Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Americans set a record for pandemic-era air travel, then broke it again over the Mother’s Day holiday weekend. The Transportation Security Administration said that slightly more than 1.7 million people were screened at airport checkpoints on Sunday, the highest number since March 2020, when travel was collapsing because of the […]
DETROIT – The U.S. government’s auto safety agency is investigating multiple complaints about steering failures that could affect more than 1.1 million Honda Accord sedans. In documents posted Monday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it received 31 complaints about the problem, and Honda has 77 more. Owners complained […]
RICHMOND, B.C. – The death of a 28-year-old man outside the departure terminal at Vancouver International Airport is believed to be linked to the ongoing gang conflict that has gripped British Columbia’s Lower Mainland, police say. Sgt. Frank Jang of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said the victim is known […]
OTTAWA – Federal New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh says he believes there’s a connection between anti-mask and anti-lockdown protests and far-right extremism. Singh’s comments come as rallies against COVID-19 health orders are being staged across the country while many provincial doctors battle a deadly third wave of the pandemic. […]
For more than a year now, the state of America’s live music industry has been a grim one. The COVID-19 pandemic threw hundreds of thousands of musicians, roadies and other touring industry professionals out of work, according to the Country Music Association. In Tennessee alone, the industry’s unemployed number around […]
Play in the Calgary bubble wrapped up Sunday with another world women’s title for Switzerland. The event also brought a fresh wave of questions about the strength of the Canadian program. Silvana Tirinzoni successfully defended her crown with a 4-2 victory over Russia’s Alina Kovaleva at WinSport’s Markin MacPhail Centre. […]
ROME – Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori has doubts about whether the IOC and local organizers are doing enough to plan for a worst-case scenario of “hundreds” or “thousands” of coronavirus cases at the Tokyo Olympics. Or whether it’s even still feasible to hold the games when a state of […]
Businesses and organizations across Canada, including some in Fort Frances, put up signs, stickers, decorations and articles of clothing in red in observance of the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) yesterday, May 5. Out at Seven Generations Education Institute’s (SGEI) Fort Frances […]
TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 3,424 new cases of COVID-19 today and 26 more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 958 new cases in Toronto, 900 in Peel and 291 in York Region She also says there are 175 new cases in Durham Region […]
Treaty #3 MMIWG Awareness Month Events will be hosting a virtual livestream of the documentary “1200+” followed by a Q&A session with co-producer Sheila North on Wednesday, May 12 beginning at 10:00 a.m. The documentary examines the impact of the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and explores how […]
Painted rocks will be free and there will be some homemade gift paper bags. It will be outside at 1030 Scott Street, watch for the wrapped box with a fake yellow flowers. The service is provided free of charge to local kids, in need of a gift for Mother’s Day, […]
