Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Ontario’s New Democrats are promising free or low-cost dental care for all low- and middle-income families if elected next month. The party’s plan would speed up coverage promised under a developing federal program and expand it to include more people. It also earmarks money to set up low-barrier clinics and […]
The Ontario Liberals would spend $1 billion to cap class sizes at 20 students for every grade across the province and hire 10,000 teachers if elected in June, party leader Steven Del Duca announced Thursday. Del Duca said it would ensure every student gets the focus and attention they deserve. […]
Foul play from an outside source is not suspected in the deaths of four cadets at Canada’s Royal Military College last week, the Department of National Defence said Wednesday. The department said the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service, the local military police detachment and police in Kingston, Ont., where the […]
Canadian advocates are highlighting abortion pills as an underused option in this country as uncertainty looms over the procedure’s future in the United States, putting a spotlight on its accessibility. Any doctor who can prescribe medications is able to facilitate what’s known as a “medical” or “medication” abortion, which can […]
New data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information shows a spike in the rate of youth hospitalized for eating disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic. The numbers show the rate of eating disorder hospitalizations in Canada was 15 per 100,000 in the two years leading up to the onset of […]
Today is the first full day of the provincial election campaign. Voting day is June 2. The Kenora-Rainy River riding has two confirmed candidates as of press time. Left, Greg Rickford is representing the Progressive Conservative Party. On the right is Catherine Kiewning, who is running under the Green Party […]
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to meet with Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell today at 3 p.m. to officially start the provincial election period. She will likely accept his recommendation to dissolve provincial parliament, and the writs for the provincial election can then be officially signed. The campaign is expected […]
Albert Stevenson was among members of the Peguis First Nation who stayed behind Monday after others fled to escape flooding. “Right now, we’re just checking sump pumps … and pump the water out of the yards if we can,” he said by phone from the community about 150 kilometres north […]
TORONTO – The Ontario Liberals promised Monday to cut transit fares across the province to $1 per ride, if elected. The election pledge would cost $1.1 billion next year and could take 400,000 cars off the road each day, the party said. The plan would be in effect until January […]
Toronto police say there has been a 22 per cent increase in hate crimes in the city. The force says there were 257 hate-motivated incidents in 2021, up from 210 such incidents the year before. Police say the pandemic and geopolitical events are believed to be contributing factors in the […]
Ontario is reporting 16 deaths linked to COVID-19 today after reporting zero on Monday. The province says one of those deaths occurred earlier but was added to today’s tally as part of a data cleanup. The Ministry of Health says there are 1,699 people hospitalized due to COVID-19, an increase […]
