Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Ontario has dropped runny noses and headaches from the list of COVID-19 symptoms that require children to stay home from school or daycare and get tested for the virus. The province’s updated online screening tool now lists five categories of symptoms “most commonly associated with COVID-19” – fever and chills, […]
WINDSOR, Ont. – A southwestern Ontario hospital says it has opened a pediatric clinic as it expects a recent surge of COVID-19 cases in children to continue. The Windsor Regional Hospital says the Paediatric Urgent Medical Assessment Clinic is intended for COVID-19 assessments for those aged 17 and younger. The […]
TORONTO–Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice has certified a class-action lawsuit against fourteen insurance companies that denied business interruption claims related to COVID-19. The class action, launched by several small businesses including a suit store, a smoothie shop and a dance studio, claims businesses across Canada suffered billions of dollars in […]
TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 525 new cases of COVID-19 today and five more deaths, including three deaths that took place months ago. Health Minister Christine Elliott says that 434 of the new infections are in people who are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status. She says […]
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau says an estimated 1,250 Canadian citizens, permanent residents and family members are still in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of all U.S. troops on Monday. Garneau revealed the figure during a news conference this morning in which he and Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announced […]
OTTAWA – A new poll suggests the Conservatives and NDP have momentum heading into the second half of the federal election campaign, while the Liberals are bleeding support. Thirty-four per cent of decided voters who took part in the Leger survey said they support Erin O’Toole’s Conservatives – ahead of […]
TORONTO – School boards plan to pay early attention to individual needs when students return to Ontario classrooms after a year of pandemic-disrupted studies, saying the effort will help address the phenomenon known as “learning loss.” Several boards said they’ll be assessing students when school resumes next week to get […]
TORONTO – Several Ontario universities will be going hybrid for orientation week next month. The University of Toronto, York University, Hamilton’s McMaster University, Trent University in Peterborough, and Lakehead University in Thunder Bay are among those offering a mix of virtual and in-person events. The hybrid plan comes as COVID-19 […]
Ontario is reporting 694 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths from the virus today. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 527 of the infected people are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status. The case numbers are based on 18,561 tests. There were 160 patients in intensive care […]
TORONTO – Ontario plans to announce a COVID-19 vaccine certificate system early next week, The Canadian Press has learned, marking a significant reversal from Premier Doug Ford on the issue. Three senior government sources with knowledge of the situation said Friday that a plan for a certificate system is in […]
OTTAWA – An angry crowd of agitators surrounded Justin Trudeau’s campaign buses and screamed profanity at the Liberal Leader during a campaign event in Cambridge, Ont., Sunday. The event was delayed more than hour as the throng of people blocked the entrance to the local sheet metal business where Trudeau […]
ICTORIA – An independent report has found systemic racism in a northern British Columbia school board and calls for a provincewide investigation of the issue. Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside appointed special advisors Kory Wilson and Catherine McGregor to review governance practices at the Prince George Board of Education in February. […]
