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Crowds flock to Resource Expo
Posted 15 September 2023

Crowds flock to Resource Expo

The Central Canada Resource Expo is over and organizers are calling it a rousing success. Canadian Trade Ex President Glen Dredhart says record attendance has guaranteed a year three of the event. “It’s fairly new, this type of event to Thunder Bay, we want it to grow. I’ve worked in communities...

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Terry Fox Run goes this Sunday
Posted 15 September 2023

Terry Fox Run goes this Sunday

A fall tradition returns to Fort Frances on Sunday. The Volunteer Bureau is staging the Terry Fox Run at the Sorting Gap Marina. The event raises money for cancer research. Registration takes place at noon on Sunday with the run getting underway at 1 p.m. Organizer Laura Bruyere says there is...

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Town seeks input on alcohol sale request
Posted 15 September 2023

Town seeks input on alcohol sale request

The town of Fort Frances is surveying the community before making any change to its alcohol policy. An online survey was launched on Wednesday in response to a request by the Fort Frances Lakers junior A hockey club to sell alcohol at its home games and have fans enjoy it in the stands. Speaking...

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Premier Blaine Higgs will reoffer in next election
Posted 15 September 2023

Premier Blaine Higgs will reoffer in next election

New Brunswick’s premier says he will seek another mandate in the next provincial election. Blaine Higgs made the announcement in a Friday morning statement on his social media pages. “With the encouragement of many colleagues and people from across the province, I am confirming my intention to...

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Military Family Appreciation Day
Posted 15 September 2023

Military Family Appreciation Day

This is the 5th Annual Military Family Appreciation Day, Minister of National Defence, Bill Blair says military families make a crucial contribution to Canada’s national security and they will always do whatever it takes to support them. DND and the forces have been addressing the challenges of...

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Saint Andrews mayor says residents remain calm ahead of storm
Posted 15 September 2023

Saint Andrews mayor says residents remain calm ahead of storm

Saint Andrews could see high wind gusts, lots of rain and flooding with this weekend’s storm, but preparations are well underway. “It’s an evolving situation where the eye of the storm has kind of been moving to the east and west. It does look like the eye of the storm is a little bit more east...

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OEB to hold hearing on Synergy North rates
Posted 15 September 2023

OEB to hold hearing on Synergy North rates

An application has been made by Synergy North to the Ontario Energy Board for a rate increase and decrease for its customers in both Thunder Bay and Kenora. The increase will apply to residential rate payers while the decrease is going to general service rate payers. In Thunder Bay it would mean...

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RCMP seize drugs, weapons during break-in investigation
Posted 15 September 2023

RCMP seize drugs, weapons during break-in investigation

Mounties have seized drugs and weapons after a break-in and theft in Charlotte County. RCMP said they were called to a report of a break-in at a Saint Andrews home on Sept. 5. Their investigation led them to a residents on Route 127 in Bayside, where police said they found many of the stolen...

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Youths charged with attempted murder of RCMP officer
Posted 15 September 2023

Youths charged with attempted murder of RCMP officer

Two youths have been charged in the attempted murder of an RCMP officer in Colchester County. Police say early Sunday morning an off-duty officer in uniform was intentionally struck by a car in North River while attempting to question a male about a suspicious school bus parked on Hwy 311. The...

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Soccer Association seeking support from the city
Posted 15 September 2023

Soccer Association seeking support from the city

The Lake of the Woods Soccer Association is looking for support from the city in terms of financial relief. Wes Manulak is the president of the club and says in particular they are looking for the city to waive any tax penalties incurred during the pandemic. “I think that there will some kind of...

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