Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Ontario’s Liberals and New Democrats are promising to bulk up spending on the arts sector, whose funding they say was already being whittled away before the COVID-19 pandemic closed galleries and cancelled concerts. The NDP platform pledges to “stabilize annual funding for the Ontario Arts Council and the Ontario Media […]
MONTREAL – Demonstrators streamed through downtown Montreal to protest Quebec’s contentious language bill on Saturday, demanding it be scrapped to preserve the rights of anglophones, allophones and Indigenous communities. The protesters, who rallied at Dawson College before marching more than two kilometres to Premier Francois Legault’s office, made an 11th-hour […]
BRAMPTON, Ont. – A driver who struck and killed a woman and her three young daughters in Brampton, Ont., nearly two years ago is being sentenced to 17 years behind bars. Brady Robertson will receive nearly three years in credit for time already served awaiting trial, bringing the total down […]
MONTREAL – When Thomas Hartle indulges in a session of psilocybin treatment, the end-of-life anxiety, distractions and noises associated with his terminal colon cancer go away. “Before the treatment, it’s like you’re sitting in your car. It’s summer. You have your windows down; you’re stuck in rush-hour traffic; it’s noisy. […]
HAY RIVER, N.W.T. – A town in the Northwest Territories says people were being allowed to return to their homes Sunday evening, four days after about 3,500 were ordered to evacuate as flood waters rose. A reopening plan posted by the Town of Hay River, on the south shore of […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – The white gunman accused of committing a racist massacre at a Buffalo supermarket made threatening comments that brought police to his high school last spring, but he was never charged with a crime and had no further contact with law enforcement after his release from a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is offering formula manufacturers and retailers transportation and logistics support to ease the nationwide shortage of baby formula, as the administration works to bring the largest domestic plant back on line after it was shut down early this year due to safety issues. The […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The NCAA waited nearly a year to issue a warning that there are still rules to follow now that college athletes can earn money off their fame, sparking speculation that a crackdown could be coming for schools and boosters that break them. But the NCAA isn’t […]
Seattle Mariners (16-19, third in the AL West) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (18-17, third in the AL East) Toronto; Monday, 7:07 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Mariners: Chris Flexen (1-5, 4.24 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 22 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Yusei Kikuchi (1-1, 4.15 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 27 strikeouts) FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blue […]
Many people effected by the flooding may not have had overland flood and sewer back up coverage for various reason. Reason can be cost of the coverage can be too high, some areas are not eligible for the coverage and policy limits that may have been exceeded. Causeway owner John […]
Since Monday, carpenters in the industrial, commercial, and institutional (ICI) sector have been striking. The provincial-wide strike aims to increase the carpenter’s wages to keep pace with the rising costs of living. This is the first time the Union has been on strike in the ICI sector in 34 years. […]
