Colin Perkel The Canadian Press TORONTO – A consensus appears to have developed that educating reluctant health-care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is better than trying to force them to get the shots. While most of those on the pandemic front lines are eager to get their doses, a […]
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The Canadian Press SIOUX LOOKOUT, Ont. – Residents at an extended care home in Sioux Lookout, Ont., will be vaccinated against COVID-19 today. A spokeswoman from Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre says staff will administer the shots at its William A. George facility this afternoon. Residents and staff […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO – Premier Doug Ford says the province will make an announcement later today on whether schools will reopen for many students next week. Ford says he received new data Wednesday night that indicates COVID-19 positivity rates amongst children have been increasing. He says that data has […]
Police briefs
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – The fluctuation in temperature and warmer weather has caused concern regarding the condition of the ice in the Rainy River District. The Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police would urges members of the public to ensure they consider proper safety precautions if they are […]
Joshua Clipperton The Canadian Press NHL general managers are about to enter yet another great unknown. And like the rest of the world, it’s something they’ve become accustomed to these past 10 months. The 2019-20 season was suspended in March because of COVID-19 before the league pulled off a summer […]
Tom Withers The Associated Press CLEVELAND – Mike Priefer has known for months that he would be Browns coach Kevin Stefanski’s replacement in the event of a positive COVID-19 test. He never imagined it happening in the playoffs. Cleveland’s special teams co-ordinator will handle Stefanski’s game-day duties on Sunday night […]
Mark Kennedy The Associated Press NEW YORK – Late-night TV show hosts expressed anger and frustration at the violence at the U.S. Capitol, offering sombre monologues that pleaded for unity even as some aimed pointed barbs at those they held responsible for the mobs’ actions. “It was a terrible day […]
Victoria Ahearn The Canadian Press TORONTO – A new report suggests there’s been an increase in the portrayals of people of colour in children’s animated television content in Canada in recent years. But Indigenous characters in the genre remain largely underrepresented, along with several other minority groups. The “Examining Children’s […]
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Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
THUNDER BAY — The 2020 Festive RIDE program saw close to 60 drivers charged with impaired driving offences in northwestern Ontario. According to preliminary data released by Ontario Provincial Police on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 14 people were issued warn range suspensions and 44 people were charged with impaired, driving with […]
Press Release
The Rainy Lake Gymnastics Academy has found a new home. The gymnastics club will be moving into a new location on Scott Street, in the building formerly home to the Royal Theatre and, more recently, Club 88. The Beyak Automotive Group recently acquired the building and the RLGA will be […]
Trevor Szmon, left, Jessica Ogden, Stephanie Mann, Dani Rousseau, Dawn Westover, Roger Dorge and Chris Hayes stood outside the new home of the Rainy Lake Gymnastics Academy yesterday afternoon. The building, formerly the Royal Theatre and most recently Club 88, has been purchased by the newly formed Beyak Automotive Group, […]
Voyageur Lions Club member Bill Michl kicks off the Virtual Polar Plunge with a tutorial video of his own plunge event. Due to COVID restrictions, an in-person plunge isn’t possible. But to keep the tradition alive, the Voyageur Lions Club is asking participants to create short videos of themselves and […]
