Local News from Across the Rainy River District
THUNDER BAY, ONT. — The 51st annual general assembly of the Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) took place this weekend in Thunder Bay. More than 200 people took part in the conference, which was accessible in person or online. Cora McGuire-Cyrette, ONWA’s executive director, says this year’s theme is billed […]
Ontario is expected to make funding decisions for a long COVID strategy in the near future, the province’s top doctor says, as health officials work to create standard definitions and treatment protocols. Hospitals have been submitting proposals to Ontario Health, and now the province is working to provide guidance to […]
Jamie Daw drew a 70 kilometre-wide radius on a map this week to show her mother how far she’d have to drive to visit her ailing husband if he’s moved to a nursing home not of his choosing under a new provincial law. Daw’s father is 93 years old and […]
TORONTO – Thousands of migrants and their supporters held rallies across Canadian cities on Sunday to call on Ottawa to extend permanent status to undocumented people. There were also calls to swiftly implement an inclusive regularization program for undocumented migrants – a long-standing demand that advocates say appears closer than […]
OTTAWA – If Shakespeare thought misery acquaints people with strange bedfellows, he may well agree that mourning a cherished monarch may also bridge some political divides. At least temporarily. Such was the case Sunday in London, when former prime minister Stephen Harper was invested into the Order of Canada while […]
Brothers Sandy Stalker and George Walsh were two of the participants at the Terry Fox run on Sunday. Organization for the event was taken up by the Volunteer Bureau. Roughly 25 runners and walkers came out, with roughly $3100 raised. Walsh and Stalker have been involved in the Terry Fox […]
HAVANA (AP) – Hurricane Fiona roared over the Dominican Republic on Monday after knocking out power across all of Puerto Rico, causing damage the governor said was “catastrophic.” No deaths had been reported, but authorities in the U.S. territory said it was too early to know the full scope of […]
The early-August day Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison, Kia Nurse and her Phoenix Mercury teammates watched the heart-wrenching court proceedings play out on their phones in their locker-room. The Mercury hosted the Connecticut Sun later that day, and the two teams locked arms at […]
BERLIN (AP) – Qatar’s ambassador to Germany was urged Monday to abolish his country’s death penalty for homosexuality at a human rights congress hosted by the German soccer federation two months before the Middle East country hosts the World Cup. Fan representative Dario Minden switched to English to directly address […]
Former CFL player Garrett Marino says he’s signed a contract with the United States Football League. Marino took to social media to make the announcement. “Just signed USFL Contract,” he tweeted late Sunday night. There was no indication regarding the USFL team Marino had been assigned to although his Twitter […]
Fort Frances mayor June Caul extended her condolences to the British Royal Family, as well as those impacted by the violence on a northern Saskatchewan First Nation during her verbal update at Monday night’s council meeting. “I first want to start his evening letting everyone know we certainly mourn the […]
