Local News from Across the Rainy River District
In American writer Mark Twain’s autobiography, he quotes — or perhaps misquotes — former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli as saying: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” In a marvellous leap forward, artificial intelligence combines all three in a tidy little package. ChatGPT, and other […]
CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie is petitioning for Simon Fraser University’s football program to be allowed to continue in Canada. On Thursday, Simon Fraser president Joy Johnston announced the school was discontinuing its football program effective immediately because it had nowhere to play following this year. Simon Fraser was slated to […]
New Zealand defeated Argentina 19-17 Sunday to win the HSBC Singapore Sevens and become the first men’s team to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The news was not so good for the Canadian men, who finished 14th and face relegation with two events remaining in Toulouse, France, and London. […]
Having responded to 61 seatbelt-related fatalities on Ontario Provincial Police-(OPP)-patrolled roads in 2022 and nine so far this year, OPP officers won’t be interested in any excuses from unbuckled drivers and passengers as they conduct their Easter Long Weekend Seatbelt Campaign. Drivers and passengers are reminded that everything in a […]
Two police officers are facing assault charges after an investigation into the arrest of a suspect in Kenora, Ont., last year. Ontario Provincial Police say officers responded to reports that a paramedic had been assaulted while responding to a call on Matheson Street in Kenora on Dec. 26. They say […]
If you go into the woods today, don’t be in for a big surprise – the bears are on their way back. But with a little forethought, living near bears can be a picnic. Fort Frances is no stranger to urban bears, but the key to living in bear habitat […]
Eden Waldner performed a piece entitled “The Sparkling Brook” during Tuesday morning’s session of the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts, held at the Knox United Church in Fort Frances. The piano and instrumental divisions of the Festival ran throughout this week, and next week will feature the […]
OTTAWA – Four Canadian women and 10 children are on their way home from prison camps in northeastern Syria, the federal government said Thursday. The Canadians are among the many foreign nationals in Syrian camps run by Kurdish forces that reclaimed the war-torn region from the extremist Islamic State of […]
TORONTO – RBC says Canadians are continuing to spend on holidays and non-essential services, but are cutting back on restaurants and goods. The bank’s latest spending tracker report says while overall spending was steady in March, there were some signs of weakness in goods spending, mirroring a pullback in auto […]
Toronto mayoral candidates, labour leaders and Ontario’s Opposition NDP all urged various solutions Wednesday to a wave of violence on transit, including more operational funding, a task force, social supports, and physical barriers on platforms. Amalgamated Transit Union Canada president John Di Nino said at a news conference with the […]
SURREY, B.C. – The brother-in-law of a man whose throat was slashed Saturday on a bus in Surrey, B.C., says the assailant gave no indication of his motive during an attack that RCMP allege was an act of terrorism. Abdul Aziz Kawam is charged with attempted murder, assault causing bodily […]
