TOKYO – Danielle Dorris couldn’t quite believe the silver medal hung around her neck on Monday. The 18-year-old from Moncton, N.B., captured the hardware with a second-place finish in the women’s 100-metre breaststroke S7 at the Tokyo Paralympics, but the reality of the situation had yet to sink in. “It […]
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By Barry Wilner
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Paul Tagliabue left his job as commissioner of the NFL in 2006 and didn’t get selected for the Pro Football Hall of Fame until last year. If that seems odd for a man who guided the NFL for 17 years and oversaw labor peace, expansion, new stadiums, huge increases in […]
On Monday, Fort Frances GM will be hosting a fundraiser for childhood cancer. Danielle Hammond, marketing and public relations manager at the Fort Frances GM had heard about 13-year-old Cadance Sinclair participating in the Great Cycle Challenge Canada where people of all ages across Canada set a personal riding goal […]
Constable Ashley Gibbs from Treaty 3 Police gathered along with Couchiching Chief Brian Perrault and Fort Frances Mayor June Caul to celebrate three graduates from the Youth in Policing Initiative program (Y.I.P.I.). The event was also attended by an elder who gave words of wisdom and followed by a ceremony […]
Broader vaccination is needed in Ontario to minimize the impact of the fourth wave as COVID-19 hospital admissions rise, the province’s hospital association said Wednesday, warning that more pressure on the sector could exacerbate an existing treatment backlog. Anthony Dale, president and CEO of the Ontario Hospital Association, said increasing […]
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TORONTO – Several Ontario universities are strengthening their COVID-19 vaccine policies before classes begin next month. Carleton University in Ottawa, Western University in London, Ont., and McMaster University in Hamilton say unvaccinated individuals without a valid medical or human rights exemption will not be able to access their campuses. They’ve […]
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EDMONTON – A former long-haul trucker from Ontario who is in an Alberta prison for killing a woman in an Edmonton hotel room a decade ago is appealing his conviction and sentence. Bradley Barton was sentenced last month to 12 1/2 years for manslaughter in the death of Cindy Gladue, […]
By Stephen Groves
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FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg on Thursday pleaded no contest plea to two misdemeanor traffic charges for a crash last year in which he hit and killed a man who was walking along a rural highway. Ravnsborg pleaded no contest to charges of making […]
The Cattlemen’s Association needs a few extra hands to get the new Sales Barn ready for the first auction of the season. If you can help, call Louis Bujold at 807-276-3493. The Fort Frances Lakers are looking for billet families and a billet coordinator, to provide a home away from […]
By David Friend
THE CANADIAN PRESS
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TORONTO – Joni Mitchell has been named MusiCares’ 2022 Person of the Year. The beloved Canadian singer-songwriter will be toasted by the music industry at the Recording Academy’s pre-Grammys charity event in Los Angeles on Jan. 29, 2022. The evening will be centred on her career with various artists paying […]
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WHITEHORSE – Yukon will lift its civil state of emergency put in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic as it shifts to targeting specific outbreaks, Premier Sandy Silver said Wednesday. He said certain health measures, like mask-wearing and physical distancing, remain important preventive measures but will no longer be legally […]
Police Briefs (FORT FRANCES, ON) – At approximately 3:30pm on Thursday August 19, 2021 a member of the Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police was working in the area of the 400 block of Portage Ave in the Town of Fort Frances. While at that location the officer identified a person […]
