Local News from Across the Rainy River District
OTTAWA – Signs of summer’s pending arrival were greeted with other reasons for hope across much of Canada over the weekend as several provinces reported their lowest number of new COVID-19 infections in months and tens of thousands more Canadians were vaccinated. The good news started with Quebec. Once the […]
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) – A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with a road rage shooting that killed a 6-year-old boy last month on a Southern California freeway, authorities said. Marcus Anthony Eriz, 24, and Wynne Lee, 23, were detained Sunday outside a home in Costa […]
Jeff Bezos will ride his own rocket into space next month, joining the first crew to fly in a Blue Origin capsule. The Amazon founder announced Monday he will launch July 20 from Texas along with his firefighter brother Mark. Also making the 10-minute up-and-down hop will be the highest […]
MONTREAL – Joel Armia, Corey Perry and Eric Staal are listed on the Canadiens’ locker-room whiteboard as the fourth line. The trio isn’t playing anything like it this post-season – and are a big reason why Montreal somewhat improbably sits one win from semifinals of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Armia […]
At its June 1, 2021 regular Board meeting, which was held remotely, the Rainy River District School Board announced the recipients of the Recognition of Service awards, honoring the 2021 Employees of the Year, Bus Driver of the Year, Volunteers of the Year, and Community Partner of the Year. This […]
The Rainy Lake Market is back up and running, with a wide assortment of locally made and grown food and crafts, including Candy, Cake, Cookies and More. The Market is open each Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Rainy Lake Square. – Submitted photo
TORONTO – Ontario schools will remain closed for in-person learning for the rest of the academic year, Premier Doug Ford announced Wednesday, while hinting the province could reopen ahead of schedule. Schools have been closed since mid-April, and while COVID-19 trends have improved since then, Ford said virus variants pose […]
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Housing and tenant advocates are calling on Ontario to reinstate a ban on residential evictions that lifted Wednesday as the province’s stay-at-home order expired. They argued that losing housing during the pandemic would put lives at risk, and suggested evictions be suspended as long as provincial COVID-19 restrictions remained. “Keeping […]
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden on Thursday instructed the federal government to elevate anti-corruption measures as a central U.S. foreign policy and national security issue. A report expected in about six months from an interagency review will recommend ways to strengthen corruption-fighting efforts. A presidential memo directs agencies to […]
OTTAWA – Two years after the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls released its sweeping findings, a plan to move forward on its 231 calls to justice is finally being presented. The plan, branded as the long-promised national action plan, is something of a preliminary, but […]
