Local News from Across the Rainy River District
OTTAWA – The Trudeau government is poised to introduce legislation aimed at better safeguarding the privacy of Canadians in the digital era. The bill, to be tabled as early as this week, would be a step toward realizing commitments set out in the mandate letter of Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains. […]
FREDERICTON – Closing arguments are underway in the trial of Matthew Raymond, the Fredericton man accused of murder in the shooting deaths of four people in the city two years ago. Crown prosecutors and defence lawyers are delivering their arguments today in the jury trial that has lasted more than […]
Dave McIntosh is in “uncharted territory”: he’s able to hold his newborn son close, but his wife, unconscious in a hospital bed due to complications from COVID-19, cannot. Gill McIntosh, 37, remains in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Abbotsford, B.C., in an induced coma and on a […]
Ontario is reporting 1,487 new cases of COVID-19 today, and 10 new deaths due to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 508 cases are in Toronto, 392 in Peel Region and 170 in York Region. The province says it has conducted 33,351 tests since the last daily report. In […]
TORONTO–The appeal in the case of two Toronto men convicted of promoting hatred against women and Jews is underway. Among other things, James Sears, editor of Your Ward News, is arguing his trial lawyer did not represent him properly. He says the lawyer refused to call any witnesses despite being […]
TORONTO – The trial for the man who killed 10 people and hurt 16 others after driving a van down a Toronto sidewalk is set to get underway today. Alek Minassian, 28, of Richmond Hill, Ont., faces 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder. He has […]
OTTAWA – A civil liberties group is heading to court to force the release of a long-delayed watchdog report on its complaint about alleged RCMP surveillance of anti-oil protesters. The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association says the Mounties have been sitting on the report for more than three years and […]
MONTREAL – Quebec is reporting a seventh straight day of more than a thousand new COVID-19 cases, with 1,162 infections and 38 new deaths linked to the novel coronavirus. The Health Department says nine deaths were recorded in the previous 24 hours while another 27 occurred during the past week. […]
Ontario is reporting a record high of 1,388 new COVID-19 cases today, and 15 new deaths due to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 520 cases are in Toronto, 395 in Peel Region, and 100 in York Region. Elliott says there are also 72 new cases in Halton Region […]
QUEBEC – Medicago says it has received promising early test results for its plant-derived vaccine for COVID-19. The Quebec City-based company says interim results of a Phase 1 clinical trial found that 100 per cent of subjects developed a promising antibody response after two doses of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate. […]
DUNDAS, Ont. – Hamilton’s public health unit is reporting seven more COVID-19 cases at a long-term care home that’s dealing with an outbreak of the virus. The health unit says 11 residents and eight staff members at the home outside the city have now tested positive for the virus. St. […]
TORONTO – Health-care advocates criticized the Ontario government Friday for not providing any funding details in the provincial budget for a major pledge to improve long-term care, saying the promise will require significant investment. The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario and the Canadian Union of Public Employees said they were […]
