Local News from Across the Rainy River District
OTTAWA – Pierre Poilievre has launched his bid to become the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, with other members of Parliament already pledging their support. He is the first candidate to announce his intention to run for the party’s top spot after MPs forced Erin O’Toole out […]
VANCOUVER – Former cabinet minister Kevin Falcon won the leadership of the B.C. Liberal party on Saturday night. Falcon won on the fifth ballot, taking just over 52 per cent of the points available. Legislature member Ellis Ross finished second with almost 34 per cent of the vote and Michael […]
MONTREAL – A bigger, more interactive and more modern Holocaust museum will be opening its doors in Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal neighbourhood in 2025. The opening is planned to coincide with the 80 year anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, according to the museum’s director. “Some (visitors) don’t […]
OTTAWA – The mayor of Canada’s national capital declared a state of emergency in his city on Sunday in the face of ongoing protests that have overwhelmed local resources shortly before police moved to choke the convoy’s supply chain. In a late-afternoon release, the City of Ottawa said Mayor Jim […]
TORONTO – Ontario’s official COVID-19 testing volumes have plummeted since PCR access was sharply restricted in the face of an Omicron surge, but rather than widely re-expanding eligibility in the future, the province appears to be forging a new pandemic testing path. Demand for tests at the end of last […]
HALIFAX – Jason Middleton says the inclusion of Black history in his sentencing – both personal tragedy and communal struggle – set a new path for his troubled life. A cultural assessment completed in October 2016 led to a sentence of house arrest and probation rather than a lengthy jail […]
EDMONTON – Five environmental organizations have followed through on a threat to sue Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and the provincial government for defamation. In documents filed Wednesday in Edmonton Court of Queen’s Bench, the groups allege Kenney deliberately twisted the findings of a public inquiry into whether the groups were […]
Ottawa’s mayor is calling on several Conservative MPs and a senator from Saskatchewan to apologize for praising the anti-vaccine mandate protest that has brought the capital’s downtown to a standstill for close to a week. A photo shows MPs Warren Steinley, Kevin Waugh, Andrew Scheer, Fraser Tolmie, Rosemarie Falk and […]
MILK RIVER, ALBERTA – One lane each way has been cleared on the highway at the main United States border crossing in southern Alberta but a new problem began late Wednesday night. Many of the original protesters still remain in Coutts but moved their trucks over to the right side […]
TORONTO – COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and ICU admissions will likely increase following this week’s reopening, Ontario’s expert science advisers said Tuesday in new modelling that shows “prolonged” pressure on the health system. The size of the resurgence, however, is difficult to predict because it will depend on factors such as […]
OTTAWA – Canada is considering sending more money or ancillary vaccine supplies to the COVAX global vaccine sharing alliance after a plea from the organizers that it was running out of cash. COVAX celebrated delivering its one billionth dose in mid-January and one-third of the population in the countries reliant […]
OTTAWA – Crowds have thinned out considerably on Parliament Hill and the surrounding area, where anti-COVID restrictions demonstrators have been protesting for days. But those that remain say they are staying put until all the restrictions are lifted, with the president of the Ottawa Gatineau Hotel Association saying some protesters […]
