Local News from Across the Rainy River District
MONTREAL – One person has been confirmed dead and six people remain missing as police continue to search for victims after a fire swept through a building in Old Montreal on Thursday. In a news conference Sunday evening, fire and police officials confirmed that the body was recovered at 6:45 […]
OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for a countrywide standardized testing process that would speed up licence approvals for doctors and nurses. Poilievre says his proposed “blue seal” testing standard would allow qualified health-care professionals to work in any province or territory that volunteers to be part of […]
The Paris Olympics is going underground to find a way to keep athletes cool at the 2024 Games without air conditioners. Organizers are planning to use a water-cooling system under the Athletes Village – much like the one that has helped the Louvre Museum cope with the sweltering heat that […]
TORONTO – Ontario’s long-term care minister says the province is giving $1.25 billion in the next fiscal year to homes for hiring and staff retention. The province has committed to ensuring long-term care residents receive, on average, four hours of direct care per day by March 31, 2025. The money […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden will spend two days in Canada beginning Thursday to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and speak to a joint session of Parliament, his first visit north of the border since taking the oath of office in 2021. Visits to Canada have historically been […]
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the families of two Edmonton police officers who were fatally shot this week are each to receive $100,000 from the province’s Heroes’ Fund. Smith made the announcement Saturday during her weekly provincewide radio program while addressing the deaths of Const. Brett Ryan and […]
Crown Lands brought incredible skill to the Fort Frances Legion on Saturday night as they played to a crowd of over 100 people. The haunting guitar playing of Kevin Comeau and the skilled voice of Cody Bowles wowed the audience. One highlight in particular was a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s […]
OTTAWA – Google said it will volunteer some of its top executives to testify at a parliamentary committee that is studying the actions of the Silicon Valley giant after it ran a five-week test that blocked news links to some of its Canadian users. The test was meant to assess […]
NEW YORK (AP) – Most of Wall Street is holding steady Monday after regulators pushed together two huge banks over the weekend to build confidence in the struggling industry. The S&P 500 was 0.4% higher in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 335 points, or 1.1%, at […]
Fort Frances Lakers goalie Brenden Stroble makes one of his 44 saves on Tuesday night as the Lakers dropped the contest 8-0 to the league-leading Kam River Walleye. One night later the Lakers lost again 2-1 out of town to the Wisconsin Lumberjacks. The Lakers have a 9-40-1 record and […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is requesting the driver of a snowmobile whose machine went through the ice on Rainy Lake near 5 Mile Dock Road to contact police so officers can conduct a wellness check. On March 15, 2023, at approximately 1:00 p.m. Fort Frances […]
