Two Riverside health care workers hold kittens on Thursday, August 18. Mark Gerber brought kittens, piglets, goats, chickens, a calf, and a sheep as part of a small petting zoo for Rainycrest residents and employees to enjoy. —Daniel Adam photo
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By Jennifer Ashawasegai-Pereira
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Parry Sound North Star
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Parry Sound North Star
“Biindigen. Mii gwi Anishinabek wewana nkenmaaminak dependajig maa kiing. We acknowledge in a good way, the original people of the land here. We value the cultures, histories and relationships with the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island (North America).” That’s the generic Land acknowledgment on the Near North District School Board […]
Riverside Health Care in conjunction with the Northwestern Public Health Unit has declared COVID-19 Outbreak at La Verendrye General Hospital First Floor Inpatient Unit. 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: General visitors will […]
By Brieanna Charlebois
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER – Delegates from the Nisga’a First Nation are in Scotland this week to discuss repatriating a memorial totem pole it says was stolen nearly a century ago. Seven members, including Nisga’a Nation Chief Earl Stephens, have travelled from British Columbia and are scheduled to meet withstaff, curators and politicians […]
By Fakiha Baig
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Decriminalization of some hard drugs in British Columbia could help reduce stigma around psychedelic substances that have medicinal value, but have been caught up in the war on drugs, experts say. “The war on drugs is one of the main drivers of the overdose epidemic and it also may be […]
By Ed White
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s governor wanted to grab Gretchen Whitmer and hang her, prosecutors said during a stark closing argument Monday as the government tried for a second time to get convictions in an alleged plot to trigger a revolution in 2020. “These defendants were outside […]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MULBERRY, Ark. (AP) – Three Arkansas law enforcement officers have been suspended and a state police has been investigation launched after a video posted on social media showed a suspect being held down on the ground and beaten by police. Arkansas State Police said Sunday night that it would investigate […]
By Joe Mcdonald
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK (AP) – Stocks are opening broadly lower on Wall Street, extending the market’s losses. Losses last week broke a four-week winning streak for the S&P 500. The benchmark index was down 1.4% in the early going Monday, led by more declines in big technology companies. The tech-heavy Nasdaq […]
By Gemma Karstens-Smith
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
EDMONTON – Canada’s under-20 men’s hockey team got to know adversity intimately over the past year and a half. The trials and tribulations paid off Saturday night as the team won gold at the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton. After going up 2-0 midway through the second period, the […]
By Malak Harb
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Qatar recently arrested at least 60 foreign workers who protested going months without pay and deported some of them, an advocacy group said, just three months before Doha hosts the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The move comes as Qatar faces intense international scrutiny over […]
Elisa Nguyen
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
enguyen@fortfrances.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
enguyen@fortfrances.com
As a new school year approaches, many families brace themselves for early mornings and busy schedules. This makes August the perfect time to have fun with the family, and there’s no better way to do so than at the Community Family Health and Safety Summer event. Families can enjoy obstacle […]
Residents looking for an easy detour around the King’s Highway construction lights are being asked to stay away from Bailey Bridge, on the border of Sunset Drive and Hwy 602. The bridge is in need of repairs, and has been reduced to single lane to reduce the weight of traffic. […]
