Local News from Across the Rainy River District
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) – Kansas coach Bill Self proclaimed it a “great week” after tough wins over Oklahoma and Iowa State last week. It would be a spectacular week if the second-ranked Jayhawks get through this one unscathed. First up is a rivalry game with No. 13 Kansas State that […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – The supportive signs and dozens of Serbian flags and loud chants of Novak Djokovic’s nickname filled Rod Laver Arena, providing a warm welcome marking his return to the Australian Open – a tournament he has dominated in the past but one he could not enter a […]
(RAINY RIVER, ON) – Members of the Rainy River District of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to 164 occurrences between Monday January 9, 2023, and Sunday, January 15, 2023, including: OPP laid 12 charges under the Criminal Code and 24 under the Highway Traffic Act.
Riverside Health Care in conjunction with the Northwestern Public Health Unit has declared aGastrointestinal Outbreak at Rainycrest Long Term Care Home. We remind the public that this is not a COVID-19 outbreak at this time. To further enhance our team’s ongoing efforts additional precautions are being taken including, but not […]
Ontario is expanding the private delivery of public health care, by funding procedures such as more cataract surgeries and MRI and CT scans. Making the announcement today, Premier Doug Ford lamented “endless debates” about who should deliver health care, but all he cares about is getting people the care they […]
OTTAWA – There are concerns at the highest levels of the Canadian Armed Forces that this country won’t have access to the same cutting-edge military technology as its closest allies because it is not part of a security pact between Australia, Britain and the United States. The trilateral treaty, nicknamed […]
MONTREAL – Members of a grieving community north of Montreal gathered Sunday for a mass in solidarity with the families of three people who remained missing following a fire and explosion at a propane distribution company last week. Several hundred people were in the pews of the local church as […]
It wasn’t until psychologist number three that retired warrant officer Brian McKenna was able to find someone who, in his words, “had a clue.” McKenna, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan now living in Vancouver, had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and had been trying unsuccessfully for years […]
After years of being in debt, Rachel Kramer Bussel came to a realization: “If I don’t become proactive about it, I will be in debt for the rest of my life.” For Bussel, a freelance writer near Atlantic City, New Jersey, that meant scaling back spending and putting any available […]
Forward Clark Scaddan carries the puck behind the net in the Miners’ end on Saturday night. The game was a tightly-contested affair which was riddled with penalties. The Lakers lost 5-4 but most fans in the building will tell you it should have been at least 5-5 with multiple Lakers […]
Ottawa public servant YuTaek Hwang has been working remotely for nearly three years. But despite the fact that a back-to-office mandate for federal workers takes effect beginning this week, Hwang said his department has not offered any information about when he should return. “We did get a corporate email saying […]
