A total of 18 students from across the district participated in the Rainy River District School Board Speech Contest on May 12, hosted at J.W. Walker School in Fort Frances. Students delivered outstanding speeches on a wide variety of topics to educators, families, peers, and community members. New this year […]
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By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
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Megan Walchuk
Editor/Staff Writer
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Megan Walchuk
Editor/Staff Writer
mwalchuk@fortfrances.com
Jenks took part in the 126th Boston Marathon last month, finishing with a time of 4:42:59. But for Jenks, who just turned 60, her placement wasn’t as important as seeing the finish line. “My goal was to finish,” she said. “The big thing with Boston is getting into the Boston […]
By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
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Staff writer
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Playing hockey was a lifelong passion for Jillian Langtry, and once she had made it to the University of Maine’s Division One team, the pressure was on. “Oh, my goodness, there was so much pressure,” Langtry said. “Being in this sport, and you’re also doing your education, and I realized […]
The post-Covid return to the Ducks Unlimited fundraising banquet and auction was a huge success for organizers. The event was hosted by La Place Rendez Vous in Fort Frances on Friday evening, and featured a variety of auction items donated from area businesses. It was a fun evening for participants, […]
By Daniel Adam
Staff Writer
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Staff Writer
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A routine blast at the Fort Frances quarry on Monday sent a small piece of rock flying, hitting a power line and tripping a breaker. Parts of Fort Frances’s west end lost power temporarily. Shane Armstrong, owner of George Armstrong Co. — the company doing the blasting — says they […]
By Noushin Ziafati
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Residents in Kenora, Ont., were told to watch for the possibility of more flooding on Monday as water levels were projected to rise in the northwestern Ontario city that issued an evacuation order for certain areas last week. Kenora Fire Chief Kent Readman said city staff were out monitoring road […]
The Town of Fort Frances has been assembling a barricade of sandbags at the waterfront to protect infrastructure in the event of a flood. Water levels continue to rise, with more rain expected in the forecast. Wednesday brings a risk of thunderstorms, and 5-10 mm of rain anticipated. Thursday and […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
A forest fire has forced the evacuation of residents in a community north of Sudbury, Ont. Conservation officers and Ontario Provincial Police assisted with the precautionary evacuation of Shining Tree, Ont., residents Saturday afternoon after a forest fire broke out in the area on May 10. The fire is still […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ontario party leaders faced off in a televised debate Monday night ahead of the June 2 election. Here are some key quotes: “Under yourself and the former premier Kathleen Wynne, you destroyed this province. The economy was going downhill quicker than the Canadian bobsled team.” – Progressive Conservative Leader Doug […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ontario is reporting 11 new deaths linked to COVID-19 today. The province says that figure includes deaths from previous days recorded during a data clean-up. There are 1,345 people hospitalized with the virus today, up from 1,122 the previous day. The number of people in intensive care because of a […]
By Erika Ibrahim
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – Over half of Canadians under age 35 come across racist or prejudiced remarks about immigrants on the internet, a new survey suggests. Forty-two per cent of all respondents to the online survey by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies said they saw or heard racist content about […]
By Karl Ritter
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
STOCKHOLM (AP) – Sweden and Finland on Tuesday pushed ahead with their bids to join NATO even as Turkey insisted it won’t let the previously non-aligned Nordic countries into the alliance because of their alleged support for Kurdish militants. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s strongly worded objections caught the two […]
