Jamie Mountain Skip Clint Barton spoke highly of his Fort Frances-based rink’s 1996 Police Curling championship run and gave a lot of credit to his teammates during the third induction ceremonies for the Fort Frances Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday evening at La Place Rendez-Vous. The quartet were one […]
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Sam Odrowski A group of mothers strolled along Scott Street with their babies, family members, and friends who marched from the Fort Frances Public Library to the Rainy Lake Square on Thursday for World Breastfeeding Week which ran from Aug. 1-7. The event’s purpose was to normalize breastfeeding in public. […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones KITCHENER, Ont.–Ontario’s premier said Friday that people with mental illness who commit crimes should be in jail, calling a patient who had been detained at a mental health hospital for killing his roommate an “animal.” Doug Ford teed off for a second time on the case […]
The Canadian Press The sister of an American tourist says the father of one of the British Columbia men named as a suspect in the woman’s death isn’t accepting his share of responsibility for her family’s sorrow. Kennedy Deese, whose sister Chynna Deese was found dead along with her Australian […]
The Canadian PressAmy Smart VANCOUVER–A Canadian man who spent eight months in Syrian prisons said he wept three times on his flight back because he was so excited to finally be coming home. Kristian Baxter of Nanaimo, B.C., returned to Vancouver on Saturday, just days after he was released from […]
The Canadian PressJohn Chidley-Hill TORONTO–As soon as Bianca Andreescu heard that Serena Williams was retiring from their Rogers Cup final, she went to her opponent’s bench, took a knee, and started consoling the veteran tennis player. Lost in that moment of empathy was the fact that Andreescu had just become […]
The Canadian PressTim Wharnsby TORONTO–A 13-pitch, ninth-inning at-bat from rookie Vladimir Guerrero Jr. may have ended in a double play, but it had his Blue Jays teammates and manager filled with marvel yesterday. “I’ve never seen somebody hit a double-play ball and get a standing ovation from the fans,” Blue […]
Sam Odrowski
The recently purchased Fort Frances mill cannot be restarted for the purpose of manufacturing pulp or paper, according to a recently uncovered document. A restrictive covenant agreement between Resolute Forest Products and 2670568 Ontario Limited, a subsidiary of Riversedge Developments who purchased the mill property on July 9, says the […]
Staff
The town has been successful in obtaining Connecting Link funding for the reconstruction of Scott Street from Colonization Road East to Reid Avenue. At tonight’s meeting, council has a recommendation to approve a report that will enter into a funding agreement for Connecting Link funding. The total funding allocation for […]
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Couchiching First Nation is one of eight First Nations in Ontario which will be opening a cannabis store in the future, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario announced Friday. Back on July 3, the province announced its plans for a second allocation of cannabis retail store authorizations. The plan […]
From the OPP
Exactly one year ago last Thursday, Henry Stone-Arnold, 28 years old, was seen for the last time. On Aug. 17, 2018, Ontario Provincial Police officers located human remains on a private property on Trist Road in Van Horne Township, just outside the City of Dryden. The recovered remains were sent […]
The Canadian PressAdina Bresge TORONTO–You can learn a lot about someone from the videos they take of themselves. One day, these recordings may even be able to reveal your blood pressure, says a Toronto researcher. Kang Lee, a professor and research chair in developmental neuroscience at University of Toronto, is […]
