A Ukrainian Refugee Relief Dinner will be held on Wednesday, May 25 at the Elks Lodge to raise money in the International Falls and Fort Frances area to give to the USA for United Nations HCR- The UN Refugee Agency for Ukrainian war refugees. Dinner will be an assortment of […]
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By Daniel Adam
Staff Writer
dadam@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
dadam@fortfrances.com
The Fort Frances landfill charges $72.80 per metric tonne, with a minimum charge of $18 per load. But on Saturday, May 14, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., all garden waste can be dumped at no cost. Free Tipping Day is for garden waste only. This includes leaves, tree branches, […]
About a dozen classes at the Fort Frances High and Intermediate Schools pitched in to help clean up a winter’s worth of debris around the school’s lawn yesterday. Their efforts were appreciated by many. Thank you from the community! – Daniel Adam photo
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(Orillia, ON) – Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Indigenous Policing Bureau (IPB) will show their support for Red Dress Day on May 5, 2022, as well as their ongoing commitment to address the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) Calls for Justice. The […]
Election day is June 2. The above are the candidates of record as of press deadline. More candidates are likely to join in the coming days. For details on how and where to vote, visit elections.on.ca.
By Holly McKenzie-Sutter
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ontario’s New Democrats are promising free or low-cost dental care for all low- and middle-income families if elected next month. The party’s plan would speed up coverage promised under a developing federal program and expand it to include more people. It also earmarks money to set up low-barrier clinics and […]
By Liam Casey
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
The Ontario Liberals would spend $1 billion to cap class sizes at 20 students for every grade across the province and hire 10,000 teachers if elected in June, party leader Steven Del Duca announced Thursday. Del Duca said it would ensure every student gets the focus and attention they deserve. […]
The Gun and Hobby Show will be held May 7, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fort Frances Curling Club. A variety of hunting related vendors will be on hand. Admission is $5. Free for children under 5. A Mother’s Day Market will be held May 7 from […]
By Maan Alhmidi
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Foul play from an outside source is not suspected in the deaths of four cadets at Canada’s Royal Military College last week, the Department of National Defence said Wednesday. The department said the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service, the local military police detachment and police in Kingston, Ont., where the […]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
More than 40 years after blazing a trail for female video game characters, Ms. Pac-Man was inducted Thursday into the World Video Game Hall of Fame, along with Dance Dance Revolution, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Sid Meier’s Civilization. The Hall of Fame considers electronic games of […]
By Nicole Thompson
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Canadian advocates are highlighting abortion pills as an underused option in this country as uncertainty looms over the procedure’s future in the United States, putting a spotlight on its accessibility. Any doctor who can prescribe medications is able to facilitate what’s known as a “medical” or “medication” abortion, which can […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
New data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information shows a spike in the rate of youth hospitalized for eating disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic. The numbers show the rate of eating disorder hospitalizations in Canada was 15 per 100,000 in the two years leading up to the onset of […]
