TORONTO – COVID-19 cases appear to be on the rise in Ontario again and business groups are calling for a vaccine certificate system as a means to avoid another lockdown. Ontario has reported rising positivity rates and more than 300 new COVID-19 cases for the past four days, with more […]
fftimes
Rebecca Gustafson showed off the custom creations she had available at her Tonttu Creations stall at the Rainy Lake Square Market last Thursday. The market runs from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. each Thursday during the summer. –Ken Kellar photo
Press release
Pikangikum, Ontario – After four weeks the First Nation community of Pikangikum is finally returning home. The vulnerable population was evacuated from community starting on July 12, with more than 1,000 people being taken out of the community to Sudbury, Timmins, Sioux Lookout, and Thunder Bay. “The fire threat has […]
Ontario’s chief forensic pathologist says the death of a 30-year-old man in the throes of crisis was caused by the actions of jail guards. Dr. Michael Pollanen says in a report that Soleiman Faqiri died on Dec. 15, 2016, after being beaten, pepper sprayed and restrained in a prone position […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 321 new COVID-19 cases and two new deaths, as the government urges people to focus less on daily case counts and more on hospitalizations and ICU admissions. The Health Ministry has rearranged its daily reporting website and added new metrics, comparing vaccinated and unvaccinated cases […]
OTTAWA – U.S. drug maker Moderna will sign an agreement with the Canadian government today promising to build an mRNA production plant in Canada. Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel will sign the memorandum of understanding with federal Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne in Montreal this morning. It is the second major deal […]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Five years after North Carolina blocked an expansion of Charlotte’s nondiscrimination ordinance, prompting a backlash that cost the state billions of dollars, the city council unanimously approved expansive protections for LGBT people and vulnerable residents. The ordinance approved Monday includes sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, […]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI (AP) – Residents of an eight-story condo building in Miami were ordered to evacuate after the building was deemed “unsafe” by city officials. On Monday night, some six weeks after 98 people died in the collapse of the Champlain Towers South in nearby Surfside, residents of the 138-unit building […]
As software and other technologies get infused in more and more products, manufacturers are increasingly making those products difficult to repair, potentially costing business owners time and money. Makers of products ranging from smartphones to farm equipment can withhold repair tools and create software-based locks that prevent even simple updates, […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
CALGARY – Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is making a new takeover offer for Kansas City Southern that values the U.S. railway at US$31 billion. The new bid comes ahead of a vote on Aug. 19 by Kansas City Southern shareholders on a rival offer by Canadian National Railway Co. valued […]
By Wayne Parry
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – Gamblers anxious to hit the slot machines and table games in person after a year of coronavirus restrictions are lifting the U.S. casino industry to its best year ever. But the great unknown is whether a new, more contagious variant of COVID-19 will slow an […]
By James McCarten
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
WASHINGTON – The United States will remain on the sidelines for now as Canada gamely welcomes back fully vaccinated American citizens and permanent residents. As of midnight Sunday night, non-essential U.S. travellers who have had a full course of a Health Canada-approved COVID-19 vaccine will again be allowed on Canadian […]
