Local News from Across the Rainy River District
LONDON (AP) – June Brown, who played the chain-smoking Cockney matriarch Dot Cotton on the British soap opera “EastEnders” for 35 years, has died. She was 95. The BBC, which produces the show, announced Brown’s death on Monday. It said she died at her home outside London on Sunday with […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Olivia Rodrigo made an impressive Grammy debut, Silk Sonic claimed two major awards and Jon Batiste had the most stunning victory of the night winning the top prize at Sunday’s Grammy Awards. Batiste won five Grammys Sunday including album of the year for “We Are” pulling […]
NEW YORK (AP) – Estelle Harris, who hollered her way into TV history as George Costanza’s short-fused mother on “Seinfeld” and voiced Mrs. Potato Head in the “Toy Story” franchise, has died. She was 93. As middle-class matron Estelle Costanza, Harris put a memorable stamp on her recurring role in […]
Prices at the pump are expected to jump again on April 1, due to a previously scheduled 25 per cent increase in the federal carbon tax. According to Global News, that is expected to translate to an extra 2.2 cents per litre at the pump. – Staff photo
Effective April 1, 2022 at 12:01 AM EDT, fully vaccinated travellers will no longer need to provide a pre-entry COVID-19 test result to enter Canada by air, land or water. The use of the ArriveCAN app will continue as a requirement for entry to Canada. Canadians hoping to cross the U.S. border […]
Indigenous leaders demanded the dismantling of the Thunder Bay Police Service on Wednesday and said it should immediately be barred from carrying out major crime investigations due to what they called “repeated failures.” Earlier this month, a group of independent investigators shared a report with the Office of the Independent […]
Fort Frances Youth Soccer Registration is running online until April 1. To register online, visit FFYS.goalline.ca. The league is open to all kids aged 4-15. Follow the league on Facebook for more information. A Spring Fling and Bake Sale will be taking place this Saturday, April 2 at the Devlin […]
The body representing Canada’s songwriters and composers has revealed that on average musicians writing their own material earned only $67 last year in royalties from domestic streaming services. SOCAN, which collects the royalties of musicians including Drake, Joni Mitchell and Down with Webster, said that overall Canadians gained record royalties […]
Toronto police are asking for help tracking down two men sought in unrelated violent crimes, saying anyone who provides information that leads to an arrest could receive a reward of up to $50,000. Police say Ton Quoc-Hoang Ngo, also known as Tommy Ngo, and Usman Kassim, also known as Oltunde […]
In the seconds after a Mountie sped past a gunman wanted for a murderous rampage in Nova Scotia two years ago, the officer hesitated about whether to give chase, and by the time he did the suspect was gone. Public inquiry documents released Thursday describe in detail for the first […]
It was almost 40 years ago that Sharon Gregson says she became an advocate for child care out of necessity. The spokeswoman for $10-a-day child care at the Coalition of Child Care Advocates for British Columbia said she is celebrating this week after Ontario became the final province to sign […]
