Local News from Across the Rainy River District
TORONTO – Grief and anger filled a Toronto courtroom on Monday as those deeply affected by the city’s deadly van attack presented victim impact statements at a sentencing hearing for the man behind the rampage. Eight women and two men died on April 23, 2018, when a 25-year-old man bent […]
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has tested positive for COVID-19 for a second time. Trudeau says on Twitter today that he will be isolating and that he feels OK. He says that is because he has been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. Trudeau is encouraging everyone to […]
TORONTO – Most remaining mandatory mask rules in Ontario, including those requiring that people wear masks when riding public transit or visiting hospitals, will expire on Saturday. Dr. Kieran Moore, the province’s chief medical officer of health, said Wednesday that he made the decision based on high vaccination rates and […]
The Conservative Party of Canada says well over 600,000 voters may be eligible to vote for the next leader and campaigns should prepare accordingly. The preliminary figures are more than double the number of members leadership hopefuls wrangled in the 2020 leadership race, when the party broke the record for […]
Last Thursday MPP Greg Rickford was re-elected, receiving 59 per cent of Kenora-Rainy River votes. Rickford says he’s taking some time to recover from the campaign trail, but will be ready to go when called back to Queen’s Park in the near future. Overall, the provincial election was largely lopsided. […]
The inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia has revealed two new RCMP miscues that delayed a warning to the public that the killer was driving a replica police car. In both cases, the commission of inquiry concluded the lapses could not be adequately explained, though it did […]
Hours after being handed a second majority government even larger than his first, Ontario Premier Doug Ford delivered a message of unity Friday to supporters new and old, as well as those who don’t support him at all. The Progressive Conservatives won a commanding 83 out of the legislature’s 124 […]
Manitoba’s families minister has touted a significant drop in the number of newborns seized by social services since the province ended the controversial practice of birth alerts, but government data shows hundreds of babies are still being taken into care every year. “We have reduced … childbirth apprehensions by 75 […]
LONDON, Ont. – Relatives, community members and dignitaries called for an end to racism and Islamophobia on Sunday during an emotional tribute marking the one-year anniversary of a deadly attack on a Muslim family in London, Ont. Leaders from the Muslim community and friends of the victims called on all […]
It’s election day in Ontario, with voters heading to the polls to pick their next provincial government. While this election is predicted to be one in which voters don’t have a huge desire for change, there are several interesting races to keep an eye on. Vaughan-Woodbridge Liberal Leader Steven Del […]
The leaders of Ontario’s four major parties have cast their ballots after voting got underway across the province Thursday. Polls opened across the province this morning after a month-long election campaign that saw parties battle over the best approaches to affordability, health care and infrastructure. Polling conducted earlier in the […]
Quebec police are investigating after a man with reported links to organized crime was shot in front of numerous people Wednesday evening inside a restaurant in the Montreal area. Provincial and local police set up a command post near the Laval restaurant to gather information on the murder. Police have […]
