Seniors Month activities continued this week with Games Days, today and yesterday, featuring LadderBall, Bean Bag Toss, and Bocce Ball. The events are part of a month long celebration of Seniors in Fort Frances. The month kicked off with a waterfront walk, then a treasure hunt. The final event planned […]
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Meet Sophie (calico) and Squeak (black and white). These two female siblings are still kittens, having been born on March 18. They were raised with their mom at Best for Kitty and went to a home that we thought would be their forever home. Sadly, it was not a good […]
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Police and protesters are at a downtown Toronto park where city workers are moving to clear a homeless encampment. The city says it issued trespass notices to residents of the encampment at Trinity Bellwoods park on June 12 and is now moving to enforce them. It says the 20 to […]
Crews were hard at work on the 1000 block of First Street East late Sunday night and early Monday morning working on clearing a fallen tree from the road surface. –staff photo
By Holly McKenzie-Sutter
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Officials and experts emphasized the interchangeability of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines on Monday as shipment delays led to alterations in Canadians’ second-dose appointments. The federal government has said Pfizer’s weekly shipment of 2.4 million doses is delayed and will arrive mid-week. That left provinces switching Pfizer appointments […]
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Currently, we have six active cases in the NWHU catchment area. Today we received report of one new positive COVID-19 test result in the District of Rainy River area. Follow up with the persons involved and their contacts has started according to protocol. Anyone who is identified as a contact […]
By Maan Alhmidi
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – A new poll suggests about two-thirds of Canadians believe that governments should not lift all restrictions related to COVID-19. Sixty-nine per cent of respondents to an online survey by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies say restrictions should stay in place as people continue to get vaccinated […]
By Colin Perkel
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Relatives of two teens raped, tortured and killed by Paul Bernardo recounted the enduring pain of his crimes at his second parole hearing on Tuesday as they warned he should never be released from his life sentence. In impassioned victim-impact statements, the parents of Kristen French and Leslie […]
By Bob Weber
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
A new report grades Canadian governments in how they responded to the country’s international promise to conserve at least 17 per cent of its land mass and 10 per cent of its oceans by 2020. The report, released today by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, says Quebec and the […]
By Ciaran Fahey
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MUNICH (AP) – German soccer clubs are banding together to display rainbow colors during the country’s match against Hungary at the European Championship after UEFA rejected host city Munich’s plan to do the same. Bundesliga clubs in Bremen, Frankfurt, Cologne, Wolfsburg, Augsburg and the two in Berlin will light up […]
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OTTAWA – Fully vaccinated Canadians and permanent residents will soon be able to return to Canada without a mandatory quarantine. The first stage in loosening the border restrictions that have been in place for 15 months will begin at 11:59 p.m. eastern time on July 5. It will apply only […]
A Make and Take Pancake Breakfast was held on Friday by the Sunset Métis, in honour of National Indigenous People’s Day. Today marks the 25th anniversary of Aboriginal Peoples Day, which celebrates Indigenous history, culture and accomplishment across Canada. – Merna Emara Photo
