By Elisa Nguyen
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
enguyen@fortfrances.com

The Town has been developing additional video surveillance systems in conjunction with existing surveillance systems from the Ontario Provincial Police in order to combat gun and gang activity, investigate drug offenses and mitigate crimes in Fort Frances. On March 24, the Fort Frances Police Services Board received a verbal update […]

THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO – Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones is defending a move to reduce the frequency of eye exams for healthy seniors, saying Monday that changes to funding for optometry services involve “fine tuning” the coverage. Jones announced Friday that the government had reached a funding agreement with optometrists that increases […]

By Fakiha Baig
THE CANADIAN PRESS

Several public health units in southwestern Ontario say they’ve seen a spike in cases of whooping cough and are urging residents to get vaccinated against the respiratory illness that can be particularly severe in young children. Southwestern Public Health – which serves Oxford County, Elgin County and St. Thomas, Ont. […]

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MONTICELLO, Minn. (AP) – The shutdown of a Minnesota nuclear power plant caused a water temperature change that killed at least 230 fish in the Mississippi River, state officials said. The fish didn’t die because of any tritium leaking into the river and there is no danger to the public, […]

By Jonathan Mattise, Travis Loller And Holly Meyer
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The former student who shot through the doors of a Christian elementary school in Nashville and killed three children and three adults had drawn a detailed map of the school, including potential entry points, and conducted surveillance of the building before carrying out the massacre. Metropolitan […]

By Jonathan Landrum Jr.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES (AP) – MLB The Show has broken a video game barrier: For the first time, the franchise will insert some of the greatest Negro League players – from Satchel Paige to Jackie Robinson – into the 2023 edition of the game as playable characters. Video gamers are now […]