Fort Frances, ON – The long-awaited new aerial ladder truck has arrived at the Town of Fort Frances Fire Rescue Service. “I can’t emphasize enough how pleased our team members are to see this modern piece of apparatus in our fire hall ready for deployment,” Town of Fort Frances Fire […]
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By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay, Ont. — The Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund (NADF) has played a role in the development of almost 700 Indigenous-owned businesses. Beginning operations in 1987, the not-for-profit organization, which calls itself an “aboriginal financial institution,” has provided training, community planning and financial support through grants and loans for new […]
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Have questions about federal government services? Bring them to the Volunteer Bureau on April 28, when representatives will be on hand to facilitate and inform on all Canadian Revenue Agency and Service Canada programs. Pre-registration is not required, but the information session will run alongside the Community Volunteer Income Tax […]
By Mickey Djuric
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – The Opposition Conservatives are asking Twitter to apply a “government-funded” label on accounts associated with the CBC, even as other broadcasters decry the tag for not making clear their editorial independence. On Tuesday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre tweeted a copy of a letter addressed to the company making […]
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(ORILLIA, ON) – Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers faced a busy Easter long weekend as they conducted their province-wide seatbelt campaign and worked around the clock to keep the motoring public safe. Sadly, three people lost their lives in motor vehicle collisions over the weekend and one person was killed […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OAKVILLE, Ont. – Ford Motor Co. has revealed some details of its plan to spend $1.8 billion on its Oakville Assembly Complex to turn it into an electric vehicle production hub. The automaker said Tuesday that it will start retooling the Ontario complex in the second quarter of 2024 and […]
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Vocal instructor and adjudicator Tiffany A. Wilson gave some instructions to the collected classes of vocal competitors during Wednesday’s early afternoon session of the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts at Knox United church in Fort Frances. This week’s classes were all vocal, and next week marks the […]
By Kristina Linnea Garcia
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) – This winter’s been a hard one in Southern California. Highways flood and the rain keeps coming. Pedestrians pick their way across fallen cypress trees, around puddles on sidewalks roped off with caution tape. Between fire, flood, and drought, sometimes it feels like the end of […]
By Paul J. Weber And Jessica Gresko
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone can still be used for now but reduced the period of pregnancy when the drug can be taken and said it could not be dispensed by mail. The decision late Wednesday temporarily narrowed a ruling by […]
By Jonathan Mattise
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The second of two Black Democrats who were kicked out of the Republican-led Tennessee House followed his colleague back to work at the Capitol on Thursday, a week after their expulsion for participating in a gun control protest propelled them into the national spotlight. State Rep. […]
By John Chidley-Hill
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Inconsistency plagued the Toronto Raptors all season and it undid them again with their post-season hopes on the line. Zach LaVine took over in the second half as the Chicago Bulls rallied past Toronto 109-105 on Wednesday to win their single elimination play-in game. LaVine scored 30 of […]
By Gregory Strong
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – The long ball was the Toronto Blue Jays’ main weapon in their home-opener win over Detroit. The small-ball approach worked wonders in Wednesday’s rematch. George Springer drove in Danny Jansen with the winning run in the 10th inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 4-3 walkoff win […]
