Local News from Across the Rainy River District
TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 370 new cases of COVID-19 today and seven more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 67 new cases in Toronto, 57 in Waterloo, and 47 in Peel Region. She says there are also 34 new cases in Ottawa and […]
TORONTO – Jimmy Pudjunas sits in a sprawling homeless encampment at a downtown Toronto park strumming a guitar. It’s the best he’s felt in years, he says, but he’s sombre this week as he thinks about where he might end up living in the near future. On Saturday, the City […]
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – A report that details the discovery of what are believed to be the remains of 215 children at the former Kamloops residential school has been delayed slightly but is expected to be complete by the end of June, says Chief Rosanne Casimir. The Tk’emlups te Secwepemc Nation […]
WHITEHORSE – A husband and wife who flew to a remote Yukon community to receive early doses of COVID-19 vaccine in January were “cavalier” and “thoughtless,” a judge said after the couple pleaded guilty to violating the territory’s Civil Emergency Measures Act. Chief Judge Michael Cozens of the Territorial Court […]
KINGSTON, Ont. – Dozens of academics want Queen’s University to retract a statement defending employees anonymously accused of falsely claiming Indigenous identity. An online letter signed by scholars from Canada and beyond says the university ignored troubling information. It says the school rebutted the allegations without talking to Indigenous faculty […]
TORONTO – Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives employed a rarely used legislative power on Monday to pass a bill limiting third-party election advertising amid shouts of “shame” from the opposition. The government used the notwithstanding clause to pass Bill 307, which reintroduced amendments to the Election Finances Act that a judge struck […]
A man involved in a deadly boat crash in central Ontario two years ago says the vessel’s lights were on when it was struck by another boat captained by Linda O’Leary. Richard Ruh told an Ontario court this morning the boat he was aboard had its navigation lights — a […]
BRUSSELS – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent his last day in Europe on Tuesday thanking leaders and local workers for getting COVID-19 vaccines to Canada, saying there is no “silver bullet” that results in shots being available around the world. Trudeau visited the manufacturing facility in Puurs, Belgium, where Canada’s […]
OTTAWA – The Trudeau Liberals say they want to force an end to debate in the House of Commons on their budget bill and bring it to a vote. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government will move today to put time limits on debate of Bill C-30, which contains […]
LONDON, Ont. – Prosecutors say the attack against a Muslim family in southwestern Ontario that left four dead and one injured was an act of terrorism. Twenty-year-old Nathaniel Veltman had been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder in the June 6 incident in […]
TORONTO – A vote is expected this afternoon on legislation that would limit third-party advertising during Ontario elections. The Progressive Conservative government is using the notwithstanding clause – which lets legislatures override portions of the charter – to reintroduce part of a law declared unconstitutional by a judge last week. […]
The Ontario government will allow those who received an initial dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to get a follow-up shot four weeks sooner than planned, bowing to mounting pressure from residents and experts alike. Ontarians who received a shot of AstraZeneca will now be able to get their second dose […]
