Local News from Across the Rainy River District
OTTAWA – A union representing federal public servants has filed a bad-faith bargaining complaint against the Canada Revenue Agency. In December, Treasury Board President Mona Fortier announced that all federal public servants would be returning to the office at least two to three days per week. In a statement, the […]
Grief-stricken community members dropped off flowers and stuffed animals on Thursday at the scene of an alleged bus attack against a daycare north of Montreal that killed two children and sent six to hospital. André Beaudoin, a father of a two-year-old boy who attends the Laval, Que., daycare, returned to […]
A new study finds promise in a drug associated with significantly reduced hospitalizations among high-risk patients who received an injection in the early stages of COVID-19 infection. Edward Mills, one of the authors, said peginterferon lambda stands out as a potential “one-and-done” treatment for older patients, noting current options include […]
Arts and crafts and a fire teaching were just two activities at the PA Day Winter Carnival last Friday at Manitou Mounds. Other activities included a Lynx dressing, tug of war, and more. Kids who completed four stations had their names entered into a draw for a Nintendo Switch Lite […]
Tonight will see some clouds before becoming clear with a low of -19 C (-2 F). Tomorrow will be sunny and clear with a high of -4 (25) and a low of -8 (18). Saturday will see a mix of sun and cloud during the day before becoming cloudy overnight […]
2023 trappers workshop– Feb. 11, (this Saturday) 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Métis Hall in Fort Frances (714 Armit Ave). This years topic is: Cat and Canine best practices and Value Added Trapping. workshops, and displays. Lunch available by donation. Free admission – all welcome! Valentine’s Luncheon–St. John the Baptist Anglican Church. […]
Getting vaccinated against COVID-19 during pregnancy passes along protection against infection and hospitalization to newborns, a Canadian study says. The research, published in the BMJ (British Medical Journal) on Wednesday evening, found that protection against COVID-19 for infants was most effective when mothers got their second or third dose of […]
CALGARY – A new innovative miniaturized pacemaker, developed in part by a Calgary cardiologist, has been given approval for use on patients beyond the clinical research stage. The Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary is also to become a training centre for physicians to provide the technology to future patients. A […]
She’d be a senior right now, preparing for graduation in a few months, probably leading her school’s modern dance troupe and taking art classes. Instead, Kailani Taylor-Cribb hasn’t taken a single class in what used to be her high school since the height of the coronavirus pandemic. She vanished from […]
NEW YORK (AP) – A magazine and website that has served Bruce Springsteen’s fans for 43 years is shutting down, with its publisher writing that he’s been disillusioned by the debate over ticket prices for their hero’s current tour. Backstreets had been an unusually robust publication that imposed journalistic rigor […]
Jim Nagy can see a record number of Canadians being taken in this year’s NFL draft. Nagy, the executive director of the Reese’s Senior Bowl, feels as many as five could hear their name called between April 27-29. That would break the previous high of four taken in 2014 and […]
