It was an evening of relaxing vibes and folk music, for an appreciative audience at Friday’s Tour de Fort double bill. Sleepy Jean teamed up with DRFTR for the concert series’ latest offering. With restrictions eased, live music lovers can look forward to Tour de Fort’s next offering, Twin Flames, […]
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Ontario is revising its elementary science curriculum, including a new section involving hands-on technology and engineering learning and coding. The government says there have been many advancements in science and technology since the curriculum was last updated in 2007. The new curriculum will take effect in September, and there will […]
By Melissa Couto Zuber
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Children who suffer concussions may be at a 40 per cent increased risk of developing mental health problems, a new study suggests, with researchers urging doctors to pay closer attention to possible mental health symptoms during concussion recovery. The study, done by scientists at the CHEO Research Institute in Ottawa, […]
By Holly McKenzie-Sutter
Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Ontario is offering all nurses incentive pay of up to $5,000 per person to encourage job retention. Health Minister Christine Elliott said Monday the payments are meant to support nurses as the province recovers from the pandemic. “A strong nursing workforce is going to be critical to sup- porting the […]
By Laura Osman
Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Convoy organizer Tamara Lich was bombarded with hugs and well wishes from supporters Monday as she walked out of the Ottawa courthouse free on bail after spending 18 days behind bars. About 20 people carrying red and white signs that read “Free Tamara” cheered, shouted her name and gathered around […]
By Mike Blanchfield
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived Tuesday at one of NATO’s military bases on the Russian border after telling three Baltic leaders that Canada will stand with them to fight the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine and its cyberattacks on their countries. “You are literally on the front lines of this challenge […]
By Yuras Karmanau
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Buses carried civilians out of one embattled Ukrainian city Tuesday and supplies toward another, as officials tried to rescue people away from a Russian onslaught and ease the dire humanitarian situation for those still stuck. But reports of renewed Russian attacks on the port of Mariupol […]
By Larry Neumeister
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Prince Andrew and an American woman who accused him of sexually abusing her when she was 17 formally asked a judge Tuesday to dismiss her lawsuit. The lawyers sent a document to Judge Lewis A. Kaplan that would dismiss the August lawsuit once he […]
By Lori Ewing
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Mark Arendz set the bar impossibly high by climbing the medal podium in every one of his six races at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in 2018. It was a Canadian record for a medals won in a winter Paralympics. And so, a fourth-place finish in the standing 20-kilometre cross-country ski on […]
By Gregory Strong
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
It wasn’t the bright lights or TV cameras that gave Newfoundland and Labrador’s Nicholas Codner the realization he was actually a competitor at the national men’s curling championship. It truly sunk in for the 15-year- old once he arrived at the tournament hotel. “Just the guys walking around. It’s like, […]
By Mike Blanchfield
The CANADIAN PRESS
The CANADIAN PRESS
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced sanctions against 10 more prominent Russians Monday as he stood shoulder to shoulder with his British and Dutch counterparts and condemned Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The new sanctions came on the first stop of a four-country tour of Europe, as Trudeau meets allies from across […]
In advance of tonight’s Muskie Girls Hockey game against Dryden, the team will be holding a special “Senior Recognition Night” in honour of the nine graduating players on the team. The graduating Fort Frances Muskie Girls are (front row) Kathryn Fischer, Paiten Kinnear, Tatum Glowasky, Abbie Kenny, (back row) Isabella […]
