Local News from Across the Rainy River District
OTTAWA – A new poll suggests the Conservatives are back within striking distance of the Liberals after a slump in support late last year amid internal grumbling about the party’s election loss. The Leger poll, conducted Jan. 21-23, pegged Conservative support at 31 per cent, back to the same level […]
HQ Fine Foods is recalling certain Quality fast foods brand and Hygaard Fine Foods Ltd. brand sandwiches because of a possible Listeria contamination. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the recall covers a range of sandwiches, burgers and donairs. All have best before dates up to and including Feb. 11. […]
BRUSSELS (AP) – A confidential European Union military report calls for continuing a controversial EU program to train and equip Libya’s coast guard and navy despite growing concerns about their treatment of migrants, a mounting death toll at sea, and the continued lack of any central authority in the North […]
NEW YORK (AP) – Walmart said Tuesday it has taken a stake in agriculture startup Plenty, becoming the first large U.S. retailer to significantly invest in indoor vertical farming as a way to deliver fresher produce to its stores. Vertical farmers tout their high-quality produce that brings higher yields while […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – With another Australian Open semifinal spot secured after a four-hour, five-set victory, Rafael Nadal looked toward his support team in Rod Laver Arena and nodded his head. It was like he was just confirming the plan: Five wins down, two to go in his bid for […]
EDMONTON – The Edmonton Elks have named Victor Cui as the CFL club’s new president and chief executive officer. Cui, who was born and raised in Edmonton, co-founded the Singapore-based One Championship mixed martial arts promotion, which made its debut in 2011 and now broadcasts to over 150 countries and […]
OSLO (AP) – Every member of Norway’s men’s cross-country skiing team is isolating ahead of next month’s Beijing Olympics because a coach has contracted the coronavirus. Sprint team head coach Arild Monsen tested positive for COVID-19 after returning to Norway from the Italian Alpine resort of Seiser Alm, the Norwegian […]
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to meet Sunday with leaders of rural, remote and northern communities to discuss their housing challenges as issues of rapid price growth and lack of supply are felt far beyond urban borders. The talks come after the premier and Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister […]
A reader was able to capture a young buck roaming in the snow. If you spot some of our local wildlife, snap a photo and send it in, to share with other readers! Send your photos to tips@fortfrances. com. – Colleen Bynkoski photo
TORONTO – Ontario is set to start sharing data about school absences today, a week after in-person learning resumed without public reporting of classroom COVID-19 exposures. The province moved its schools to remote learning at the end of the winter break as Omicron cases surged to unprecedented levels and overwhelmed […]
An organization representing Ontario home-care providers says the same factors leading to staffing shortages throughout the workforce have left the already beleaguered sector in crisis. Home Care Ontario says that before the COVID-19 pandemic, providers fulfilled requests for care 95 per cent of the time. As of Dec. 31, 2021, […]
