A former Mountie says the vast open spaces of the Prairies could complicate the manhunt for one of the suspects in Sunday’s deadly stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan. “This is a huge area, and there’s a whole lot of nothing,” said retired RCMP officer Sherry Benson-Podolchuk. “There’s a lot of places […]
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By Julia Peterson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The StarPhoenix
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The StarPhoenix
Counselors, community organizations and politicians in Saskatchewan and across Canada are rallying support for the communities of James Smith Cree Nation and nearby Weldon, and everyone affected by Sunday’s mass stabbing attack that left 10 people dead and 18 injured. The provincial government has activated the provincial command, deployed victim […]
By John Nagy
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
CONMEE TWP., ONT. — The Northwestern Ontario Military and Police Museum will have a monument unveiling later this month. On Sept. 24, the museum in Conmee Township will reveal the memorial pillar recognizing wars that started in 1812 right up to the end of the Afghanistan War last year on […]
Hundreds of residents made their way from the Couchiching multi-use facility to Seven Oaks, to take a stand against the opioid crisis. The Overdose Awareness Walk featured drums, speeches, healing, Noloxone training and an urgent call to end the stigma surrounding drug addiction. Northern Ontario is one of the worst […]
By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Science North’s traveling exhibit on climate change has arrived in Fort Frances. The interactive exhibit for all ages will be showing on the first floor of the Fort Frances Museum until Sept. 10. Funded by the Government of Canada and created in a collaboration between Science North and the Ontario […]
By Marc Lalonde
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Iori:wase
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Iori:wase
It was an emotional moment for many Residential School Survivors last Monday in Ottawa when the federal government raised a Survivors’ Flag to honour those who lived through the horrors of Residential Schools and the intergenerational trauma that followed. The bright-orange flag, designed in consultation and collaboration with Survivors, with […]
Staff
John Reid, the former Member of Parliament for Kenora-Rainy River, was laid to rest yesterday. His funeral was held in Ottawa. Reid passed away in Ottawa on Aug. 25 after a five-year battle with cancer. He was 85 years old. Reid represented the riding, which has since been dissolved with […]
Press release
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to remind vehicle owners and drivers that it is still a Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) requirement to renew your licence plates. On March 13, 2022 licence plate renewal fees and licence plate stickers requirements were eliminated for passenger vehicles, light-duty trucks, motorcycles […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – People in Ontario who test positive for COVID-19 no longer have to isolate for five days but should stay home until their fever clears and their symptoms have improved for at least 24 hours, the province’s top doctor said Wednesday. Dr. Kieran Moore said people should also wear […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – A new book says Canadian Security Intelligence Service officers urged British police not to reveal CSIS’s recruitment of a man who helped smuggle three British teenagers into Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. In the book to be published Thursday, “The Secret History […]
By Munir Ahmed
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ISLAMABAD (AP) – Pakistani health officials on Thursday reported an outbreak of waterborne diseases in areas hit by recent record-breaking flooding, as authorities stepped up efforts to ensure the provision of clean drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people who lost their homes in the disaster. The U.N. children’s […]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI (AP) – Tropical Storm Danielle has formed Thursday in the Atlantic, but is not currently a threat to any land. The storm’s maximum sustained winds were near 40 mph (65 kph). Additional strengthening is forecast and the storm is expected to become a hurricane in two days or so, […]
