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(RAINY RIVER, ON) – Officers of the Rainy River Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed a vehicle operating unsafely on Highway 11-71 in Manitou Rapids. A traffic stop was conducted which led to one individual being arrested for numerous Criminal Code offenses, including impaired operation. On February 17, 2023, at approximately […]
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Questions about Premier Doug Ford’s relationship with developers and the expansion of private health-care delivery will dominate the return of the Ontario legislature today when it’s set to resume after its winter break. The first order of business is expected to be a new piece of legislation containing promised health […]
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The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says there are many problems with a $2 million contract Ottawa recently signed with an international group to get its advice on unmarked graves. The centre says it is “deeply concerned” with the decision by Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada to hire […]
Add T-shirt designer to the multiple creative hats worn by movie star Ryan Reynolds. The Vancouver-born film star, producer and screenwriter has teamed up with the annual Terry Fox Run to help design this year’s T-shirt, the proceeds of which go to cancer research. He shared an image of himself […]
Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories and Northern Ontario improved to 3-1 with victories Monday morning at the Canadian women’s curling championship. Defending champion Kerri Einarson had the only unbeaten team at 3-0 with games against Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia later Monday. Northern Ontario’s Krista McCarville, who reached last year’s […]
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Hundreds of million of dollars are desperately needed to stabilize the home-care workforce in Ontario, the association representing organizations providing that care said as it urged the province to speed up delivery of promised funds. The province pledged in last year’s budget to spend $1-billion for better home care over […]
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Justice Paul Rouleau says the Canada Border Services Agency made a bad situation worse when it mishandled the announcement of a vaccine mandate for truckers early last year, amid rampant anger and false information around the pandemic. Rouleau pointed out the agency’s mistake in his more than 2,000-page report released […]
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In Filipino homes, the smell that wakes up many families is not coffee brewing or bacon frying, but slices of garlic sizzling in oil. It’s for a fried rice known as sinangag, a way to use up the previous day’s rice by packing it chock-full of crisp, toasted garlic. Sliced […]
