THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) – Four famous giant sequoias were not harmed by a wildfire that reached the edge of Giant Forest in California’s Sequoia National Park, authorities said. The Four Guardsmen, a group of trees that form a natural entryway on the road to the forest, were successfully protected […]
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Football has returned for the 2021/22 year, with a new Muskies team hitting the field on Friday for their season opener. They lost to the eagles 20-8, but the coaching staff is impressed with the potential of this year’s team. The Muskies will get their chance for redemption when they […]
By Zeke Miller
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden will ease foreign travel restrictions into the U.S. beginning in November and allow foreign nationals into the country if they have proof of vaccination and a negative COVID-19 test, the White House said Monday. The new rules replace a hodgepodge of restrictions that had […]
NEW YORK (AP) – A lawyer for Donald Trump’s indicted corporate finance chief told a judge Monday he has “strong reason to believe” more indictments are coming in an ongoing New York investigation into the former president’s real estate empire. Lawyer Bryan Scarlatos made the remark during Trump Organization CFO […]
By Tim Dahlberg
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tiger Woods won’t be at Whistling Straits this week, for obvious reasons. Phil Mickelson will, but for the first time since 1995 won’t hit a shot in the Ryder Cup. The storyline in the Ryder Cup hasn’t changed, but the marquee players have – at least when it comes to […]
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Ottawa University says one of its football players died shortly after a game over the weekend. The school says fifth-year-engineering student Francis Perron died not long after the Gee-Gees game against the University of Toronto on Saturday. Perron had one tackle in an 11-10 loss to the Varsity Blues. The […]
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Currently, we have 9 active cases of COVID-19 connected to the NWHU catchment area. Since our last update, we have received report of two new positive COVID-19 test result in the District of Rainy River. Follow up with the persons involved and their contacts has started according to protocol. Anyone […]
The final team, made up of of diagnostic imaging technicians, doctors and nurses, crossed the finish line of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s DI Dash event as part of the Foundation’s “Picture This” campaign public launch on Sunday, September 12, 2021. The campaign is raising money to do significant […]
By Holly McKenzie-Sutter
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Teachers and staff with the Toronto District School Board who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 1 could lose their jobs as the board becomes the latest employer to take a hard line on immunization rules. The school board in Canada’s most populous city has published its […]
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Ontario colleges and universities will have to update their sexual violence and harassment policies by next March to better support students who bring complaints forward. The government said Thursday that the policies must ensure students who report sexual violence will not be disciplined for breaking a school’s rules related to […]
By Dean Bennett
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, facing a COVID-19 crisis that is threatening to collapse its health system in just over a week, has reintroduced limits on gatherings along with elements of a vaccine passport system. Alberta is also asking for help from other provinces to use their intensive care beds and […]
