Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Ontario’s tourism industry is not expected to fully recover from the pandemic until 2025, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and the industry say in a joint report, with recommendations including tax incentives, cannabis tourism and affordable housing to support staff recruitment. Tourism businesses in the province are generating 64 per […]
A Christmas Choir directed by Diane Maxey took to the stage at the New Beginnings Fellowship Church in Fort Frances on Sunday, December 12, 2022 for festive celebration of holiday classics. Maxey stressed that the day’s concert was not her traditional cantata due to a difference in format, but all […]
VANCOUVER – The effects of climate change are taking a toll on Christmas tree farms across Canada, with one forestry expert and the head of the Canadian Christmas Tree Association saying the sector that’s already undergoing shifts will need to adapt. The festive trees take eight to 12 years to […]
OTTAWA – Health Canada approved a COVID-19 vaccine booster for children on Friday that targets more recent variants of the coronavirus, along with the original strain. The Pfizer-BioNTech “bivalent” shot protects against the most prevalent subvariants of Omicron, BA.4 and BA.5, and is the first approved for use in children […]
The Ontario government has reached a tentative deal with school staff represented by the Ontario Council of Educational Workers. OCEW issued a statement saying the deal was reached after multiple days of negotiations between the bargaining council, the Council of Trustees’ Association and the province. It says the tentative deal […]
Ontario is investing more than $20 million in operating costs to run 27 new magnetic resonance imaging machines across the province. Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the money will be geared toward small and rural hospitals who do not yet have MRI machines. Jones says the money is not for […]
DOHA, Qatar (AP) – Tears are flowing from soccer’s biggest superstars as they make emotional exits from what might be their last World Cup. First it was Neymar. Then it was Cristiano Ronaldo. Could Lionel Messi be next? Momentum is building behind Messi’s push to cap his career with the […]
DETROIT (AP) – In the end, no amount of fireworks from Kirk Cousins and Justin Jefferson – and they set the air ablaze Sunday – could overcome perhaps the worst game of Vikings running back Dalvin Cook’s six-year career. Cook was held to 23 yards on 15 carries in Minnesota’s […]
Dawn Gray of The Bargain Shop, far left, was delighted to be a part of the annual Toy Drive and Fill a Sleigh event, which wrapped up on Saturday. The store was able to raise $6613 towards the Toy Drive since November 12, and an additional $7772.90 during the Fill-a-Sleigh […]
Ontario will allow pharmacists to prescribe an antiviral drug used to reduce severe outcomes from COVID-19. The government says starting Dec. 12 pharmacists will be able to prescribe Paxlovid to eligible people at no cost both in person and virtually. Health Minister Sylvia Jones made the announcement this morning at […]
Indigenous leaders from across Ontario called Wednesday for the repeal of a new housing bill they said was passed without properly consulting First Nations and could put their communities at risk. The Chiefs of Ontario, which represents 133 First Nations, said Bill 23 could fast-track projects that might have adverse […]
