Members of the Fort Frances High School Muskies boys hockey team were one of the dozens of groups, businesses and organizations who filled the parking lot at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre on Halloween night for the annual Trunk or Treat event. This year’s Trunk or Treat saw […]
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From the OPP
Press release
Press release
(FORT FRANCES ON)- Rainy River District OPP is investigating a break and enter to a residential property in Fort Frances. On Saturday October 26, 2024, at 1:30 p.m, members of the Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), were dispatched to a property on Mill Road in the Town of […]
By Mike Stimpson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
THUNDER BAY – Parks Canada is working with Red Rock Indian Band to make amends after a “flawed process” culminated in the unearthing of Indigenous ancestral remains in Nipigon, Patty Hajdu says. “I’ve spoken with (Red Rock Chief Allan) Odawa a number of times about the Parks Canada build and […]
By Mike Stimpson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
THUNDER BAY – The federal government is providing $980,595 over the next four years to Lakehead University for programming that focuses on youth dating violence prevention. “When our young people are experiencing a crisis, they need a safe place and safe people to turn to,” Patty Hajdu, Thunder Bay-Superior North’s […]
By Rob Perry
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Aylmer Express
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Aylmer Express
The Ontario government’s current ongoing expansion of the number of retail outlets that could sell beer, wine, liquor and other alcoholic beverages would at it completion see 8,500 stores peddling booze, Southwestern Public Health Board was told at its meeting on Thursday, Oct. 24. Public Health Nurse Jacqueline Deroo delivered […]
By Marissa Lentz-McGrath
Local Journalism Initiative
TimminsToday.com
Local Journalism Initiative
TimminsToday.com
FORT ALBANY – Fort Albany First Nation is receiving federal funding to help provide safety and support for women and families. On Oct. 23, the federal government announced over $58 million for 12 Indigenous housing projects in Ontario. Among the recipients is the Fort Albany Women’s Shelter. TimminsToday reached out […]
By Jon Thompson,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Ricochet
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Ricochet
“People are dying left and right,” Meno Ya Win Hospital staff told Sol Mamakwa as the Kiiwetinoong MPP toured the Sioux Lookout area’s largest health care facility. The backlog in the 55-bed acute care facility was worse than Mamakwa had ever seen it during his years as health system transformation […]
– Ken Kellar photo
Jeff Wright of Wright Physiotherapy pulled the winning ticket for the 2024 Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s British Isles Trip of the Month draw for November on Friday, November 1, 2024. Reo Walton of Fort Frances is the winner of an Orkney and Scotland tour, valued at $4,000. Next month’s draw […]
–Allan Bradbury photo
Goaltender Nolan Koethler was dialed in as he stopped 41 of 42 shots against as the Fort Frances Lakers beat the Red Lake miners 3-1 on Tuesday night at Ice For Kids Arena. Jack Wood and Landon Lowes scored for the Lakers with Emmerson Evans adding an empty netter with […]
By Carl Clutchey,
Local Journalism Initiative
reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative
reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
The Ministry of Health says it received the letter from Northwestern Ontario municipal leaders about the dire state of paramedic services, but it remains to be seen if it got the entire message. The ministry has yet to say publicly if it would respond to one of the Northwestern Ontario […]
From the OPP
Press release
Press release
(FORT FRANCES) In the early morning hours of Wednesday October 30, 2024 at approximately 1:00 a.m. Rainy River District OPP received reports of a possible break and enter in the Town of Fort Frances. Police attended the area and located a motor vehicle matching the description provided of the involved […]
Staff
Confederation College’s Tec Hub was abuzz yesterday with enthusiasm as it hosted the “Jill of All Trades” event, aimed at young women in grades 9 through 12. This initiative provided hands-on experiences in skilled trades, highlighting opportunities available in a traditionally male-dominated field. The “Jill of All Trades” (JOAT) events […]
