Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Ontario should establish a right for First Nations children receiving child-protection services to return to their home communities, a jury recommended Friday at a coroner’s inquest into the death of an Indigenous teen who went missing from a Hamilton group home. The proposal was among 75 recommendations delivered by jurors […]
Municipal elections are taking place across Ontario. Here are smayoral races to watch: Thunder Bay Ken Boshcoff has previously served as mayor of this northern Ontario city from 1997 to 2003 and is vying for the role again. He was also a Liberal MP for Thunder Bay-Rainy River from 2004 […]
Advocacy groups are raising concerns about a number of candidates vying for school trustee positions across Canada, saying a higher number than usual are spreading transphobic rhetoric or other discriminatory messages targeting the LGBTQ community. Groups like the Canadian Anti-Hate Network say the phenomenon is a growing national concern as […]
OTTAWA – Canada’s envoy to the United Kingdom says Ottawa will not suspend trade negotiations with the British government over concerns about the Irish border. Britain has announced plans to change its arrangement with the European Union, which could eventually reinstate a border between the region of Northern Ireland and […]
BELLA BELLA, B.C. – Members of the Vancouver Police Department are expected to take part in an apology ceremony today in an expression of regret for arresting and handcuffing an Indigenous man and his granddaughter when they tried to open a bank account. The apology is part of a settlement […]
OTTAWA – The Public Order Emergency Commission resumes public hearings today, with interim Ottawa police chief Steve Bell expected to testify. Bell is a veteran of the force, and was deputy chief when the “Freedom Convoy” protests swept Ottawa in late January. He has been the city’s interim chief ever […]
Ontario students’ math scores on standardized tests across three grades have either fallen or are stagnant at low rates, which the agency that administers the tests is attributing to COVID-19. The Education Quality and Accountability Office released assessment results Thursday for the first round of standardized tests that students have […]
Ontario has quietly changed masking rules for long-term care homes, no longer requiring visitors or caregivers to wear them when alone with a resident in their room. Long-term care homes are one of the only places where provincial mask mandates remain, after Ontario lifted most such requirements in June. But […]
Some Ontario hospitals are coming up with alternative solutions, including the use of unconventional patient spaces and new staffing models, to deal with high patient volumes and long wait times as cases of COVID-19 and other illnesses rise. The Ottawa Hospital said recent high patient volumes have been straining its […]
The Canadian Paediatric Society has new advice for clinicians on how to assess and manage anxiety in children and adolescents as the pandemic escalates concerns over mental health. The lead author of two papers released Thursday says this is the first time the CPS has formalized its position, in part […]
CALGARY – A study suggests lower-income and younger people may be more at risk of developing lung cancer long-term because they can’t afford to remove radon gas from their homes. The study, from a multidisciplinary team of cancer researchers at the University of Calgary and University of British Columbia, was […]
About 55,000 education workers in Ontario, such as custodians, early childhood educators and administration staff, will be in a legal strike position as of Nov. 3, the Canadian Union of Public Employees said Monday. CUPE has not indicated if education workers would engage in a full strike – which could […]
