Local News from Across the Rainy River District
LOS ANGELES (AP) – “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider’s dazzling streak is over, snapped Wednesday by a Chicago librarian after 40 consecutive wins and nearly $1.4 million in prize money. Schneider’s success put her in the ranks of Ken Jennings, who’s serving as guest host, and the quiz show’s other all-time […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – The U.S. Supreme Court considered Thursday whether to let Alabama execute a death row inmate who claims an intellectual disability combined with the state’s inattention cost him a chance to avoid lethal injection and choose a less “torturous,” yet untried, method. The Alabama attorney general’s office […]
WASHINGTON (AP) – Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week following three straight increases amid a surge in cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19. Jobless claims fell by 30,000 to 260,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday, fewer than the 265,000 analysts were expecting. The four-week average […]
MOSCOW (AP) – The U.S. rejection of Russia’s main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left “little ground for optimism,” the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. Tensions have soared in recent weeks, as the United States and its NATO allies expressed concern that a […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) – The African continent is on course to reach its target of vaccinating at least 70% of its population against COVID-19 by the end of 2022, the head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told reporters on Thursday. The continental public health agency said it […]
To prepare for this year’s Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Krista McCarville and her rink from Thunder Bay, Ont., spent time with a sports psychologist learning how to cope with the excitement and pressure of playing for the Canadian women’s curling championship in front of a hometown crowd. Instead, because of […]
BEIJING (AP) – For journalists covering the Beijing Winter Olympics, China’s strict pandemic measures are creating a surreal and somewhat frustrating experience. China requires electronic confirmation of the health status of those participating in or covering the Games and shunts them into a closed loop bubble upon arrival. That kept […]
These two brothers and their mom were happy to get outside when the temps were a little less frigid and school was online. Envrionment Canada says the current cold snap should break over the weekend bringing high temperatures above -10 celsius for a few days into next week which should […]
The Fort Frances Public Library Board and staff are pleased to announce that a generous gift of $1.1 million dollars has been received from the estate of Patricia Cunningham. Joyce Cunningham, mother of Patricia, was a former library board chair who was instrumental in getting the present library built. Joyce […]
Dear Minister Powowski and Minister Rickford: The status of PhysicianRecruitment and Retention in the Rainy River District is in CRISIS. We do not use that term lightly. We have long prided ourselves on trying to make it work, but the current situation is not sustainable. Physicians are burnt out, resignation […]
