Local News from Across the Rainy River District
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) – A University of Virginia student who went on a field trip to see a play with classmates is the one suspected of opening fire inside the bus they were riding in when the group returned to campus, a university spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. Spokesperson Brian Coy said […]
SIOUX LOOKOUT — Sioux Lookout has its first official sister city. Sioux Lookout officially signed a sister city agreement with Vashkivtsi, a town in Ukraine, with representatives from both communities having met in an introductory meeting on Zoom earlier this week. Sioux Lookout Mayor Doug Lawrance said the meeting was […]
As one of her last public acts as mayor, June Caul was the guest of honour to kick off the Salvation Army Kettle Campaign. Volunteers will be on hand throughout the holiday season to collect funds, which provides food and programming for those in need. If you would like to […]
Ontario’s chief medical officer of health is “strongly recommending” residents mask in all indoor public settings in order to protect children from a triple threat of respiratory viruses, but he’s stopping short of mandating it. Dr. Kieran Moore made the recommendation Monday as part of an update on the pediatric […]
Police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the sudden deaths of three people at a residence in the community of Hudson, in northeastern Ontario. Provincial police say their Sioux Lookout detachment and Lac Seul Police Service responded to a call early Saturday afternoon reporting an unresponsive person at a […]
A senior federal public servant says it was never clear whether the Ontario government was willing to come to Ottawa’s aid during the protests that blockaded the capital last winter. Rob Stewart, who was deputy minister of public safety at the time, is the first federal representative to testify at […]
Statistics Canada says COVID-19 disruptions are likely behind a historic drop in the number of marriages during the earliest days of the pandemic. The federal agency says vital statistics data from 2020 reveals the lowest annual number of marriages since 1938. It’s also the largest annual drop since records began […]
A prominent natural gas industry lobby group is being investigated by Canada’s Competition Bureau for alleged greenwashing one month after health-care workers raised the alarm over one of its advertising campaigns. “This is groundbreaking,” said Dr. Melissa Lem, spokesperson for the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE), the […]
VICTORIA – When a dike was breached and floodwaters started to flow across British Columbia’s Sumas Prairie a year ago, poultry farmer Corry Spitters said all he could do was let nature take its course. A feeling of helplessness gripped him as the encroaching water methodically engulfed his farm’s 21 […]
BALI, INDONESIA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Bali, Indonesia on Monday for a gathering of leaders from the G-20 countries. The world’s largest 20 economies meet each year in an attempt to collectively mitigate risks to the global economic system and find progress on issues ranging from climate […]
SHARM EL-SHEIKH (AP) — Global climate talks in Egypt headed into their second half on Monday with still plenty of uncertainty whether a breakthrough can be made toward reaching a substantial deal on combating climate change. Participants found some encouragement from a handshake between U.S. President Joe Biden and China’s […]
