Fort Frances Times Online Edition - April 6, 2020

(IGNACE, ON) - Members of The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Ignace Detachment are requesting the public's assistance in locating a missing female.

Nicole Etherington, 47 years of age of Ignace, Ont. was reported missing on April 5, 2020 and was last seen on March 31, 2020 in Ignace, Ont. She is described as being 5'4", 160 pounds, long straight brown hair and blue eyes.

This pair of Sandhill cranes has been nesting in the same area for years. With spring, our local wildlife is returning home. If you're out for a walk, take a camera, set it to high resolution, and see if you can capture some of our local beauty. Send it to us, for a chance to have it printed in a future edition!

TORONTO — Students across Ontario begin online learning today, more than three weeks after COVID-19 shuttered schools in the name of physical distancing.

Teachers will lead the effort with both live and pre-recorded lessons, but the move poses challenges nonetheless.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is acknowledging that Canada has been having problems with incomplete or non-existent deliveries of critical supplies for its fight against COVID-19 - and he's singling out the United States in particular.

OTTAWA — Applications opened today for the new federal emergency aid benefit for Canadians who lost their income because of COVID-19.

The Canada Revenue Agency will open its application portals this morning to those born in the first three months of the year, with those born in other months able to apply later in the week.

OSHAWA, Ont. — Public health officials say six COVID-19 patients at a long-term care home in Oshawa, Ont., have died.

Glendene Collins of the Durham Region Health Department says 21 others at Hillsdale Terraces Long-Term Care home are confirmed to have the novel coronavirus.

TORONTO- on Friday, the Ontario government released extensive COVID-19 modelling, revealing several scenarios that project the potential number of cases and deaths. In doing so, the province is providing the public with full transparency about the consequences should everyone but non-essential workers fail to stay home and practise physical distancing.

TORONTO — The military is advising people in the Toronto area to expect a large number of its personnel and vehicles on the roads starting on Monday.

The Department of National Defence says members of the Joint Task Force Central will be heading from units across Ontario to Canadian Forces Base Borden.

The movement is part of the government's fight against COVID-19.

WASHINGTON—Bobby Mitchell, the speedy Hall of Famer who became the Washington Redskins' first black player, has died. He was 84.

Mitchell split his career with the Cleveland Browns and Redskins and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983. The Hall of Fame said last night that Mitchell's family said he died in the afternoon but didn't provide any other details.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—William Byron led the most laps in NASCAR's first two virtual races and had nothing to show for his gaming skills. The third time out, he got the win.

Byron easily won the iRacing event yesterday at virtual Bristol Motor Speedway, where NASCAR would have been really racing before the coronavirus pandemic caused sports to shut down.

The British Open will not be played this year for the first time since 1945, with the R&A choosing to play golf's oldest championship next year at Royal St. George's and move the 150th Open at St. Andrews to 2022.

It was a major piece of golf trying to reconfigure a schedule brought on by the spread of the new coronavirus.

Tonight will bring showers and a low of 3 C (37 F).

Tomorrow will see showers during the day turning to a chance of flurries overnight with a high of eight (46) and a low of minus-three (27).

Wednesday will continue to see flurries or rain showers during the day with a chance of flurries overnight and a high of three (37) with a low of minus-six (21).