Northwestern Health Unit has received reports of eight new positive COVID-19 test results in the District of Rainy River region and seven new cases in Kenora since new Year’s Eve . One of these cases is associated with an outbreak at Rainycrest Long Term Care. Follow up with the persons […]
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Lee Berthiaume The Canadian Press OTTAWA – The federal Liberal government mulled the possibility of barring Canadians who travelled abroad from receiving a sick leave benefit aimed at those who must quarantine due to COVID-19 on Sunday amid fresh admissions of foreign excursions from a growing list of politicians and […]
Holly McKenzie-Sutter The Canadian Press TORONTO – Thousands of Ontario education workers set to go back to school next week amid a provincewide lockdown are facing impossible choices, a union representing them argued Friday as it warned many don’t have proper child-care options available to support their return to work. […]
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The Northwestern Health Unit has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Atikokan General Hospital as a result of one (1) staff testing positive. Our hospital team has already put in place many of the recommendations that would minimize the risk to all staff, residents / patients. This outbreak declaration is to […]
Paola Loriggio The Canadian Press Ontario will lay out the order and timeframe in which specific population groups will be immunized against COVID-19, possibly within the next few weeks. Dr. Dirk Huyer, a member of the province’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution task force, says the group is working to determine the […]
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Due to the Provincewide Shutdown ordered by the Government of Ontario, the Town of Fort Frances closed its facilities to the public as of December 26, 2020. The facilities will be closed until further notice, and once the Province lifts the orders, the Town of Fort Frances will begin to […]
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Case management and contact tracing has revealed that COVID-19 has spread at large in the community of Rainy River, according to the Northwestern Health Unit. The NWHU is urging the public to practise prevention measures to continue reducing COVID-19 in the Rainy River area. All community members are at risk […]
Paola Loriggio The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario’s premier acknowledged Wednesday that he made a mistake in allowing his finance minister to continue a vacation abroad over the holidays as experts warned the incident undermines the government’s messaging regarding COVID-19 measures. In a brief news conference at a Toronto-area hospital, […]
Police briefs (COUCHICHING FIRST NATION, ON) – On December 25, 2020, members of the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were contacted by Treaty Three Police in regards to a suspicious death on Couchiching First Nation. Police along with Rainy River District EMS responded to a residence […]
The Canadian Press Alberta is the first province to officially say the NHL can play games in its arenas for the upcoming season. In a statement to The Canadian Press on Thursday, the Alberta government said it approved Edmonton and Calgary for competition on Dec. 25 following the review of […]
The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS – It’s apparently no accident that Saints receiver Emmanuel Sanders is wrapping up his first season in New Orleans with a chance to reach his fourth Super Bowl – all with different teams. “I just think I positioned myself on good teams,” Sanders said after […]
