The Canadian Press OTTAWA – Members of the House of Commons finance committee will meet this afternoon to figure out the details of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s planned testimony. Trudeau and his chief of staff Katie Telford have agreed to speak with the committee as part of a parliamentary probe […]
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The Canadian Press HALIFAX – Pioneering Black Nova Scotian playwright and journalist George Elroy Boyd has died at age 68. Boyd, who was born in Halifax, passed away peacefully at a hospice in Montreal on July 7, according to an obituary in The Chronicle Herald this weekend. After working as […]
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(FORT FRANCES, ON) – On July 23, 2020, officers of the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a break, enter and theft at a local Fort Frances motel establishment. The owner of the business contacted police after returning to his workplace and discovered the […]
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced Executive Order 20-81, requiring Minnesotans to wear a face covering in all public indoor spaces and indoor businesses, unless they are alone. The mandate goes into effect on Saturday, July 25. The Thunder Bay District Health Unit adopted a similar policy, which will go into effect […]
By Steven Wine The Associated Press MIAMI – Two major league games scheduled for Monday night were postponed as the Miami Marlins deal with a coronavirus outbreak that stranded them in Philadelphia. The Marlins’ home opener against Baltimore was called off, as was the New York Yankees’ game at Philadelphia. […]
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Over the past few days, the NWHU has received two new COVID-19 results. On Saturday, the NWHU received a report of one new positive COVID-19 test result in the Sioux Lookout area. Follow up with the person involved and their contacts has started according to protocol. Anyone who is identified […]
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The number of kids in child-care centres is allowed to increase across Ontario today as the province continues its gradual reopening. The Ministry of Education had previously limited the number of people per room in a daycare to 10 in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19. As of […]
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(FORT FRANCES, ON) – The OPP have made two arrests in connected to a rash of fentanyl overdoses in the region. On 16 July 2020, officers of the Fort Frances Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in conjunction with the North West Region Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau conducted a […]
Northwestern Health Unit has received a report of a new positive COVID-19 test result in the Emo area today, Friday, July 24. Follow up with the person involved and their contacts has started according to protocol. Anyone who is identified as a contact for this case will be contacted directly. […]
Blue Green Algae There have been reports of an algae bloom on Granite Lake near Kenora. The bloom is being tested by the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks to see if it is Blue-green algae. At this time the results are not known, so the Northwestern Health Unit is […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Annie Wayash announces her passing on Monday, July 20, 2020 at her home in Mitaanjigamiing First Nation. She was born on April 25, 1942 in Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation to Andrew and Evelyn Morrison. She moved to Seine River First Nation as […]
