Ken Kellar Student doctor Ashley McMath of Lidkea Optometry and Kiwanian Robin Wright displayed the winning ticket for the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club “Trip of the Month” draw for March this morning at International Travel Services. The winner of the March draw was Ellen Anderson, who won a trip to […]
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Tonight will bring flurries and a low of -2 C (28 F). Tomorrow will see a chance of flurries during the day and cloudy periods overnight with a high of minus-five (23) and a low of minus-six (21). Wednesday will be a mix of sun and cloud with a chance […]
Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low of -19 C (-2 F). Tomorrow will be sunny and clear with a high of minus-seven (19) and a low of -21 (six below). Friday will be sunny with a chance of flurries overnight and a high of minus-six (21) with a […]
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The Muskie girls’ and boys’ hockey teams were able to draw first blood in their respective best-of-three NorWOSSA semifinal series on Tuesday night. Tatum Glowasky scored with 42.3 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the Muskie girls to a comeback 3-2 win over the Sioux Lookout Warriors in the opener […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario is making changes to improve the home and community care system, in the hopes it helps keep people out of hospital who don’t need to be there. Health officials said that if passed, new legislation will allow for more flexibility in the system, in part by […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario’s attorney general says the government is moving ahead with changes to the way judges and justices of the peace are appointed. Doug Downey says the province will expand the number of qualified candidates eligible for judicial appointments in a bid to fill vacancies in provincial courts […]
The Canadian PressMike Blanchfield OTTAWA–A Conservative MP is questioning whether rail blockades in Quebec and Ontario constitute acts of terrorism, which could allow the RCMP to intervene. Doug Shipley put that question to Public Safety Minister Bill Blair on Thursday morning during testimony at the House of Commons public safety […]
Press Release
Riverside Health Care in conjunction with the Northwestern Public Health Unit has declared the Gastroenteritis Outbreak over at Rainycrest Long Term Care Home, effective Feb. 27. All social events and activities at Rainycrest have resumed. All visitors are now welcomed. Riverside continues to urge the public to stay at home […]
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Council narrowly approved a recommendation that will soon ban on-street parking during significant winter storms at their regular meeting on Monday night. A 3-2 vote agreed with the recommendation of operations and facilities manager, Travis Rob to amend the town’s Traffic Control Bylaw to include a provision banning on-street parking […]
Ken Kellar
A local group is asking the Town of Fort Frances for help addressing a water shortage. The Fort Frances Community Garden made a presentation to town council on Monday evening asking for help in addressing the issues it is facing as more and more members of the public become interested […]
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Megan Walchuk
Megan Walchuk
At a meeting with the public last night in Emo, CN representatives speculated that “ice jacking” may have been the cause of last week’s 31-car derailment on highway 602. Although a formal investigation by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada is ongoing, CN’s evidence suggests that track, warped and lifted […]
Jamie Mountain Tatum Glowasky tipped a puck down to the ice from out of midair in front of Sioux Lookout Warriors goalie Anna Wesley’s net during the first period of the Muskie girls’ hockey team’s 3-2 overtime win in the opener of their best-of-three NorWOSSA semifinal series on Tuesday night […]
