Saturday March 12 Memorial Sport Centre’s Open Ice: 12 and Under: 3:30-6 p.m.; Family: 6-7:30 p.m.; 13+ 7:30-9 p.m. Sunday, March 13 The Fort Frances pool will fold a Family Swim from 10 a.m. to noon and a Toonie Swim from 2-5 p.m. Memorial Sport Centre’s Open Ice: Family: 11 […]
News
By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com
Fort Frances has a new go-to stop for all of your electronic repair needs. Thunder Bay-based chain Marnics Mobile opened their newest storefront at 225 Scott St. in downtown Fort Frances last week, taking over the building that was most recently the home of The UPS Store. Now nestled between […]
By Victoria Milko
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed after two years? More countries are shifting toward a return to normal and learning to live with the virus. Safe, effective vaccines have been developed and there’s better understanding of how to treat people sickened by the virus. Two years after the pandemic began, […]
By Laura Osman
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Canada’s ailing health systems need some drastic intervention from federal and provincial governments if there is any hope of reviving them post-pandemic, an emergency summit of nearly 40 health-worker organizations concluded at an emergency meeting Wednesday. Health workers have now endured two difficult years of pandemic conditions, leading to serious […]
By Mark Kennedy
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK (AP) – In an- other sign that show business is snapping back to its pre-pandemic rhythm, the Tony Awards will once again take place in June and at a familiar location, Radio City Music Hall. The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing announced Wednesday that the awards […]
By Evgeniy Maloletka And Mstyslav Chernov
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian airstrike on a Mariupol maternity hospital that killed three people brought condemnation down on Moscow on Thursday, with Ukrainian and Western officials branding it a war crime, while the highest-level talks yet yielded no progress in stopping the fighting. Emergency workers renewed efforts to […]
By Don Babwin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO (AP) — Actor Jussie Smollett is scheduled to return to court on Thursday, where he will learn if a judge will order him locked up for his conviction of lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack that he orchestrated himself or allow him to remain free. Smollett, […]
By Merna Emara
Staff Writer
memara@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
memara@fortfrances.com
The Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) reports good news to the region as incidence rates are starting to show a decrease in most areas in the catchment area. That being said, Dr. Kit Young Hoon, medical officer of health at the NWHU, stressed that we’re not out of the woods yet. […]
By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Sioux Lookout Warriors hockey player Sierra Hoppe tragically passed away suddenly on Feb. 26 at the age of just 14. The Fort Frances High Muskies are raising funds to help support her family during this difficult time. Muskies girls hockey coach Nicole Clarke says she reached out to the Sioux […]
The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association hosted a U7 hockey jamboree last weekend. Teams were in town from Dryden, Emo and Atikokan played in addition to several FFMHA teams and a team from the Fort Frances Womens and Girls Hockey Association. -Allan Bradbury photos
By Merna Emara
Staff Writer
memara@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
memara@fortfrances.com
Town of Fort Frances council approved a 3.49 per cent municipal tax rate increase at Monday’s budget meeting. Council also approved an increase of $318,840 to the 2022 operating budget, and a reduction of the large industrial tax ratio one-half of the difference between the 2021 ratio and the Industrial […]
Press release
On March 2, members of the Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police, (OPP) along with the Fort Frances Community Street Crime Unit with the assistance from the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, OPP Northwest Emergency Response Team and Treaty 3 Police Service conducted an investigation into drug trafficking within the […]
