Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Fort Frances Canadians Minor Hockey Association has hosted its first tournament since the COVID-19 Pandemic derailed things over a year and a half ago. The U15 AA tournament saw teams from Dryden, and Thunder Bay fight through wintry weather to make it to town. The Fort Frances Canadians took […]
The Southwestern Public Health unit in Ontario is considering adopting new public health measures to mitigate the rise in COVID-19 case counts. The medical officer of health for the counties of Oxford and Elgin says the daily counts of COVID-19 new infections in the area have been higher than those […]
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Fewer than a dozen nursing homes needed staffing help from the Ontario government on Monday as the deadline for workers to get a first COVID-19 vaccine dose came due, according to the minister of long-term care. “We are working closely with any facilities that have been in […]
TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 481 COVID-19 cases and one new death from the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 292 of the new cases are in people not fully vaccinated or with unknown vaccination status, and 189 of the infected people are fully vaccinated. There were 139 patients in […]
LONDON, Ont. – A total of 21 people have been arrested and charged with 118 drug trafficking offences in London, Ont. after 16-month-long investigation. Three of the accused were held in custody, while the remaining 18 were released and are scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in […]
Employees have been given until December 13 for full vaccination Ontario long-term care staff must have received their first COVID-19 vaccine dose to go to work today. Staff who don’t present proof of a first dose must instead show a medical exemption to be able to enter a long-term care […]
OTTAWA – Employees in the core federal public sector who have not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be put on unpaid leave today, unless they were already granted an accommodation. The policy could potentially leave more than one thousand workers without pay and unable to access employment insurance benefits. […]
OTTAWA – A former case manager with Veterans Affairs Canada is speaking out about the overwhelming caseloads, lack of support and toxic work environment that she says are putting severely disabled veterans at risk. “It’s hard to put your head down at night and feel like you did your job […]
OTTAWA – After getting off to an arguably slow start since winning re-election on Sept. 20, Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government appears poised to go into hyperdrive with next week’s resumption of Parliament. The Liberals promised more than a dozen initiatives in their election platform – including the introduction or reintroduction […]
The delegates are trickling home and Glasgow’s streets are clearing of protesters. Now, experts say, the real work begins of putting meat and bone to the pledges and commitments made by world leaders to keep global warming below catastrophic levels. “The next couple years are going to be the most […]
OTTAWA – The former chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada will aid talks between the federal government and child-welfare advocates in hopes of securing an agreement to compensate First Nations children. The Liberal government says Murray Sinclair will chair discussions between the sidesincluding lawyers representing plaintiffs in […]
OTTAWA – Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay says the federal Liberal government will hire more staff to deal with backlogs and overwhelming caseloads at his department. MacAulay made the comments in an interview after The Canadian Press published a series of articles identifying some of the most pressing challenges facing […]
