Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Métis Nation of Ontario has voted to remove members who do not provide full documentation of a Métis connection or ancestry. The organization, which represents Métis people in the province, said its members voted over nearly three months on the issue and while removals won’t be immediate, the results […]
Two University of Calgary researchers weren’t surprised when their survey of Alberta doctors showed biases against Indigenous patients, but they were shocked by some of the comments. Pamela Roach and Shannon Ruzycki sent a survey in September 2020 to every licensed doctor in the province to determine their biases following […]
Search and rescue crews say a plane with two people on board that went missing earlier this week in a remote area of northern Ontario has been found with both occupants dead. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Trenton, Ont., said Saturday evening that the search for the Cessna 208, […]
Canada’s spy service warns that climate change poses a profound, ongoing threat to national security and prosperity, including the possible loss of parts of British Columbia and the Atlantic provinces to rising sea levels. A newly released analysis by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service also foresees an increase in ideologically […]
Search and rescue crews are looking for a small commercial plane with two people on board that went missing Tuesday in a remote area of northern Ontario. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Trenton is leading the search for the missing Cessna 208, which left Nakina around 12:45 p.m. and […]
Ontario’s public health units are calling on the government to stop using one-time funding to bridge a gap it created four years ago, and to provide them with a predictable source of money as they address a backlog of services built up over the COVID-19 pandemic. Premier Doug Ford’s government […]
WASHINGTON, DC (AP) – When Joni Mitchell finally took the stage near the end of an all-star tribute concert honoring her as this year’s recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, she opted to perform a cover rather than one of her own songs. The 79-year-old […]
The commissioner of Canada Elections says her office is reviewing past complaints related to foreign interference following recent media reports that allege China tried to meddle in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections. Caroline Simard says her office received 158 complaints related to foreign interference in the 2019 election, and […]
TORONTO – A man who allegedly lured and exploited children across Ontario both in person and online is facing 96 charges in a sexual assault investigation, Toronto police said Wednesday as they urged more potential victims to come forward. Police said Daniel Langdon, 31, created multiple aliases on at least […]
The Métis Nation of Ontario has voted to remove members whose citizenship files do not have full docu- mentation to prove a Métis connection or ancestry. The organization representing Métis people in the province says it decided after its annual general assembly last August to hold a vote on whether […]
Two adults and a child have been confirmed dead in a house fire on a remote northwestern Ontario First Nation, its chief said Monday as she called for the government to improve firefighting services in her community. Chief Shirley Lynne Keeper said the fatal fire that broke out Wednesday in […]
Hundreds of Ontario principals say they need more help to support students’ mental health, a survey reported Monday as it exposed inequities in access to those supports across the province. Nonpartisan advocacy group People for Education’s 2022-23 annual survey of more than 1,000 Ontario schools revealed 91 per cent needed […]
