Local News from Across the Rainy River District
TORONTO – Ontario long-term care residents can start taking social trips and see more caregivers as of next week following more than a month of strict rules aimed at controlling the spread of the Omicron variant. The province will begin easing visitor restrictions in the homes on Monday – a […]
A new survey suggests more people in Ontario are accessing mental health support than at any other time during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Canadian Mental Health Association poll indicates 24 per cent of respondents have sought help for mental health challenges, compared to 17 per cent last winter and nine […]
The Queen has begun her platinum jubilee year, marking a 70-year reign that now makes her the longest-ruling monarch in British and Commonwealth history. King George VI died on the morning of Feb. 6, 1952 while Princess Elizabeth was in Kenya. She acceded to the throne immediately upon his death, […]
OTTAWA – Pierre Poilievre has launched his bid to become the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, with other members of Parliament already pledging their support. He is the first candidate to announce his intention to run for the party’s top spot after MPs forced Erin O’Toole out […]
Leo Penney, 71, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Saturday, February 5, 2022, at the La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Funeral services are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
VANCOUVER – Former cabinet minister Kevin Falcon won the leadership of the B.C. Liberal party on Saturday night. Falcon won on the fifth ballot, taking just over 52 per cent of the points available. Legislature member Ellis Ross finished second with almost 34 per cent of the vote and Michael […]
MONTREAL – A bigger, more interactive and more modern Holocaust museum will be opening its doors in Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal neighbourhood in 2025. The opening is planned to coincide with the 80 year anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, according to the museum’s director. “Some (visitors) don’t […]
OTTAWA – The mayor of Canada’s national capital declared a state of emergency in his city on Sunday in the face of ongoing protests that have overwhelmed local resources shortly before police moved to choke the convoy’s supply chain. In a late-afternoon release, the City of Ottawa said Mayor Jim […]
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is set to hold talks in Kyiv and later head to the area near the line of contact in the east. The British government said Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will visit Moscow on Thursday and Defense Secretary Ben Wallace will follow meet Friday with his […]
CAIRO (AP) – Egypt’s president on Monday hosted his Djiboutian counterpart for talks on improving ties and a controversial dam that Ethiopia is building on the Nile River’s main tributary, which Egypt deems an existential threat, Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh landed in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Sunday. […]
BEIJING – Canada scored another multi-medal day at the Beijing Olympics, and it took just one event to make it happen. Max Parrot won Canada’s first gold medal in Beijing with a dominant performance in the men’s snowboard slopestyle on Monday, while teammate Mark McMorris took the bronze. It’s the […]
BEIJING – Canada won a surprise bronze medal in the mixed team ski jumping competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics. The Canadian team of Alexandria Loutitt, Matthew Soukup, Abigail Strate and Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes placed third with a combined score of 844.6 points. Slovenia won the gold medal in dominating style […]
