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Visitor restrictions are in place at LaVerendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. It is due to an Influenza A outbreak on the First Floor In-Patient unit. Riverside Health Care says patients are permitted no more than two visitors at one time until further notice. Mask-wearing within the unit is also mandatory for all...

It was a busy year for the town of Fort Frances. A new splash park was officially opened. Major renovations were completed at the Memorial Sports Centre, and an expansion of the Sister Kennedy Centre was celebrated. The town also saw several new employees at the Civic Centre. Mayor Andrew Hallikas says like other busin...

Area officials are reminding the public to be cautious about ice conditions in light of the recent warm temperatures. Emergency officials were called Monday around 6:30 p.m. to Lake Kabetogama south of International Falls where a man in a tracked side-by-side broke through the ice. St. Louis County Sheriff's Office say...

Snowmobile trails on both sides of the border remain closed. A lack of new snow and warmer temperatures in recent days have left trails unusable. In Minnesota, Voyageurs National Park says the weather has also prevented it from opening any of its ice roads. Officials say while the ice is as thick as 8 inches in some lo...

The Alzheimer's Society of the Kenora and Rainy River Districts has embarked on a couple of end-of-year fundraisers. Rossanna Tomashowski is executive director and says they are selling Treasured Tree Ornaments. "We provide the card, and it says in 'memory of' or 'in honour of' and we'll put them up...display them...

A Dinorwic hunter faces fines of illegally killed a moose and deer not one, not two, not three but five times. Richard Kanceruk has been fined $6,500 has his hunting license suspended for five years and has received an 18-month probation order. It all stems from a tip back in October of 2023 about a shot and abandoned ...

The Town of Emo says it will be seeking a judicial review of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario ruling. The Tribunal ordered the town to pay ten thousand dollars and the mayor Harold McQuaker, to complete human rights training. The Tribunal ruling was in connection to a 2020 decision by Emo to not declare Pride month...

The Northwest Training and Adjustment Board has come out with it's monthly update. It shows that nursing is the most in-demand job in the region, followed by store clerks and retail salespeople. NTAB collates all the job postings in the region and breaks them down according to type, employer, and location. In its Novem...

The provincial government is investing a total of over $18 million to support some healthcare facilities in Thunder Bay and Atikokan. "By providing this substantial funding, we're equipping our healthcare providers with the resources they need to tackle urgent challenges that are unique to our area," said Thu...

Fort Frances has its new councillor. Bill Morrison was chosen after interviews with mayor and council earlier this week. The seat was left open after Mandi Olson-Walton resigned over concerns with the town's Indigenous Relations Advisory Committee. Morrison was selected in a public vote amongst council and he'll be wor...