KENORA – The Ontario government is providing $230,625 through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) to the City of Kenora to build Rotary Peace Park. This investment will help redevelop a green space as a place to reflect and honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and transgender, […]
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Staff and students at Robert Moore School took advantage of the warming weather, to enjoy a day of cross-country skiing at the 8th Street Trails in Fort Frances. The event was part of the students’ gym class. – Allan Bradbury photo
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Throughout the pandemic the government has issued directives that address masking, testing, vaccinations and visitor restrictions to ensure safety for patients, residents, clients, visitors, volunteers, staff, and physicians. Last week, the Ontario government’s health ministries announced removal of key COVID-19 directives, transferring oversight for these matters directly to the health […]
By Allison Jones
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has told several school boards looking to extend mask mandates to stick to the province’s end date because “they aren’t medical experts.” Several boards had said they’d like to keep mask requirements beyond the province’s end date of March 21, even for just two more weeks, […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Joanna Dales started to worry about her young children as soon she heard of Ontario’s plan to lift mask mandates in most settings, including schools and daycares, later this month. Her one-year-old daughter is set to start daycare on March 21 – the day the masking requirements end […]
By Laura Osman and Stephanie Taylor
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
BRAMPTON, Ont. – Patrick Brown has officially joined the race to lead the federal Conservatives, with a promise to heal the fractures that have erupted in the party over recent years. Brown, 43, launched his campaign in Brampton, Ont., where he has served as mayor since 2018. He walked on […]
By Hina Alam
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER – The wail of an air-raid siren has become part of the soundtrack of Svitlana Matviyenko’s life. The first time she heard the blaring alarm indicating she was along the trajectory of a Russian rocket, Matviyenko panicked. Now, the assistant professor at Simon Fraser University’s school of communicationhas something […]
By Aamer Madhani And Josh Boak
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official said Russia asked China for military equipment to use in its invasion of Ukraine, a request that heightens tensions about the war as top aides from the U.S. and China governments met Monday in Rome. In advance of the talks, White House national security […]
By Samy Magdy
THE ASSOCIATES PRESS
THE ASSOCIATES PRESS
CAIRO (AP) — More than a dozen U.N. agencies and international aid groups said Monday that 161,000 people in war-torn Yemen are likely to experience famine over the second half of 2022 — a fivefold increase from the current figure. The stark warning came in a report by the Integrated […]
By Lori Ewing
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
When Billy Bridges first made the national Para-hockey team back in 1998, players had to buy their own Canada jerseys off the rack at a sporting goods store. They paid to have their names ironed on the back at the “mom and pop shop,” said Sami Jo Small, a three-time […]
By Lori Ewing
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Canadian bobsled and skeleton athletes have repeated their request for the resignations of their national sport organization’s executives. A group of now 80-plus athletes delivered a letter to Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton this morning, saying they stand resolute in their call for the immediate resignations of CEO Sarah Storey and high […]
