Local News from Across the Rainy River District
OTTAWA – The federal Liberals are moving ahead on a special all-party, security-cleared committee to review documents related to the firing of two scientists from the national microbiology laboratory – even if the Conservatives continue to rebuff the plan. Government House leader Mark Holland said Wednesday the NDP has agreed […]
Canada’s environment commissioner says the country’s carbon pricing system is disproportionately hard on Indigenous communities and small businesses and not hard enough on the biggest emitters. Jerry DeMarco issued five audit reports Tuesday on carbon pricing, transitioning workers away from fossil fuel industries, hydrogen energy, climate-related infrastructure policies and the […]
Ontario is reporting 1,730 people in hospital with COVID-19 today and 219 in intensive care. That’s up from 1,455 people in hospital on Monday, with no change in the number of COVID-19 patients in ICUs. The province recorded 13 new deaths from COVID-19 today, and one more that the government […]
OTTAWA – Federal ministers defended the government’s use of the Emergencies Act Monday as they announced an independent public inquiry to investigate the use of the act to end blockades at Canadian border crossings and in Ottawa earlier this year. The Liberal government declared an emergency under the act for […]
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia First Nation has reached a proposed $135-million settlement with the federal government, 160 years after settlers began taking over its village lands. Chief Willie Sellars of the Williams Lake First Nation says a legal battle that began nearly three decades ago ended up in the […]
The Ontario government’s decision to extend its remaining mask mandate in high-risk settings until at least June 11 was met with mixed reactions over the weekend, with some saying the move doesn’t go far enough to blunt the effects of COVID-19. The rule requiring masks in health-care settings, long-term care […]
Ontario is reporting 1,362 people in hospital with COVID-19 today, a decrease from 1,684 the previous day. The province has previously said not all hospitals report their data on weekends. The province is also reporting 212 COVID-19 patients in intensive care, unchanged from Saturday. The province recorded three new deaths […]
The inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia released more details Monday about missteps the RCMP made as investigators tried to identify the killer’s vehicle early in his 13-hour rampage. The inquiry has heard that during a chaotic 40-minute span on the night of April 18, 2020, the […]
Toronto Ontario is reporting 1,626 people in hospital with COVID-19 today, a slight decrease from 1,662 the previous day. The province is also reporting 207 COVID-19 patients in intensive care. That’s compared to 203 patients in ICU on Wednesday. The province recorded 19 new deaths from the virus. There are […]
The search for two people on board a plane that has been missing in northern Ontario has entered its fourth day. Maj. Trevor Reid, a spokesperson for the Canadian Armed Forces, says the Piper Comanche aircraft left Delhi, Ont., around 3:45 p.m. Thursday and was headed for Marathon, Ont. Reid […]
Ontario is reporting 1,486 people in hospital with COVID-19 today, up 14 per cent from the previous day. The province is also reporting 206 COVID-patients in intensive care, a slight increase from Monday’s 202. But it says more than 10 per cent of hospitals did not provide data on COVID-19 […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS A Métis group from Manitoba was flying to Rome on Monday ahead of a meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican later this week. The delegation from the Manitoba Métis Federation on Thursday will be the first to meet the head of the Roman Catholic Church since […]
