PHILADELPHIA – In Game 1 of their first-round series with the Philadelphia 76ers, the Toronto Raptors got hit in the mouth and now it’s on them to make adjustments and fight back in Game 2 Monday night. The Raptors took all sorts of blows in Saturday’s 131-111 loss. There was […]
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By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Project Petunia is looking for sponsors to add some flower power to Fort Frances. The annual project has been blooming in Fort Frances for 21 years. The project enables Fort Frances residents and businesses to sponsor hanging baskets of flowers that will be placed on the light poles along Scott […]
Press release
As a 6th wave of COVID-19 begins in the province, local case numbers are increasing in many of our communities. Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) notes that the virus, including the BA 2 variant, is circulating in the region. Public health officials urge residents to stay home and isolate if they […]
This old tree branch thought it had survived another winter, but Mother nature had other plans. The Wednesday night storm resulted in most area highways being closed, along with power outages and tree damage throughout the region. – Susan Taylor photo
Press release
INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN: In response to the discovery of zebra mussel veligers (larvae) in Black Bay of Rainy Lake in late 2021, Voyageurs staff is starting a containment and prevention program. This program involves educational activities as well as new management operations related to Kettle Falls and Gold Portage areas. […]
By Holly McKenzie-Sutter and Noushin Ziafati
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – As Ontario hospitals grapple with staffing pressures from the latest wave of COVID-19 cases, the provincial Opposition voiced concerns Wednesday that surgeries could again be cancelled, though health-care officials stressed that the current situation is manageable. The New Democrats asked what further steps the province would take to […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Canada’s largest school board is asking staff and students to wear masks amid a resurgence of COVID-19 in Ontario, while another board in the province looks to reinstate a mask mandate. The Toronto District School Board says that although it takes its direction from the provincial government, which […]
By Frances D'emilio
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis traveled to a prison near Rome to wash the feet of a dozen inmates, a Holy Thursday ritual that symbolizes humility and highlights his papacy’s attention to those on society’s margins. He arrived Thursday afternoon in a motorcade that included Italian police cars, which […]
By Mark Kennedy
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK (AP) – Everyone knows that Charlie Brown’s nemesis is a kite-eating tree. But the “Peanuts” hero is hoping to cool that kind of rivalry as we head into Earth Day and Arbor Day. A new “Peanuts” special debuting on Apple TV+ on Friday celebrates the environment and highlights […]
By Sandi Krasowski,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
THUNDER BAY, ONT. — Thunder Bay could become the site for a lithium refinery as a result of a partnership with Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. and Essar Group Company, RenJoules International Ltd. A binding letter of intent was signed by the two firms this week that will pave the way […]
The donor wall at all Riverside facilities has completed a digital overhaul, thanks to Riverside Foundation for Health Care. The Foundation upgraded to scrolling digital boards, to allow all donors to be displayed, allow for easy updates, and to save the cost of making donor plates. If you would like […]
By Rocco Frangione
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
SUNDRIDGE – A Sundridge councillor agrees an announcement last month increasing enrolment at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is good news, but “it’s not enough.” “It’s a good start,” Coun. Steve Hicks says. “There are people who are happy about this but is shows they still don’t understand […]
