Local News from Across the Rainy River District
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Members of a mosque in Mississauga, Ont., are still coming to grips with what happened after a man allegedly wielding an axe and bear spray attacked congregants during an early-morning prayer, a volunteer at the mosque who witnessed the incident said Sunday. “We’re all trying to shake […]
IQALUIT, Nunavut – Nunavut Legal Aid is to have a say at the Supreme Court of Canada for the first time in a case that could affect the way Inuit are sentenced. About 40,000 people, mostly Inuit, live in the territory, which has the highest incarceration rate in the country. […]
Ontario’s colleges and the union representing faculty are set to meet virtually Thursday ahead of a threatened strike by professors and other academic staff on Friday. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union’s college faculty bargaining team says if real progress is being made, they are willing to extend the strike […]
Vaccinated travellers will no longer require a negative COVID-19 test to come to Canada as of April 1, according to a source in the federal government. The change is welcome news, just in time for the tourist season, said Perrin Beatty, president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and co-chair […]
Two pediatric cancer patients from Ukraine are soon expected to arrive in Toronto for treatment, the city’s Hospital for Sick Children said Tuesday, noting it has capacity to care for more children from the country recently invaded by Russia. SickKids president and CEO Dr. Ronald Cohn said the two patients […]
Nine people have died in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, including six students and a coach from a New Mexico university who were returning home from a golf tournament, authorities say. Two students from Ontario were hospitalized in critical condition following the Tuesday evening crash. Those killed included […]
Quebec doesn’t intend to revive any COVID-19 restrictions that have been removed, Health Minister Christian Dubé said Wednesday as he tabled a bill aimed at ending the public health state of emergency. Dubé told a news conference in Quebec City the legislation would maintain certain operational provisions until the end […]
The Ontario government is planning to soon make permanent an hourly wage increase for personal support workers that was brought in during the pandemic. A senior government source confirmed to The Canadian Press that the government intends to introduce legislation on the matter this month. The wage increase for health […]
Vaccination against COVID-19 will still be required for employees at many Ontario long-term care homes even though the province has lifted its official mandate for the sector, but some are concerned about the possibility of legal challenges. Workers in long-term care were the only ones required by the government to […]
Members of Canada’s Indian community were in mourning on Monday after five students died in a collision between a van and a tractor-trailer on Ontario’s Highway 401 on the weekend. Harpreet Singh, Jaspinder Singh, Karanpal Singh, Mohit Chouhan and Pawan Kumar, all students from India between the ages of 21 […]
OTTAWA – A new poll suggests nearly three-quarters of Canadians believe NATO allies should prepare for military intervention as Russian aggression escalates in Ukraine, even as half hold out hope for a diplomatic resolution. The online survey of 1,515 Canadians and 1,002 Americans was conducted by Leger between Friday and […]
OTTAWA – Conservative leadership candidate and rookie MP Leslyn Lewis says a Quebec law restricting public servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols at work is “explicit religious discrimination.” Lewis, who is running for the leadership a second time, says the party must make decisions “based on principle” […]
