The Associated PressRob Harris LONDON–Now that Mercedes has signed a sponsorship with one of Britain’s richest people, the Formula One team has to secure a long-term commitment from world champion Lewis Hamilton. Jim Ratcliffe’s chemical giant INEOS has a five-year deal with Mercedes, but Hamilton is entering the last season […]
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Riverside Health Care in conjunction with the Northwestern Public Health Unit has declared a Gastroenteritis Outbreak at Rainycrest Long Term Care. On Friday, Feb. 7, the Outbreak Management Team lifted a previously declared Respiratory and Gastroenteritis outbreaks, allowing visitations and socialization to resume. However, a new Gastroenteritis Outbreak was declared […]
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A public input session to help determine the future of the Shevlin Wood Yard and Nursing Station has been rescheduled for this Wednesday (Feb. 12) 6:30-8:30 p.m. The event was originally scheduled for this Thursday (Feb. 13) but was rescheduled due to it conflicting with the Chamber Business Awards which […]
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Council is scheduled to hear a presentation from the Binesiwag Centre for Wellness at tonight’s meeting, regarding their request for the town in respect to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), On behalf of the families of MMIWG in Canada, the Binesiwag Centre for Wellness respectfully requests the […]
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It was a great weekend for the Fort Frances Lakers as the squad picked up three of a possible four points in a home-and-home split with the Thief River Falls Norksies. Tyler Johnson scored the lone goal of the shootout as the Norskies pulled out a narrow 5-4 decision over […]
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The Muskie girls’ hockey team played a fair bit of hockey over the last week as they get prepared for the NorWOSSA playoffs ahead. Fort High was in Thunder Bay over the weekend to play some exhibition games against Thunder Bay teams, where the black-and-gold away with a 1-3 record. […]
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It was another great day for the Muskie Nordic skiing team at the NWOSSAA championships on Thursday in Atikokan. Four members of the black-and-gold were able to book their tickets to the all-Ontarios, which are slated for Feb. 19-21 in Huntsville. In the junior girls’ 3.7-K race, Emma Toriseva nabbed […]
Aidan Smith, left, and dad Joe of International Falls got a lesson on skinning a weasel from local trapper Trevor Mills during the trappers workshop put on by the Rainy River District Trappers Council at the Metis Hall on Saturday. Visitors to the event were able to learn more about […]
of Mike McKinnon/Atikokan Progress Emma Toriseva’s hard work paid off on Thursday at the NWOSSAA championships in Atikokan as she cruised to the gold medal in the junior girls’ 3.7-K race to advance to OFSAA in Huntsville later this month.
Supporters of the local out of the Cold Warming Centre took to the streets for the Coldest Day of the Year awareness walk in Fort Frances on Thursday afternoon. Participants started at the Northwest Community Legal Clinic on Scott St. and proceeded towards the river before ending up at the […]
It was all fun and games as Edie Lundon, centre, perfectly placed the birthday hat on the guinea pig -with assistance from mom Heather, right, and Sarah Marusyk- during the Fort Frances Public Library’s birthday party for resident guinea pigs Milo and Otis that was held on Wednesday morning. Everyone […]
Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Lakers’ captain Noah Loveday tried to navigate his way through the Thief River Falls Norskies’ defence as he entered the offensive zone during the third period of the Lakers’ 2-1 win on Saturday night in SIJHL action at the Ice For Kids Arena. Loveday dished out […]
