Local News from Across the Rainy River District
WASHINGTON (AP) – During the last weeks of his presidency, Donald Trump and his allies pressured the Justice Department to investigate unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, despite the fact his former attorney general had said there was no evidence of widespread fraud, according to emails released […]
CHICAGO (AP) – An argument in a house on Chicago’s South Side early Tuesday erupted into gunfire, leaving four women dead and four other people injured, police said. The shooting happened at 5:42 a.m. in the city’s Englewood neighborhood, police said, and no arrests were immediately made. Police had few […]
Nikita Kucherov would have much rather ground through the season with his Tampa Bay Lightning teammates than sit out all 56 games while recovering from hip surgery. “Missing a whole year, you ask any player, you don’t want to be that guy,” Kucherov said. Kucherov was that guy. The leading […]
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) – Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers and singer Cody Simpson were listed side by side in the billing for a documentary series being promoted ahead of Australia’s Olympic swimming trials. On the result lists for the 100-meter freestyle Tuesday, the names were a long way apart. Chalmers led […]
Five walk-in clinics have been added for the Rainy River District this week – two for Rainy River and three for Fort Frances. The Fort Frances clinics will be held Thursday, June 17, Friday June 18 and Saturday, June 19, at St. Frances School, from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. […]
OTTAWA – The Trudeau Liberals say they want to force an end to debate in the House of Commons on their budget bill and bring it to a vote. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government will move today to put time limits on debate of Bill C-30, which contains […]
A reader caught this stunning sunset over Rainy Lake recently. They don’t call us Sunset Country for nothing! If you have a shot you’d like to share with other readers, send it in! Send your photos to tips@fortfrances.com. Taunia Klem photo
LONDON, Ont. – Prosecutors say the attack against a Muslim family in southwestern Ontario that left four dead and one injured was an act of terrorism. Twenty-year-old Nathaniel Veltman had been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder in the June 6 incident in […]
TORONTO – A vote is expected this afternoon on legislation that would limit third-party advertising during Ontario elections. The Progressive Conservative government is using the notwithstanding clause – which lets legislatures override portions of the charter – to reintroduce part of a law declared unconstitutional by a judge last week. […]
The Ontario government will allow those who received an initial dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to get a follow-up shot four weeks sooner than planned, bowing to mounting pressure from residents and experts alike. Ontarians who received a shot of AstraZeneca will now be able to get their second dose […]
TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 447 new cases of COVID-19 today and four more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 110 new cases in Toronto, 61 in Peel Region and 56 in Waterloo. She says there are also 39 new cases in the Porcupine […]
