Fort Frances’ newest store has opened for business, as evidenced by some early morning shoppers eager to check out the offerings this morning. The Canadian chain was established in 1992 and is one of the country’s biggest retailers of items for five dollars or less, with over 1,400 stores.
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By Shari Narine
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Windspeaker.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Windspeaker.com
Kid superhero Zack Commonda may have got his moniker “Kaboom” by accident, but a loud kaboom is the exact impact creator and writer Jay Odjick is aiming for with his new graphic novel. “If I’m going to do a book with a company as big as Scholastic, that’s why it’s […]
By Mike Stimpson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
MARATHON — A “colourful” remark in recent municipal budget discussions referred to politics and not race, says the mayor of this town on Lake Superior’s north shore. During a draft budget meeting on Monday, someone could be heard saying Marathon is “just the wrong colour” to obtain water infrastructure funding […]
By Maggie Macintosh
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Free Press
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Free Press
A Métis artist is taking her loom-weaving kit on the road to teach students about an iconic staple in her ancestors’ wardrobe and promote school spirit. Casandra Woolever, the full-time creative behind Métis Branded, an apparel company in Winnipeg, has started working with schools this year to help them create […]
– Ken Kellar photo
Green’s BrandSource owner Travis Green pulled the winning ticket for the Kiwanis Club of Fort Frances’ Trip of the Month draw for February yesterday morning. Jenn and Joey Payeur of Fort Frances were the winners of a Costa Rica Adventure trip, valued at $4,200. Next month’s draw is for a […]
By Liam Oliver Neilson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
lneilson@fortfrances.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
lneilson@fortfrances.com
A new skating path at Legion Park in Fort Frances is opening Friday morning at 11 a.m. The addition of a new loop brings a third location for outdoor skating in town, alongside the McIrvine and East End rinks. A grand opening is planned for the loop this Friday, January […]
By M. McKinnon
Editor
Atikokan Progress
Editor
Atikokan Progress
The Douglass family has won a spot on Family Feud Canada. Two generations of Douglass women – sisters Donna (Zachariah), Debbie, and Dorinda (Kora), and Danielle (Kora), Jamie (Kora) and Dani (Douglass) – will head to Toronto in late summer or early fall to tape a show. (And if they […]
By Laura Balanko-Dickson
Staff writer
lbalankodickson@fortfrances.com
Staff writer
lbalankodickson@fortfrances.com
Nearly a dozen individuals will be getting hands on experience with a traditional craft next week. Grand Council of Treaty #3 will be holding a drum making workshop at the Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre (FFPLTC) on February 3 and 4 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., led […]
By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
The Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission (CEDC) completed its first year of the Rural Community Immigration Pilot (RCIP), a five-year federal economic immigration program. The program aims to help communities attract and retain skilled workers. Jamie Taylor, chief executive officer of the Thunder Bay CEDC, called the program an important pathway for economic immigration and […]
By Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Opponents to a proposed underground storage site for spent nuclear fuel rods near Ignace believe their message is coming through, given the response so far to the proponent’s initial project description. The public has until Wednesday to comment on the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s lengthy document submitted to the Impact […]
By Mike Stimpson
Local Journalism Initiative
Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
Local Journalism Initiative
Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
THUNDER BAY — The province needs to invest in rural road safety, says the mayor of Hornepayne. “In 2021, roughly 60 per cent of municipal road fatalities occurred on rural roads, even though only 17 per cent of Ontarians live in rural areas,” Mayor Cheryl Fort told MPPs during a pre-budget consultation session at […]
By Clint Fleury
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
THUNDER BAY — There were no substantive changes to the city’s 2026 operating budget, but plenty of conversation on funding safety and security programs, in the first of two budget review meetings Monday. A majority of city departments presented their budgets and took questions from council, but the debate focused on a […]
