By America’S Test Kitchen The Associated Press Fresh, juicy summer tomatoes make a great salad, so we set out to create one with complementary flavours and a creamy dressing. Tomatoes exude lots of liquid when cut, which can quickly turn a salad into soup. To get rid of some of […]
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By Cassandra Szklarski The Canadian Press TORONTO — Dog owner Trevor Kramer says his heart skipped a beat when he learned his pooch’s premium kibble might be linked to a serious heart condition. His go-to label, Acana, tops a list of 16 brands the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says […]
Tonight will be very cloudy with a strong thunderstorm late and a low of 17 C (63 F). Tomorrow will cloudy with thunderstorms in the afternoon and in the evening. Expect a high of 24 (75) and a low of 17 (63). Wednesday will see some rain and a thunderstorm, […]
Jamie Mountain Klyde Laplante and Gord Watson held up their 13.47-pound Day 2 catch on Saturday afternoon at the 19th-annual “Castin’ For Cash” bass tournament hosted by Lake Despair Lodge. The duo finished third at this year’s tourney with a two-day total of 28.55 pounds. Larry Foss and Joel Pagnac […]
Marc Stuempfle Melody McKiver, an Anishinaabe musician from Sioux Lookout, had a homecoming of sorts Thursday evening at Rainy Lake Square. McKiver is an instrumental composer and tries to incorporate a storytelling component into her music without the use of lyrics. McKiver performed her song “Abaawaa”–which translates to “slowly melting”–and […]
Ken Kellar The staff at the Fort Frances Public Library, including Nadine Cousineau, left, CEO Caroline Goulding, Andrea Avis, Samantha Manty, Fiona Gallagher, and summer student Anna Schwartz, bunched together for a photo during Avis’ last day on June 21. The library held a retirement party for the longtime pillar […]
The Canadian Press YELLOWKNIFE–Tradition and technology are clashing on the tundra where Indigenous groups are debating the use of drones to hunt caribou. The issue arose during public consultations on new wildlife regulations in the Northwest Territories, where First Nations and Metis depend on caribou for food. Drones are not […]
Staff
Asset management will be a topic of focus for town council at tonight’s meeting. Public Sector Digest (PSD) will be delivering a presentation on the 2018 Town of Fort Frances asset management plan and council has a recommendation to adopt it. During the presentation, PSD will give an overview of […]
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There were four new forest fires confirmed yesterday in the region. Fort Frances fire #11 was located near Calm Lake, but has been declared out at 0.1 hectares in size. Sioux Lookout fire #29 is being observed at 0.7 ha. and is located near Petownikip Lake, approximately 57 kilometres west […]
From the OPP
The Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a missing person complaint in Quetico Provincial Park. On Friday, officers responded to the complaint of a missing youth on Basswood Lake, a boundary water within Quetico Provincial Park. The youth intentionally wandered away from his group […]
The Canadian PressTerry Pedwell OTTAWA–A city in central Ontario is calling for the return of an iconic monument to explorer Samuel de Champlain that has been a centrepiece in the city’s laid-back waterfront landscape for nearly a century. Parks Canada, which owns the structure and the land it once sat […]
The Canadian Press PIKANGIKUM, Ont.–For the second time in just over a month, residents of Pikangikum First Nation in northwestern Ontario are being asked to evacuate due to smoke from nearby wildfires. Officials in the remote community say vulnerable residents, including the elderly, pregnant women and those with respiratory problems […]
