It’s time to celebrate your local businesses. The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce will be holding its 23rd annual Business Awards tonight at the Copper River Inn. The night is set to begin at 6:00 p.m. with cocktails, with dinner being served at 7:00 p.m. The event will also feature […]
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Audery Livingstone, left, watched as Mary King helped Lillian Pearson select the best card to play, while Darleen Begin and Bill Nicolson looked on as they played Bridge at the Seniors Centre last Friday. King helps facilitate the “Introduction to Bridge” events each Friday from 10 a.m. until noon. -Sam […]
The Canadian PressLaura Osman OTTAWA–Canada will aim $6.5 million at research on stopping the spread of the novel coronavirus, after co-ordinating with researchers around the world on tackling the outbreak. Representatives of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) are returning from two days of talks with the international research […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Former cabinet minister Steven Del Duca has emerged as the clear front-runner in the Ontario Liberal leadership race, according to new data released by the party. Del Duca has secured the support of 1,173 delegates out of the 2,724 who will select the party’s replacement for […]
The Canadian PressSidhartha Banerjee KAHNAWAKE, Que.–Mohawks manning a barricade that has disrupted rail traffic near Montreal said yesterday they’ll remain in place as long as the RCMP is present on territory of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation in northern British Columbia. About a dozen people milled about the site, which featured […]
The Canadian Press Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural-gas pipeline project in British Columbia: Demonstrators in Victoria are promising to shut down all provincial government offices in that city on Friday as a show of solidarity with opponents of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project […]
Allison JonesTHE CANADAIN PRESS TORONTO–Schools across Ontario will be closed Feb. 21 as elementary, secondary, Catholic and French teachers banded together yesterday to announce a joint strike in a bid to ramp up pressure on Premier Doug Ford’s government with contract negotiations at a near standstill. The one-day job action […]
The Canadian PressLaura Osman OTTAWA–The New Democrats are asking the provinces to support their promised universal pharmacare legislation, hoping to win premiers over by calling on Ottawa to increase federal health transfers. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh wrote to every premier in Canada Wednesday to outline the party’s plan and ask […]
The Canadian PressBob Weber Canada appears poised to rack up a climate-change win, says a recent government report submitted to the United Nations. The federal report filed last month says Canada is on track to meet one of its crucial climate-change commitments–generating at least 90 per cent of non-industrial electricity […]
The Canadian Press WHITBY, Ont.–Police say a man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly beating an elderly man with a crowbar in Whitby, Ont. Durham regional police say the two men both rented rooms in the same home. They say the accused entered the man’s room on Saturday […]
The Canadian Press VANCOUVER–The federal government will give $1 million each to three companies developing technologies to address plastic waste from food packaging and construction. Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced the winners of his government’s plastics innovation challenge, which is part of its plan to ban many single-use plastics by […]
Red Lake Miners’ captain Shaye Sommerfeld scored twice to lead his side to a 6-2 win over the Fort Frances Lakers in SIJHL action on Tuesday night at the Cochenour Arena. With the win, the Miners (28-12-3-2) moved into first place overall in the SIJHL standings, two points clear of […]








