Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Introducing a mask mandate when respiratory viruses surged in the fall may not have eased the crush on pediatric hospitals, a Public Health Ontario science brief obtained by The Canadian Press concludes. The brief – which was not proactively made public, unlike the reports done by the now-defunct science table […]
A small earthquake shook parts of Ontario after it hit near Buffalo, N.Y. Earthquakes Canada says the 4.2 magnitude quake was “lightly felt” in southern Ontario on Monday morning. It says there are no reports of damage and none would be expected. The United States Geological Survey reported it as […]
EDMONTON – As Alberta’s Law Society seeks to defend rules that require members to take a course on Indigenous issues, experts say such measures are common elsewhere in Canada and are well-grounded in legal rationale. “It is increasingly common that law societies across the country are requiring continuing education in […]
VANCOUVER – The federal and British Columbia governments, alongside 15 coastal First Nations, have officially endorsed the blueprint for a vast network of marine protected areas along Canada’s west coast. The federal government says in a news release the Marine Protected Area Network Action Plan will support efforts to conserve […]
Terrie Meehan sometimes eats just one meal a day so she can stretch her food supply. The $1,100 a month she receives from the Ontario Disability Support Program just doesn’t go that far. That won’t change for Meehan — or the vast majority of the Ontarians who receive aid under […]
Canada’s famous groundhogs were split over spring’s arrival on Thursday, but in what will likely be heralded as a bleak prognostication, it was announced that a furry forecaster in Quebec had died before he could make his Groundhog Day prediction. Fred la Marmotte is dead, organizers in Val D’Espoir, Que., […]
OTTAWA – The federal government is seeking to delay the extension of assisted dying eligibility to people whose sole condition is a mental disorder until March 17, 2024. Justice Minister David Lametti introduced a bill seeking the extension in the House of Commons this morning. Lametti has said the delay […]
The Ontario Nurses’ Association started negotiating a new contract Monday for hospital nurses and the union is planning to take its push for higher wages beyond the bargaining table. The nurses, and other broader public sector workers, have been subject for three years to a wage restraint law known as […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is talking to provinces and territories about new standards for the quality, design and operations of long-term care homes in Canada. The Health Standards Organization released updated standards Tuesday that say residents should get at least for hours of direct care every […]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Indiana’s high court said it will not immediately consider a challenge to the state’s abortion ban that is based on the argument that the law violates some people’s religious freedoms, leaving that decision to an appeals court, at least for now. The state Supreme Court issued an […]
Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner isn’t ruling out a bid for the leadership of the Ontario Liberals. The party has been without a permanent leader since Steven Del Duca stepped down last year following a devastating election loss — the party’s second such result in a row. Several Liberals […]
MONTREAL – More than a month after her younger brother died, Sarafina Dennie says she still has trouble eating or sleeping. She says she struggles to understand how her brother Nicous D’Andre Spring — a quiet person who loved boxing, music and playing with her young children — died at […]
