The annual Stuff-A-Cruiser event was a huge success, with emergency services, agencies and volunteers heading out for their annual food drive. Cruisers, ambulances and CN police vehicles were stationed at various locations across the district, to benefit local food banks. – Ken Kellar photo
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Press release
The Rainy River District School Board is pleased to announce that elections for the office of Chair and Vice Chair were held at the Board Meeting on December 7, 2021 in Fort Frances. Trustee, Raymond Roy, was acclaimed as Board Chair, while Trustee, David Kircher, was acclaimed as Vice Chair. […]
Toy/food drives The Muskie Boys hockey team will hold heir Teddy Toss Game tonight against the St Thomas Aquinas Saints. Bring a stuffy to toss on the ice after the team’s first goal, with all stuffies collected going towards the UNFC. The Bargain Shop will be holding their Fill-A-Sleigh event […]
By Noushin Ziafati
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
A First Nation in northern Ontario has expanded its search for the source of a lung infection that has killed two people and sickened at least 12 others, the First Nation’s chief said Wednesday. Constance Lake First Nation, a community of over 900 residents, declared a state of emergency on […]
It is with great sadness we mourn the passing of Judy Kaufman who passed away December 8, 2021, after a lengthy illness. Judy was born in Ottawa on December 19,1958, to Rae and Theresa Reid. Judy attended French school in Ottawa and went on to Algonquin College to study forestry. […]
Roman Beaulieu, 37, passed away on Monday, December 6, 2021, in Thunder Bay, Ont. Funeral services are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
Leonard R. Hyatt, 60 years old, of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, (formerly of Devlin) passed away December 1, 2021. Complete obituary to follow.
By Aamer Madhani And Colleen Long
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden on Thursday opened the first White House Summit for Democracy by sounding an alarm about a global slide for democratic institutions and called for world leaders to “lock arms” and demonstrate democracies can deliver. Biden called it a critical moment for fellow leaders to […]
By Mike Blanchfield
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – As a transplanted British Columbian, Jesse Mason views the extreme and shifting weather patterns unfolding in his native province with a high level of concern. First, there was the heat dome that caused record-breaking temperatures this summer, and then the recent floods that have emptied entire communities, drowned […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL – The RCMP say a former Canadian Space Agency engineer has been charged with breach of trust for using his position to act on behalf of a Chinese company. Federal authorities say Wanping Zheng, 61, will appear in court in Longueuil, Que., on Dec. 15. Zheng, a Brossard, Que., […]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A crash in Minneapolis early Thursday that followed a police pursuit of an SUV that was reportedly stolen has left two juveniles dead and three others hospitalized, authorities said. Officers in suburban Robbinsdale spotted a Mercedes SUV about 2 a.m. that was reported stolen in Minneapolis and […]
By Pat Eaton-robb
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A former cadet who was expelled from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy after becoming a father filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging the school’s policy that prohibits students from being parents. Isaak Olson was two months from graduating from the academy in 2014 with a degree in mechanical engineering and […]
