Local News from Across the Rainy River District
OTTAWA – The federal government does not have a willing partner to find a way to introduce fire codes on First Nation reserves, a newly released document shows. The senior director for the Indigenous Fire Marshal Service, however, says there are steps Ottawa can take now to better protect communities. […]
(THUNDER BAY, ON) – A two-day joint Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) Blitz in the City of Thunder has resulted in numerous charges being laid. On Wednesday, January 18, 2023, and Thursday, January 19, 2023, members of the Thunder Bay OPP Detachment and the OPP North West Region Traffic Incident Management Enforcement […]
Dozens of Canadian and global sport scholars have joined the chorus in calling for an independent inquiry into sport in Canada, saying Canadian athletes deserve better. In a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday, Scholars Against Abuse in Canadian Sport urgently asked for the inquiry amid “widespread reports […]
VANCOUVER – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday his “heart breaks” for the people whose Lunar New Year celebrations were “violently attacked” and whose lives were forever changed after a mass shooting in California. A gunman killed 10 people and wounded 10 others at a ballroom dance studio in Monterey […]
Nearly 12,000 children are on a wait list for surgeries across Ontario, a situation officials at four major pediatric hospitals say is part of a much bigger problem they need help from the province to solve. A surge of viral respiratory illnesses, driven by a particularly bad strain of the […]
A player from the Rainy Lake Attack carries the puck over the blue line with players from the Causeway Cougars in hot pursuit. The Fort Frances Minor Hockey U-11A tournament saw teams from Fort Frances, Dryden, and Emo duke it out for supremacy. Rainy Lake Attack were the eventual champions.
There is no evidence patients substituted hospital emergency rooms for virtual visits with their family doctors in the first year of the pandemic, a study led by researchers with the Ontario Medical Association suggests. The peer-reviewed study, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, is significant given recent calls […]
WASHINGTON – The United States is introducing a new private refugee sponsorship program that’s based on a similar system in Canada. State Department officials say the Canadian model helped inspire and inform the design and implementation of the U.S. program, known as the Welcome Corps. The U.S. describes the program, […]
MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) – Authorities searched for a motive for the gunman who killed 10 people at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance club during Lunar New Year celebrations, slayings that sent a wave of fear through Asian American communities in the region and cast a shadow over festivities nationwide. […]
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) – Located just 9 miles apart in Connecticut, Yale and Quinnipiac played for a national hockey championship a decade ago. It was also just over a decade ago that UConn made the decision to upgrade its men’s program and leave the Atlantic Hockey conference for nation’s premier […]
The Muskie Boys Hockey team had a successful match against the Lake of the Woods team, coming out on top with an 8-3 victory. GO MUSKIES! – Allan Bradbury photo
