The kids’ garden plots are back at the Fort Frances Community Garden. After a one-year hiatus, due to fluctuating COVID restrictions around community gardens, plots are now being reopened to children, who are interested in managing their own plot. The cost is $15 for a a 10-by-10 plot. All seeds […]
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The Quetico Foundation is asking paddlers and non-paddlers alike to participate in a unique contest to celebrate the northern Ontario wilderness park — without going far from home. The Quetico Portage Challenge asks people to pick one of Quetico Provincial Park’s 587 portages, and then complete a similar distance near […]
The Fort Frances Youth Soccer club (FFYS) announced on its Facebook page last week that it will be cancelling its soccer season for the summer. The news comes a week after Borderland Soccer also decided to bench their season after holding out hope that they would have the chance to […]
Locations across Kenora–Rainy River to offer AstraZeneca vaccine to individuals aged 55+ KENORA — The Ontario government is steadily increasing capacity in its COVID-19 vaccine rollout with the addition of over 350 pharmacies across the provinces, including 3 pharmacies in Kenora–Rainy River in Kenora, Dryden and Fort Frances. In Fort […]
“This watering hole ain’t big enough for the both of us…” one can imagine the squirrel thinking as he faces off with the robin. All the springtime creatures are returning to the area, with seagulls, swans and robins being among the surest indicators we’re almost done with winter weather. Fingers […]
By Willow Fiddler
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
People flying to more than a dozen remote First Nations in Northern Ontario are being screened for COVID-19 with rapid antigen testing prior to boarding as one airline ramps up its safety protocols on passenger flights. North Star Air provides passenger, cargo and charter service to 54 remote locations in […]
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TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 3,065 new cases of COVID-19 today and eight more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 955 new cases in Toronto, 561 in Peel Region, and 320 in York Region. She also says there are 165 new cases in Ottawa […]
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Schools in Peel Region are closed for in-person learning starting today. Dr. Lawrence Loh, the region’s medical officer of health, has ordered schools in Brampton, Caledon and Mississauga to move classes online. The closure will remain in place until April 18 and Loh says it may be extended if necessary. […]
HUMBOLDT, Sask. – A virtual tribute is planned for today to mark the third anniversary of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Sixteen people died and 13 were injured when a semi-trailer ran a stop sign and into the path of the junior hockey team’s bus near Tisdale, Sask., on April […]
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Ten officials have been indicted in Iran over the 2020 military shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed 176 people, a prosecutor said Tuesday, an announcement coming just as Tehran begins indirect negotiations with the West over its collapsed nuclear deal with world powers. More than 100 of the […]
BRUSSELS – Despite its flagging vaccination drive, the European Union said Tuesday it is still on target to reach what it calls “sufficient community immunity” by the end of June. The European Commission has said it wants to have vaccinated a minimum 70% of the entire adult population by the […]
United Airlines says it will train 5,000 this decade, including taking on applicants with no flying experience, and plans for half of them to be women or people of colour. United will borrow an approach used elsewhere, notably at Germany’s Lufthansa, by taking people at the beginning of their flying […]
