Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Most people in Canada do not think people should have to swear an Oath of Allegiance to the Queen, according to a poll ahead of Canada Day. A Leger poll for the Association of Canadian Studies found that 56 per cent of respondents did not agree with swearing allegiance to […]
Ontario’s NDP is set to name an interim leader later today to replace Andrea Horwath and the party is expected to select a longtime Toronto caucus member. Party sources say the caucus recommended Peter Tabuns, who has represented the riding of Toronto-Danforth since 2006 and who has served as critic […]
A small central Ontario town is rallying around the family of a young child who died after he was mistakenly left in a hot car, the mayor said Monday. Bancroft, Ont., Mayor Paul Jenkins said 23-month-old Everett Smith died Thursday after he was found in the parking lot of North […]
SCHLOSS ELMAU, GERMANY – Canada is looking at developing new infrastructure to help other countries transition away from Russian oil and coal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday at the conclusion of the G7 summit in Germany focused on the conflict in Ukraine. In their final communique for the meeting, […]
The commissioner of the inquiry examining Ottawa’s use of the Emergencies Act to bring an end to the “Freedom Convoy” protest in February has granted standing to the organizers, police and representatives of all three levels of government. The decision by Paul Rouleau released on Monday means those granted standing […]
OTTAWA – The federal government is delaying new emissions standards on gasoline and diesel another year but is demanding the oil and gas sector make bigger cuts to fuel emissions by 2030 given how much more money the companies are now making. Cabinet approved the final regulations for the long-awaited […]
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced his new cabinet Friday. Greg Rickford is minister of northern development and minister of Indigenous affairs. He was also previously responsible for mining and natural resources and forestry. New additions: Michael Ford, the premier’s nephew and a former Toronto city councillor, becomes minister of citizenship […]
The Ontario government must provide adequate funding for support services and create an independent commission dedicated to ending intimate partner violence to prevent tragedies like the triple homicide that unfolded in the Ottawa Valley in 2015, lawyers told a coroner’s inquest Friday. Carol Culleton, Nathalie Warmerdam and Anastasia Kuzyk were […]
Ottawa is bracing for a new round of protests expected to start on Canada Day and the city’s mayor and chief of police say they are ready. Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and interim police chief Steve Bell say security plans have been drawn up to allow for safe celebrations on […]
A confidence and supply agreement reached between the Liberals and NDP three months ago changed the dynamic of the House of Commons, even in a parliamentary sitting that will mainly be remembered for the axing of another Conservative leader, and the further polarizing of Canadian politics by a convoy against […]
Canada’s top court says it will hear a legal battle over Crown payments to Indigenous peoples who ceded a large swath of northern Ontario under two treaties in 1850. The Ontario government sought to challenge a ruling by the Court of Appeal for Ontario, which found the Crown had violated […]
The Vatican has released the program for Pope Francis’ visit to Canada next month, which includes visiting the site of a former Alberta residential school with survivors of the institutions. The papal visit is set to start in Edmonton on July 24 and end in Iqaluit on July 29. It […]
