Local News from Across the Rainy River District
(Fort Frances, ON) – On May 27, 2023, at approximately 4:49 p.m. the Fort Frances Fire Rescue Service responded to a structure fire at the Town of Fort Frances Recycling Facility Storage Building. Three full-time firefighters, five part-time firefighters, and the fire chief responded to the scene of the fire […]
Two people died after an early morning house fire last week, the city’s fire chief confirmed. Kenora Fire Chief David Pratt said multiple 911 calls were received about a structural fire at 18th Avenue North at Ninth Street North at about 2:15 a.m on Friday. “When we arrived, the fire […]
TORONTO – Ontario has backed off a housing proposal that farmers say would have had a “catastrophic” impact on farmland and livestock operations. Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark proposed a series of regulations along with a bill that would allow for more housing to be built beyond urban […]
The York Catholic District School Board has voted against flying a Pride flag outside its main office next month. Board trustees voted 6-4 against a motion to fly the flag during a meeting Monday night that was attended by advocates, protesters and spectators. The motion put forward by the board’s […]
MONTREAL – As Carla White looks out the window of her yellow-and-pink, plant-filled apartment in the heart of downtown Montreal, she wonders where she’s going to live next. “I look out there and say, where am I going now?” she says, gesturing at the highrises that tower above the building […]
The fire department in Slave Lake, Alta., had a long-standing plan for tackling wildfire encroaching on the community, but in May 2011, flames from a nearby forest blew over suppression efforts and destroyed several hundred homes and other buildings. “I think that was the most shocking time of my entire […]
The Halifax Regional Municipality says preliminary estimates indicate approximately 200 homes or structures have been damaged by a wildfire that’s been burning in suburban Halifax. The municipality released the estimate in a statement last night, saying it was based on initial visual inspections by first responders and that a full […]
Armed with a raucous crowd and seemingly all the momentum after digging their way out of a 3-0 Eastern Conference finals hole, the Celtics entered their Game 7 matchup with the Heat eyeing a chance to make NBA history. It may have evaporated on the very first play. Jayson Tatum […]
Students from Fort Frances High School put some elbow grease into cleaning up area vehicles during the car wash and barbecue held in Emo on Saturday, May 27, 2023, in support of FFHS’ Chem-Free Grad. The event brought in a total of $1,058 for the annual graduation celebration event that […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) – George Maharis, a stage-trained actor with rough-hewn good looks who became an icon to American youth in the 1960s as he cruised the country in a Corvette convertible in the hit television series “Route 66,” has died. Maharis’ friend and caretaker Marc Bahan said in a […]
LONDON (AP) – Scientists and tech industry leaders, including high-level executives at Microsoft and Google, issued a new warning Tuesday about the perils that artificial intelligence poses to humankind. “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear […]
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) – Troops from the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo on Tuesday placed metal fences and barbed wire barriers to beef up positions in a northern town following clashes with ethnic Serbs there that left 30 international soldiers wounded. The peacekeepers sealed off the municipality building in Zvecan […]
