The Canadian Press ASHLAND, Wis. — Graysen Cameron, who broke his back in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash two years ago, has committed to play NCAA hockey for Northland College in Wisconsin. The 20-year-old from Olds, Alta., was captain of the Broncos this past season. Northland College is an NCAA […]
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Kasper Transportation notified the Ministry of Transportation that the company will be suspending operations of all routes effective Saturday, May 2, 2020. The decrease in revenue caused by the COVID-19 pandemic makes it financially irresponsible to continue operations at this time. Kasper Transportation provides intercommunity land-based transportation services to the […]
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(RED LAKE, ON) – On April 24, 2020 at approximately 3:30 am officers from the Red Lake/Ear Falls Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a motor vehicle collision in Madsen within the Municipality of Red Lake. A motor vehicle left the roadway on Mine Street and came […]
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(KENORA, ON) The Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a 14 year old female from Kenora. On Saturday, April 25, 2020, at approximately 12:30 a.m., police received a report of a missing female, Payton AFFLECK. She was last seen in […]
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The Thunder Bay District Health Unit has confirmed the first death related to COVID-19 in Northwestern Ontario. According to the TBDHU, a man in his 50s passed away on Thursday night at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre from complications of COVID-19. The health unit said the man had […]
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Riverside Health Care in conjunction with the Northwestern Public Health Unit has declared the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Outbreak over at Rainycrest Long Term Care Home, effective April 24, 2020. The public is reminded that Pandemic Infection Control Practices and Restricted Visitor Access is still in effect. Riverside has technology […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have an impact on day-to-day operations in the Town of Fort Frances. At tonight’s town council meeting, council will be receiving a report from Operations and Facilities manager Travis Rob that will recommend an operational plan for several town departments through to July 1. The […]
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TORONTO — Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced that all publicly-funded schools will remain closed until at least May 31, 2020, as part of an effort to keep students, staff and families safe from COVID-19. The extension was based on expert advice from the Chief Medical Officer of Health and health […]
The Canadian Press Some key developments are coming this week in the country’s relentless struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic. They begin today with businesses being allowed to apply for the federal government’s $73 billion wage subsidy program. Companies that qualify will get a subsidy worth 75 per cent of each […]
The Canadian PressStephanie Taylor REGINA–Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says some businesses that were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic could reopen next month. In a televised address from the legislature Wednesday, a first for a Saskatchewan Party premier, Moe announced that his government has a five-phase plan to allow some […]
The Associated Press Joe Burrow has a chance to join some very exclusive company if the LSU quarterback winds up going No. 1 overall to Cincinnati. Not only could he become the ninth quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy and then be the first overall selection in the NFL draft […]
The Associated Press Joe Burrow has a chance to join some very exclusive company if the LSU quarterback winds up going No. 1 overall to Cincinnati. Not only could he become the ninth quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy and then be the first overall selection in the NFL draft […]
