Lori Ewing The Canadian Press After a sophomore season that was decent, but in his view not good enough, Marcus Carr returned home to Toronto to double down on his college basketball career. The 21-year-old junior at Minnesota worked out two to three times a day. He focused on diet […]
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Terry Pedwell The Canadian Press OTTAWA – A new report says Black Canadians and people from most other minority groups tend to disproportionately lose out on federal civil service jobs they apply for compared with other Canadians. The audit report on the representation of employment equity groups in public service […]
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Rainy River District School Board has received notification of a positive COVID-19 exposure of a student at Fort Frances High School. All close contacts of the case are being called and given instructions by Northwestern Health Unit. We are working with NWHU to make sure all potential risks are minimized, […]
Adina Bresge The Canadian Press Pop quiz: What day is it? Answer: Does it matter? Nearly a year in, the monotony of quarantine seems to have perpetually set the clocks to half-past-who-cares. You wake up, and it’s almost like the last 24 hours didn’t happen. You’re trapped in the same […]
“During the lock down our family found a new found love for the trails on rocky inlet! We went skiing with our three children for the very first time, as well snow shoed the hiking trails! It has been a blast, our kids are enjoying themselves, where getting out and […]
Press Release Ontario Regional Chief RoseAnne Archibald says both on-reserve First Nations and urban Indigenous populations are priorities for the Ontario Ministers’ COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force. The Ministers’ Task Force was announced on December 4, 2020. The purpose of the Task Force is to, “provide advice on the ethical, […]
Merna Emara
Staff Writer
Staff Writer
The Erin Crescent lots put on sale by the Town of Fort Frances last December will increase the residential tax base. This is expected to benefit Fort Frances residents after the demolition of the mill. The town purchased the lots from the previous developer in 2008. The Fort Frances council […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 2,093 new cases of COVID-19 and 56 more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 700 new cases in Toronto, 331 in Peel Region, and 228 in York Region. The province is reporting that 11,910 doses of […]
Merna Emara
Staff Writer
Staff Writer
The Fort Frances council approved the recommendation from the Community Service Division to remove the ice from the Ice for Kids arena at the Memorial Sports Centre. Aaron Bisson, recreation and culture manager, said this approval will achieve two goals. First, it will reduce the operating costs for the arena, […]
Lisa Rathke The Associated Press About those wooly mittens that U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders wore to the presidential inauguration, sparking endless quirky memes across social media? They’ve helped to raise $1.8 million in the last five days for charitable organizations in Sanders’ home state of Vermont, the independent senator announced […]
Merna Emara
Staff Writer
Staff Writer
If you want to be an engineer you go to engineering school. Similarly, if you want to become a lawyer, you go to law school. What if you want to be a Zamboni Driver? Do you go to Zamboni school? While there are no designated Zamboni driving schools, those who […]
Ken Kellar
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Let it never be said that a pandemic can keep a volleyball club down. Even as their seasons have been decimated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, members of the 807 Selects Volleyball Club have been kept busy with virtual training and lessons, with coach Terry McMahon co-ordinating with different volleyball […]
