Enbridge Gas is helping the Fort Frances Fire Rescue Service purchase firefighting training materials, through Safe Community Project Assist–a program with the Fire Marshal’s Public Fire Safety Council that supplements existing training for Ontario volunteer and composite fire departments in the communities where Enbridge operates. “At Enbridge Gas, safety is […]
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By Dirk Meissner
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
A late-night evacuation passenger train carrying about 200 people stranded for days by British Columbia’s mudslides and floods left Hope for Vancouver Wednesday. Jonathan Abecassis, a spokesman for Canadian National, said the emergency evacuation train was expected to arrive in Vancouver shortly after 10 p.m. “It’s a joint operation,” he […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
WASHINGTON – Canada and Mexico will redistribute millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses they received from the United States to other Western Hemisphere countries as a part of today’s revived Three Amigos leaders’ summit. Senior U.S. government officials outlined the measure in advance of today’s meeting that President Joe Biden is […]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK (AP) – New York City ushered in the holiday season Saturday with the arrival of a 79-foot (24-meter) Norway spruce that will serve as one of the world’s most famous Christmas trees, in Rockefeller Center. The 12-ton tree was trucked in from the Price family home in Elkton, […]
By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com
It had been a long while since students at Fort Frances High School were able to assemble to show off their musical abilities, but if there’s anything that Fort Frances High School Idol has shown, it’s that the student body is as talented as it has ever been. Held in […]
By Andrew Dalton
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that Alec Baldwin recklessly fired a gun when it wasn’t called for in the script when he shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza on the New Mexico set of the film “Rust.” “There was nothing in […]
Fort Frances mayor June Caul, left, and Fort Frances Salvation Army corps officer Arthur Heathcote kicked off the Salvation Army’s Kettle campaign in the district at Walmart on Friday morning. The annual campaign works to raise money to support those in need within their own communities. This year the Salvation […]
By Thomas Adamson
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PARIS (AP) – It’s a neutral pronoun that’s proving anything but: A non-binary pronoun added to an esteemed French dictionary has ignited a fierce linguistic squabble in the country. Le Petit Robert introduced the word “iel” – an amalgamation of “il” (he) and “elle” (she) – to its online edition […]
Justin Anderson and his Movember team have raised almost $40,000 for Movember since 2018 after his brother, Will, died by suicide. This year Justin is selling hoodies with the proceeds going to Movember. The hoodies are available at Betty’s for $60. -Allan Bradbury photo
By Tali Arbel
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. communications regulators will require that phone companies allow people to text as well as call a new “988” number for the suicide-prevention hotline. The Federal Communications Commission last summer voted to require phone companies support the 988 number for people to call to reach an existing suicide-prevention hotline. Recognizing […]
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AMSTERDAM (AP) – The European Union’s medicines authority said Thursday that it is evaluating a new drug for treating COVID-19 patients who do not require extra oxygen but are at increased risk of developing severe symptoms of the disease. Xevudy, developed by U.S. company Vir Biotechnology Inc. and Britain-based GlaxoSmithKline, […]
By Farai Mutsaka
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PONGARA NATIONAL PARK, Gabon (AP) – Loss of habitat and poaching have made African forest elephants a critically endangered species. Yet the dense forests of sparsely populated Gabon in the Congo River Basin remain a “last stronghold” of the magnificent creatures, according to new research that concluded the population is […]
