Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The jury that found Mark Smich guilty of helping his once-close friend Dellen Millard murder an ex-lover was not properly told how to balance the evidence against him, his lawyer argued before Ontario’s highest court Monday. But the Crown says the cases against the two men for the murder of […]
Ontario is proposing to strengthen rules around mass layoffs to include greater protections for employees who work remotely. Labour Minister Monte McNaughton made the announcement Monday in Kitchener, Ont., home to a lot of the province’s tech jobs, a sector that has seen a number of mass layoffs. McNaughton announced […]
New polling suggests the majority of Canadians want the federal government to call an independent inquiry into foreign interference in the last two federal elections, but still feel the country’s electoral system is safe. Market research firm Leger surveyed 1,544 people between March 10 and 12, asking a range of […]
Police allege the driver of a pickup truck that killed two people and injured nine others in the eastern Quebec town of Amqui acted deliberately and with premeditation. Provincial police Sgt. Claude Doiron says the 38-year-old driver will appear in court later today. Doiron said the police investigation suggests the […]
New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says he thinks his party has more leverage to push for things it wants in the next federal budget, which is set to be released March 28. He says there will be money in the budget to expand dental care coverage to teens, seniors and […]
The students and families of the Fort Frances Nursery School headed to Emo for a sledding and Valentine’s party last month. The families were able to enjoy the snow, with lots of sledding, as well as dancing, pizza and crafts inside.
SAN DIEGO (AP) – President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday aiming to increase the number of background checks to buy guns, promote better and more secure firearms storage and ensure U.S. law enforcement agencies are getting the most out of a bipartisan gun control […]
BRUSSELS (AP) – The European Union is working on a thorough reform of its electricity market to shield citizens from sudden price spikes, speed up the use of renewable energy sources and make the bloc more independent in an increasingly unstable world. Tuesday’s plan from the EU’s executive Commission will […]
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) – The devastating Tropical Cyclone Freddy which has devastated southern Africa in a rare second landfall has killed at least 216 people in Malawi and Mozambique since Saturday night, with the death toll expected to rise. Heavy rains that triggered floods and mudslides have killed 199 people […]
NEW YORK (AP) – In reimagining 40 of their best-known songs, U2 recognized that many fans would experience them through earphones connected to a device in their pockets – rather than being belted out onstage. That was one thought behind “Songs of Surrender,”coming out this week. The four men of […]
LONDON (AP) – Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov and acclaimed Guadeloupe-born writer Maryse Conde are among 13 contenders announced Tuesday for the International Booker Prize for translated fiction. Kurkov, 61, who has written widely for Western publications on Russia’s invasion of his country, is nominated for “Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv,” […]
