Ontario teachers will soon have to complete training on preventing sexual abuse. The Ontario College of Teachers says the online course will launch on Jan. 1, 2022. The profession’s regulatory body says the Canadian Centre for Child Protection developed the course. It says the training will offer teachers “an updated […]
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TORONTO – Ontario’s medical regulator is urging doctors to be judicious about handing out medical exemptions to COVID-19 vaccines. The message from the registrar of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario comes after the province announced a vaccine certificate program. The system will require residents to be inoculated […]
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) – Parts of the popular Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness will reopen Saturday as firefighters make progress fighting wildfires in northeastern Minnesota. The Superior National Forest is lifting the full closure of the Boundary Waters and the Crooked Lake area near the fires in Canada. The closure […]
International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) awareness day is on September 9. The local FASD Community Partners of the Rainy River District invite the community to participate in the Red Shoes Rock campaign giving voice and support to those affected by prenatal alcohol exposure by wearing red shoes on September […]
By Paul Wiseman
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 340,000, a pandemic low, another sign that the job market is steadily rebounding from the economic collapse caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Jobless claims dropped by 14,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The weekly count has […]
Ontario will not require colleges and universities to enforce physical distancing or capacity limits in most classrooms when school resumes, according to new guidance issued by the province. The memo sent out to colleges and universities marks a shift from the current legislation, which caps indoor class- room capacity at […]
WASHINGTON (AP) – A deeply divided Supreme Court is allowing a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force, for now stripping most women of the right to an abortion in the nation’s second-largest state. The court voted 5-4 to deny an emergency appeal from abortion providers and […]
By Melissa Couto Zuber
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ever since the pandemic emerged, experts have attempted to hash out a roadmap to herd immunity against COVID-19. But with a fourth wave surging amid the more infectious Delta variant and other variables shifting the goalposts, several virologists and immunologists are discouraging the urge to fixate on specific vaccine targets. […]
By Alex Sanz And Tammy Webber
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
They move from place to place at a moment’s notice in a desperate bid to evade the Taliban – girls whose lives are in danger simply because they chose to play a sport they loved. An international effort to evacuate members of the Afghanistan national girls soccer team, along with […]
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Deadline has been extended to Sept. 3. All business in the Rainy River District are eleigible The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for the best and brightest in the business world. The 24th Annual Business Awards are scheduled for Wednesday, September 29. What the Chamber needs now […]
World skeet champion Brad McRae is giving shooting tips and tricks to local chiropractor Jeremy McGuire during a clinic held a few weeks ago. These skills will be put to practice during the shoot-off will take place on September 11 at the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club Skeet Range. There will […]
