THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – Sen. Mitt Romney said Monday that he was knocked unconscious in a fall over the weekend, but he was “doing better.” The Utah Republican said the accident happened when he was spending time with his grandchildren in Boston. He told reporters he was taken to […]
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Karen and Stan Jr. Sockolotuk of Stan’s pulled the winning ticket for the Kiwanis Club Trip of the Month draw for March yesterday. Mallory and Zak Tully are the winners of a trip to Banff on Horseback valued at $3,800. April’s draw is for Winnipeg-Churchill Via Rail trip ($4,500.00). –Merna […]
By Steve DouglasTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS Horse racing’s image received another grievous blow on Tuesday when an Irish jockey apologized after a widely circulated video emerged of him straddling the corpse of a horse which had just suffered a cardiac arrest. Rob James’ apology came a day after the leading Irish […]
By Stephen WadeTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO – The Tokyo Olympics made a symbolic gesture toward gender equality on Tuesday by appointing 12 women to the body’s executive board. The board will now have 19 women among its 45 members, or 42%. To accommodate the new women, the size of the […]
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The Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Rainycrest Long Term Care Home as a result of two staff members testing positive. In addition to the protocols instituted by the NWHU related to close contacts of these individuals, we are implementing additional precautions to prevent the spread […]
By Merna Emara
Staff Writer
memara@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
memara@fortfrances.com
The Performing Arts Festival application form deadline is March 5. This is not the deadline to submit the video performance. The completion of this form will just show intent of making a video submission within any category. Cynthia Donald, festival co-chair, said there has been confusion with the application form […]
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — While check-in for the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Tennessee River was scheduled for 3 p.m. ET, Jeff Gustafson was waiting in the parking lot behind the World’s Fair Park Performance Lawn by 2. With his limit of smallmouth filled and potentially treacherous waters ahead, the Keewatin, […]
By Natali Trivuncic
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
ntrivuncic@fortfrances.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
ntrivuncic@fortfrances.com
The Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) has received its first reported COVID-19 variant of concern lab result on Friday. Dr. Kit Young Hoon, medical officer of health at the NWHU, said the U.K. variant was found in a previously reported case in the Dryden area and is not known to be […]
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On Friday, the Government of Ontario announced that the Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) will be moving into the “Grey – Lockdown” zone of the provincial COVID-19 Response Framework: Keeping Ontario Safe and Open. Additional public health measures will further help control the spread of COVID-19 in the TBDHU […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO – Ontario reached the sobering milestone of 300,000 COVID-19 infections today after reporting 1,062 new infections and 20 more deaths linked to the virus. Today’s figures bring the province’s total case count to 300,816 since the onset of the pandemic. Health Minister Christine Elliott says Toronto […]
CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO – The verdict in Toronto’s van attack trial will be broadcast on YouTube on Wednesday. Alek Minassian has pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 of second-degree murder. He argues he should be found not criminally responsible due to his autism spectrum disorder. […]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT – The U.S. government is investigating complaints of engine compartment fires in nearly 1.9 million Toyota RAV4 small SUVs. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began investigating after getting 11 fire complaints involving the 2013 through 2018 model years. The RAV4 is the top-selling vehicle in […]
