The Northwestern Health Unit has declared an outbreak at the Pathways Atelier Day Care in Fort Frances, located in St Mary School, and has issued a closure order. The facility has been closed. An outbreak in a day care is declared when there is one or more confirmed cases of […]
News
The Associated Press WASHINGTON–Impeachment ahead, the House on Tuesday will first try to convince the vice-president and Cabinet to act even more quickly to remove President Donald Trump from office, warning he is a threat to democracy in the remaining days of his presidency. House lawmakers are reconvening at the […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL–Quebec is reporting 1,934 new cases of COVID-19 today and 47 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, including 13 within the preceding 24 hours. It’s the second day in a row – and the third day since Dec. 17 – Quebec has reported fewer than 2,000 […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada has secured an extra 20 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the virus that causes COVID-19, saying a faster rollout is the key to returning to some version of normality. He says that means Canada will receive 80 million doses […]
Shawn Jeffords The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario’s health system will be overwhelmed and deaths from COVID-19 will exceed those in the pandemic’s first wave unless there is a significant reduction in contacts between residents, data released Tuesday indicates. Projections from the province show that under current restrictions, daily deaths from the […]
Christopher Reynolds The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Oversight and transparency took centre stage on Day 1 of a nearly three-week review of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.’s broadcasting licences, as the rush to furnish digital content butts up against regulatory concerns. The CBC is asking Canada’s telecommunications regulator to renew licences for its […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has conducted a small shuffle of his ministers before holing up later in the day for a cabinet retreat to plot strategy for the resumption of Parliament. The shuffle is due to the departure of Navdeep Bains, who stepped down as […]
COVID testing in Fort Frances has a brand-new home designed to keep public health staff and the public sheltred from the worst of northwestern Ontario winters. The new covered structure, located down the street from the former assessment centre, will be open seven days a week, from 8:00 a.m. until […]
The region was treated to a spectacular show of hoar frost over the weekend, with trees laden thick and heavy for several days, before dissapating. If you’ve been out enjoying the mild weather and beautiful sites of our region this shut-down, take your camera, snap a picture and send it […]
Tonight will be overcast with a low of -5 C (23 F). Tomorrow will see clearing skies in the late morning and cloudy periods overnight with a high of zero (32) and a low of minus-six (21). Wednesday will be cloudy during the day with a chance of flurries overnight […]
John Chidley-Hill and Nicole Thompson The Canadian Press TORONTO – Premier Doug Ford warned that “turbulent waters” are ahead in the fight against COVID-19 on Sunday as Ontario set yet another single-day high for new diagnoses. He said the health-care system is “on the brink” of being overwhelmed as cases […]
Press Release
Due to the increase in cases of COVID-19 in Fort Frances this weekend, and in collaboration with School Board partners, the Medical Officer of Health for the Northwestern Health Unit, Dr. Kit Young-Hoon, is recommending that Fort Frances schools delay in person learning for an additional two week period, January […]
