Last week members of the Fort Frances Girls and Women’s Hockey Association (FFGWHA) were invited by the Winnipeg Jets and Tim Hortons to take to the ice at a Canada Life Centre, home of the Winnipeg Jets. A post on the FFGWHA Facebook page says they were given 26 tickets […]
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Salvation Army Fort Frances corps officer Arthur Heathcote, left, and Fort Frances Senior Centre manager Cindy Noble posed with one of the handmade rockers that were made and sold by Senior Centre members to help raise funds for the Salvation Army in the lead up to Christmas late last year. […]
This sweet green-eyed lady is looking for a new home, through Best for Kitty. She was recently rescued from the cold with her three kittens. They’ve all gone to new homes, and now Georgia, who is barely more than a kitten herself, deserves to live a pampered life of warmth […]
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As 2022 comes to a close, the Legion Ladies Auxiliary to Branch #29 is happy to provide donations to the following Community organizations: J. W. Walker, Robert Moore, Mine Centre and Crossroads School breakfast programs; Air Cadets; Rainycrest Tree of Giving; Community Christmas Dinner; Christmas baskets to thank OPP, Treaty […]
(RAINY RIVER, ON) – Members of the Rainy River District of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to 180 occurrences between Monday December 26, 2022, and Sunday, January 1, 2023, including: Over the past week, Rainy River District OPP laid 15 charges under the Criminal Code and 11 under the Highway […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
The funeral for the Ontario Provincial Police officer killed last week is set to be held Wednesday morning at an arena in his hometown of Barrie, Ont. The OPP says the private service for 28-year-old Const. Grzegorz (Greg) Pierzchala will start at 11 a.m. at the Sadlon Arena. His family […]
Ron Yellowega of Ron’s Auto Body pulled the first winning ticket of 2023 for the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s All-Cruise Trip of the Month draw for January. April Bealieu of Fort Frances is the winner of an Alaskan cruise, valued at $4,400. Next month’s draw is for an Ireland and […]
By Jordan Omstead
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
A global ransomware operator issued an apology and offered to unlock the data targeted in a ransomware attack on Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, a move cybersecurity experts say is rare, if not unprecedented, for the infamous group. LockBit, a ransomware group the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has called […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
The Winnipeg Police Service says the president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is facing charges that include attempting to obstruct justice, following his admission in 2021 that he hired a private investigator to follow a Manitoba judge. Winnipeg police say in a news release that John Carpay, 55, […]
By Hina Alam
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
FREDERICTON – Scientists who study the endangered North Atlantic right whale are cautiously optimistic about the current breeding season after nine calves were spotted during its first few weeks. Moira Brown, senior scientist with the Canadian Whale Institute, said fewer than 100 of the 340 surviving animals in the waters […]
By Raf Casert
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRUSSELS (AP) – The European Union and China on Tuesday moved closer to a political standoff over the COVID-19 crisis, with Beijing vehemently rejecting travel restrictions some EU nations have started to impose that could well be expanded in coming days. An EU offer of help, including vaccine donations, was […]
By Felipe Dana
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Emergency crews on Tuesday sifted through the rubble of a building struck by Ukrainian rockets, killing at least 63 Russian soldiers barracked there in the latest blow to the Kremlin’s war strategy as Ukraine says Moscow’s tactics could be shifting. An Associated Press video of the […]
