Local News from Across the Rainy River District
A forensic pathologist told a coroner’s inquest on Monday that a man who died from hypertensive heart disease while in Thunder Bay police custody might have survived if he had been assessed and sent to a hospital, though it’s difficult to know for sure. Dr. Kona Williams testified in Thunder […]
Ontario will expand the so-called strong mayor powers to other large municipalities in a year, Premier Doug Ford said Monday. The province recently passed legislation that gives mayors of Toronto and Ottawa veto power over bylaws that conflict with provincial priorities, such as building housing. Those powers are set to […]
Ontarians have been enjoying stunning orange, yellow and red fall colours this season and experts say the foliage is more vibrant than in recent years thanks largely to specific weather patterns. Sean Thomas, a professor of forest ecology at the University of Toronto, says the fall colours this year have […]
OTTAWA – A new research report says federal cybersecurity legislation is so flawed it would allow authoritarian governments around the world to justify their own repressive laws. The report by Christopher Parsons of the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab makes 29 recommendations to bolster transparency and accountability of the proposed […]
MIAMI (AP) – A small Texas seafood importer has sued the federal government for blocking a shipment of fish from protected waters near Antarctica – an ocean at the center of a diplomatic feud dividing the normally allied U.S. and U.K. governments. Southern Cross Seafoods said in a complaint filed […]
LONDON (AP) – Facebook parent Meta said Tuesday that it will sell off Giphy after running out of options to thwart a ruling by U.K. regulators, who again found that the deal to buy the GIF-sharing platform would limit competition and innovation. Britain’s competition watchdog had ordered Meta last year […]
MOSCOW (AP) – The death toll from the crash of a Russian warplane into a Russian city rose to 15 on Tuesday, including three people who died when they jumped from a nine-story apartment building to escape a massive blaze, authorities said. A Su-34 bomber came down Monday in the […]
TORONTO – Sheldon Keefe’s team held onto the puck for what seemed like an eternity. The first-period game of keep away – rarely seen for that long in the NHL – was easy on the eyes. The mesmerizing sequence also lulled the Maple Leafs into thinking it would be a […]
MOSCOW (AP) – A years-old doping case against Colorado Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin has been dropped by the International Ice Hockey Federation, the Russian Hockey Federation said on Tuesday. The RHF said “the IIHF informed Nichushkin that all charges against the player have been dropped” and it would not attempt […]
Fort Frances Council candidate Wendy Brunetta chats with a voter at the post-debate meet and greet Thursday night. The debate was hosted by the Fort Frances Chamber of Com- merce, and livestreamed by Studio Gibbous. The debate is currently available on the Fort Frances Times Facebook page. Candidate profiles were […]
Halloween is fast approaching, and the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre (FFPLTC) still needs your help to make this year’s Trunk or Treat a spooky success. The annual event is scheduled to run from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Monday, October 31, and in order to do so, […]
