TORONTO – Ontario continues to see a decline in the number of COVID-19 cases, deaths and admissions to provincial hospitals and intensive care units. The province says there were 1,540 people in hospital due to the virus on Saturday, of which 402 were in intensive care. That’s down from the […]
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By Sandi Krasowski,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
THUNDER BAY — Beginning in late May, the Thunder Bay cruise ship port will be bustling with travellers arriving on the Viking Expeditions’ Viking Octantis and the American Queen Voyages’ Ocean Navigator passenger vessels. Paul Pepe, manager of tourism for the city, says the arrival of the cruise ships will […]
By Noushin Ziafati
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
WINDSOR, ONTARIO – Commercial trucks and other vehicles are flowing normally over the reopened Ambassador Bridge today, with police keeping a close watch on the busy international border crossing. Traffic resumed on the key trade route just before midnight after it was blocked for nearly a week due to a […]
Loretta Iris Allan (nee Lockman) passed away peacefully on February 10, 2022, at the La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Mom was born on November 28, 1935, in Fort Frances and spent her early years on her grandparents’ farm in La Vallee. As a young girl she spent one […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ottawa’s mayor has set a deadline of noon today for truckers encamped in the capital’s core to move out of residential streets in a bid to pare down the size of the protest’s footprint. Mayor Jim Watson outlined the proposal in a letter released on Sunday as part of a […]
By Bob Weber
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
EDMONTON – The federal government has bowed to provincial and industry lobbying in weakening proposed standards for coal mining effluent, critics say. A discussion document for draft regulations, released earlier this year, would double the amount of toxins – such as selenium – the mines are allowed to release and […]
By Russ Bynum
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) – The federal judge presiding over the hate crimes trial of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery said she would seat a jury Monday after a week spent asking potential jurors what they already know about the Black man’s death as well as their […]
By Vladimir Isachenkov And Yuras Karmanau
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOSCOW (AP) – Russia’s top diplomat advised President Vladimir Putin on Monday to keep talking with the West on Moscow’s security demands, a signal from the Kremlin that it intends to continue diplomatic efforts amid U.S. warnings of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine. Moscow wants guarantees from the West […]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
From a thrilling late touchdown drive that gave the Rams a 23-20 win over the Bengals, to Eminem taking a knee and Meadow Soprano driving an electric Chevy, here are the highlights from Sunday’s Super Bowl 56. HOW THE RAMS WON THE SUPER BOWL Down 20-16, the Rams went on […]
By Bernie Wilson
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEIJING (AP) – Teen sensation Kamila Valieva has been cleared for takeoff in women’s figure skating in a ruling in a Russian doping case that has caused havoc with one of the marquee events of the Beijing Olympics. Valieva will have a chance for a second gold medal at this […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ontario is expanding access to rapid antigen COVID-19 tests starting today, making them available at grocery stores, pharmacies and other agencies across the province. The province says up to 5.5 million tests will be made available per week at retailers participating in the program that will run for at least […]
