominated by their family, friends or community members. […]
The Canadian Press
Michelle McQuigge
Michelle McQuigge
TORONTO – Ontario took a step back in its COVID-19 recovery on Saturday as Premier Doug Ford reimposed restrictions on social gatherings across the province in a bid to curb what he described as an “alarming growth” in new cases. In rolling back limits on the number of people who […]
Staff
Northwestern Health Unit has received a report of a new positive COVID-19 test result in the Dryden / Red Lake area. According to the provincial school portal, the case has been confirmed as a student in the Golden Learning Centre, in Balmertown. Follow up with the person involved and their […]
Staff
Northwestern Health Unit has received a report of a new positive COVID-19 test result in the Dryden / Red Lake area. Follow up with the person involved and their contacts has started according to protocol. Anyone who is identified as a contact for this case will be contacted directly. Under […]
Merna Emara
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
It has been almost two weeks since students across Ontario went back to in-person classes. Coupled with their return is the change of weather seasons and the possibility of a season flu being mistaken for COVID-19. The Northwestern Health Unit has more information for parents on what to know if […]
Megan Walchuk
Although it hasn’t enjoyed the fanfare and photo-ops of a traditional school year, remote learning has quietly begun at kitchen tables across the region this week. As with all new systems, there will be bumps and growing pains. An entirely new schooling system created in a matter of months is […]
