TORONTO-Today, the Ontario government released extensive COVID-19 modelling, revealing several scenarios that project the potential number of cases and deaths. In doing so, the province is providing the public with full transparency about the consequences should everyone but non-essential workers fail to stay home and practise physical distancing. “The models […]
COVID-19
Press Release
TORONTO—Following the advice of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the Ontario government is reducing the list of businesses classified as essential and ordering more workplaces to close. This measure is necessary to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and protect the health of the people of Ontario, while ensuring that […]
Press Release
Supply chains 1. Businesses that supply other essential businesses or essential services within Ontario, or that supply businesses or services that have been declared essential in a jurisdiction outside of Ontario, with the support, products, supplies, systems, or services, including processing, packaging, warehousing, distribution, delivery, and maintenance necessary to operate. […]
On Thursday, April 2, the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) announced two new positive COVID-19 test results for the District. One new case is reported in Dryden, and another new case in Sioux Lookout. More information about these two new cases will be provided later today. The previous most recent case […]
Press Release
Koochiching County, Minn. has received notification of our first positive case of Covid-19 in the County. MDH is identifying and contacting anyone that has been in close contact with the positive case. Due to patient privacy laws, Koochiching County will not be releasing where the individual resides in the county. […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 1st, 2020 Please be advised that effective March 31st, 2020 a Provincial Order was made under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMCPA) and issued by the Province of Ontario, which ordered the closure of all outdoor recreational amenities until further notice. As a […]
Jamie Mountain
New Gold said in a company-issued press release yesterday that it is planning to gradually ramp up its operations at its Rainy River mine site while continuing to monitor updates and guidelines from Federal and Provincial agencies. The company, which has its Rainy River mine site located north of Barwick, […]
Ken Kellar
A local organization is encouraging the public to look after their mental health as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on. The Fort Frances branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) has been closed to the public since last week, but staff are still hard at work both in the office […]
Press Release
Devlin, ON – Last week, the Emergency Control Group of the Corporation of the Township of La Vallee has declared an emergency to the Province of Ontario due to Public Health Concerns. We are actively monitoring the situation and are meeting as needed to take all actions necessary to protect […]
Editor
Megan Walchuk
Megan Walchuk
Talking with kids about stressful situations can be difficult. But it’s more important to keep the lines open, than to know what to say. With the surge of COVID-19 into our everyday lives, it’s difficult to shelter even the youngest child from its effects, according to Laurel Pirrie, Child and […]
Jamie Mountain
For the first time in its history, the annual “Spring Fever Days” event in Emo has been cancelled this year due to health concerns and precautions set out amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The ever-popular three-day event in the Rainy River District was slated for April 23-25. “As we were starting […]
Ken Kellar
It might have been easy to see coming, but it doesn’t make the news any easier to swallow. During his daily press conference at Queen’s Park this afternoon, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced that students in the province would not be returning to school any earlier than May 4 due […]
