Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Nova Scotia denture maker who killed 22 people in April 2020 was long known to be a violent man, especially among disadvantaged people who owed him money, newly released documents show. In a summary of evidence released Tuesday, the inquiry investigating the mass shooting shared details about Gabriel Wortman’s […]
Canada’s premiers are meeting again today in Victoria after a day of talks dominated by health care. Affordability issues and economic recovery are among the other topics on the table during the Council of the Federation’s summer meetings, which wrap up today. On Monday, the premiers called on the federal […]
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is planning to raise immigration and skilled labour shortage issues at a meeting of premiers from across the country next week in Victoria. The meeting is set to largely focus on health-care issues, with premiers hoping to press the government for increased Canada Health Transfer Funding. […]
Cultures collide each Sunday morning at Edmonton’s Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples, with sage burning alongside candles and hymns and Indigenous drumming resounding through congregations. The century-old religious institution, located in the vibrant and diverse McCauley inner-city neighbourhood, routinely blends Catholic and Indigenous rituals in its services, making […]
A young southern resident killer whale spotted swimming in the waters off the west side of Vancouver Island now has a name. The Center for Whale Research based in Washington state says it has dubbed the latest addition to the K Pod as K45 after staff spotted it in a […]
The Ukrainian government is calling on Canada to reconsider its decision to allow the delivery of turbines from a Russia-Europe natural gas pipeline to Germany, saying it sets a “dangerous precedent” when it comes to sanctions against the Russian regime. Natural Services Canada Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced on social media […]
Ontario is likely in another wave of COVID-19 driven by the highly infectious BA.5 Omicron subvariant of the virus, Ontario’s expert pandemic advisers say. The Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table group’s findings shared on Twitter Wednesday note that wastewater signals, test positivity and hospitalizations from the virus are rising, while […]
VANCOUVER – Politics and disagreements around leadership at the annual gathering of the Assembly of First Nations are getting in the way of Indigenous topics that matter most, the group’s youth council co-chair said Wednesday. Fighting back tears, Rosalie LaBillois told delegates the youth council has been left to fend […]
The recent temporary closures of two Ontario emergency rooms and consolidation of staff at another have renewed concerns over the province’s health-care worker shortage, with doctors and nurses calling on the government to tackle the problem. A hospital in Clinton, Ont., temporarily closed its emergency department Saturday through Monday and […]
Ontario’s opposition parties are calling on the provincial government to share its plan for expanded fourth COVID-19 vaccine doses. Interim New Democrat Leader Peter Tabuns said Monday that details on the plan are needed now that a federal immunization panel is recommending the shots and Quebec has moved ahead with […]
A humanitarian flight carrying 230 Ukrainian citizens arrived in Regina on Monday evening, accompanied by a woman whose photo 50 years ago came to symbolize the horrors of another war. A Saskatchewan government spokesman confirmed Phan Thi Kim Phuc, the girl in the famous 1972 Vietnam napalm attack photo, was […]
Tamara Lich, an organizer of the “Freedom Convoy,” is set to appear in an Ottawa court today for a bail hearing after being arrested last week for allegedly breaching one of her bail conditions. She was arrested in Medicine Hat, Alta., where she lives, on a Canada-wide arrest warrant sought […]
