Local News from Across the Rainy River District
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Johnny Gaudreau had two goals and an assist, and the Calgary Flames extended their lead in the Pacific Division with a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night. The win gives the Flames a five-point advantage over the Kings atop the division and […]
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Auston Matthews had three goals to tie the franchise single-season record for goals, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 on Monday night. Matthews, who also had an assist and extended his goal streak to six games, had his seventh career hat […]
TORONTO – Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is promising universal mental health coverage if her party wins the June election, with an annual price tag of $1.15 billion. In a campaign event Sunday, Horwath said the COVID-19 pandemic exposed how broken Ontario’s mental health system is, and people who need […]
A reader submitted this birds eye view of the mill demo underway. As the rubble and snow disappear, new views, vistas and possibilities are emerging. -Submitted photo
Roy Avis, 75, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2022, at the La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, April 7, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. at the Knox United Church. Friends may visit one hour prior to the service. […]
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Ontario have gone up roughly 30 per cent compared to a week ago. The province is reporting 857 people in hospital with the virus today, compared with 655 last Monday. There is also a small increase in the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care – to […]
Ontario is entering a sixth wave of COVID-19 with few remaining public health measures and experts say now is the time for a renewed vaccination strategy aimed at boosting third-dose uptake, shots for kids and preparing for wider fourth doses. When first and second doses became available, Ontario – and […]
OTTAWA – The NDP is watching to see that spending pledges made in a deal with the Liberals are honoured by the government in this week’s federal budget, says a finance spokesman. Daniel Blaikie said the budget is “the first important moment” for its confidence deal with the Liberals, which […]
TORONTO – After going unclaimed for weeks, the whopping $70 million jackpot in Friday’s Lotto Max draw has been won by a lottery player in the Prairies. The exact location of where the ticket to riches was sold has yet to be revealed. The draw also included 40 Maxmillions of […]
A powerful drug used to sedate horses and cattle is creeping into Canada’s illicit drug supply and has been detected in a growing number of human drug poisoning deaths in Ontario. The animal tranquillizer xylazine is already causing concern in the United States and results from a drug-testing site in […]
PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (AP) – The U.S. government seized a mega yacht in Spain owned by an oligarch with close ties to the Russian president on Monday, the first in the government’s sanctions initiative to “seize and freeze” giant boats and other pricey assets of Russian elites. Spain’s Civil […]
