Staff Lindsey Coyle, the nurse who pleaded guilty to a charge of Criminal Negligence Causing Death in the death of Hermina Fletcher in November of 2022, will be facing the College of Nurses of Ontario next month. Coyle served less than one year of her two year sentence in the […]
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By Laura Balanko-Dickson Staff writer lbalankodickson@fortfrances.com Is all the discussion about interprovincial trade a significant source of cash flow or political theatre? How much money is there to be saved on domestic trade in Canada, and will it make a meaningful impact on the economy? For Marc Lee, Senior Economist […]
From Riverside Health Care Press release Riverside Health Care has opened the ground-floor registration area at La Verendrye General Hospital (LVGH), conveniently located at the main entrance off Front Street. Scheduled patients, including those attending Rehabilitation, Diagnostic Imaging, Surgery, Chemotherapy, Telehealth, Laboratory or Specialist Clinics, are now asked to check […]
By Allan Bradbury Staff writer abradbury@fortfrances.com Odd weather patterns have made for a strange year for farmers in the District and nowhere is that more evident than at the Emo Agricultural Research Station. Manager Kim Jo Bliss says the station’s annual open house, to be held Thursday evening, July 31, […]
From Riverside Health Care Press release While out fishing on July 25th, Norm Wood got the call that he had reeled in Riverside Health Care’s very first 50/50 win, netting $8,400. “It was my big catch of the day!” Norm said, chuckling. His lucky ticket also meant another $8,400 went […]
By James Matthews Local Journalism Initiative Reporter jmatthews@fortfrances.com Music and science have always been a huge part of Anna Schwartz’s life. Her father is a pharmacist in Fort Frances and her mother teaches high school chemistry online. So that’s the science influence during her formative years. “But they are both […]
By Connor McDowell Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Brandon Sun AUSTIN — Scott Byrne slaps a barrel. He points inside, where cushions swell from every direction. The rodeo clown, who used to be a bullfighter, says it’s an escape mechanism. Reading “wrangler” on the outside, the barrel exists to be smashed […]
By Pam Fedack Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Winnipeg Sun In a field as complex as neurology, groundbreaking solutions rarely start with cardboard and mirrors. However, for Dr. Neda Anssari and Dr. Behzad Mansouri — a pair of Winnipeg-based neurologists, married co-founders of Neuroptek, and co-inventors of a medical device called Eye […]
By Natasha Bulowski Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Canada’s National Observer If the federal government caves to automakers’ pressure to cancel the electric vehicle sales mandate, there will be significant negative impacts to Canadians’ health, medical professionals and researchers warn. The federal policy — which requires hybrids and EVs to make […]
By Maggie Macintosh Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Winnipeg Free Press Lessons that build empathy through Holocaust survivor testimonies and case studies of Jewish life before 1933 are at the core of Manitoba’s newest curriculum. Starting this fall, Grade 6, 9 and 11 teachers will analyze the systematic killing of six […]
By Sandi Krasowski Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Chronicle-Journal Red Lake is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the discovery of gold in the area, and to help commemorate the occasion, the Ontario government is investing $30,000 through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC). George Pirie, minister of northern economic […]
By Jon Thompson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Ricochet Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles doesn’t believe the province needs to scrap its regulatory regime to thrive through a trade war with the U.S. In an interview, she told Ricochet it needs to scrap its controversial Bill 5 legislation and “boldly” reinvest in the […]
