By Sabra Ayres
Hanna Arhirova And Inna Varenytsia
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Waves of explosives-laden suicide drones struck Ukraine’s capital Monday, setting buildings ablaze and tearing a hole in one of them. People scurried for shelter or tried to shoot down the kamikazes. The concentrated use of the drones was the second barrage in as many weeks — […]

By Michelle Chapman
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West is offering to buy right-wing friendly social network Parler shortly after being booted off Twitter and Instagram for antisemitic posts. The acquisition of Parler would give West, legally known as Ye, control of a social media platform and a new outlet for his […]

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DOHA, Qatar (AP) – Nearly 2.9 million tickets have been sold for the World Cup in Qatar, FIFA and organizers said Monday, leaving about 7% of seats still available. People living in the United States, Saudi Arabia and England topped the list of international ticket buyers, while Mexico was the […]

Press release

Riverside Health Care in conjunction with the Northwestern Public Health Unit has declared a COVID-19 Outbreak at La Verendrye General Hospital Inpatient Unit – First Floor. To further enhance our team’s ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, additional precautions are being taken including, but not limited to: The […]

By Eric Shih
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source

The multi-Juno nominated rock band The Trews are beginning a six show swing through Northwestern Ontario with a Tuesday night show at the Country Club in Geraldton. The Canadian rockers will also play Atikokan, Fort Frances, Red Lake, Sioux Lookout, and Dryden in the coming days. The band described the […]

Mitaanjigamiing First Nation chief Janice Henderson and Gobe Corporation Chief Operating Officer Randy Councillor spoke to the assembled crowd of dignitaries, community members and supporters at the official land blessing of the new development being planned for construction in the west end of Fort Frances. The new development has been […]

The Fort Frances spray park project is a finalist in the Tbaytel For Good grant program. If it wins, the Make a Big Splash Fort Frances Committee will be awarded $10,000 towards the cost of the project, which has Town approval to be constructed in Legion Park. However, it requires […]

By Mark Kennedy
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK (AP) — “A Wrinkle in Time,” the classic sci-fi coming-of-age tale celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, has been adapted into a film, a TV movie, opera, several plays and a graphic novel. Now it’s time for a stage musical, The Associated Press has learned. For the first […]

Press release

(FORT FRANCES, ON) – Members of the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are requesting the public’s assistance as they investigate a series of vehicle mischiefs in the Fort Frances area. Between September 19, 2022, and October 10, 2022, police were called to investigate 13 separate […]

By Lynn Elber
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou were partners-in-crime on stage in “Sweeney Todd” and crime busters in episodes of TV’s “Murder, She Wrote.” The actors were also friends and admirers, staying in touch after becoming the toasts of Broadway and Tony Award winners in 1979 for Stephen […]