Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Ontario Provincial Police were on hand to direct traffic and keep the border accessible Sunday morning as trucks and personal vehicles lined the right-hand side of Central Ave and Kings Highway leading to the International Bridge and the border with the United States. Truck drivers and others looking for an […]
Ontario’s students, who have dealt with some of the toughest COVID-19 restrictions and longest classroom closures in the country, got some good news on Friday with word that all sport and musical extracurricular activities are back. The move to allow high-contact sports such as basketball and hockey, as well as […]
TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 1,550 people in hospital with COVID-19 and 384 people in ICU. That’s down from 2,254 hospitalizations and 446 intensive care patients one week ago. There are 19 more COVID-19 deaths being reported today. Ontario is reporting 1,593 new COVID-19 cases, though limits on access to […]
Riverside Health Care in conjunction with the Northwestern Public Health Unit declared a COVID- 19 Outbreak at Rainycrest Long Term Care Home on Friday, affecting both residents and staff. To further enhance our team’s ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, additional precautions are being taken including, but not […]
A line of vehicles and protesters, displaying flags and anti-mandate signs, assembled at the Fort Frances international border crossing on Sunday. The protest was peaceful, and police were on hand to ensure the border and roadway remained open. About 30 vehicles, from transports to personal vehicles took part, forming a […]
TORONTO – Ontario is ending its vaccine certificate system on March 1, when capacity limits will lift as well, Premier Doug Ford announced Monday, though he said masking requirements will remain for now. Ford insisted the step is not a result of pressure from anti-vaccine mandate protesters. “Today’s announcement is […]
TORONTO – Ontario continues to see a decline in the number of COVID-19 cases, deaths and admissions to provincial hospitals and intensive care units. The province says there were 1,540 people in hospital due to the virus on Saturday, of which 402 were in intensive care. That’s down from the […]
WINDSOR, ONTARIO – Commercial trucks and other vehicles are flowing normally over the reopened Ambassador Bridge today, with police keeping a close watch on the busy international border crossing. Traffic resumed on the key trade route just before midnight after it was blocked for nearly a week due to a […]
Ottawa’s mayor has set a deadline of noon today for truckers encamped in the capital’s core to move out of residential streets in a bid to pare down the size of the protest’s footprint. Mayor Jim Watson outlined the proposal in a letter released on Sunday as part of a […]
Ontario is expanding access to rapid antigen COVID-19 tests starting today, making them available at grocery stores, pharmacies and other agencies across the province. The province says up to 5.5 million tests will be made available per week at retailers participating in the program that will run for at least […]
TORONTO – Ontario’s expert science advisers say rapid antigen tests don’t detect COVID-19 infections with the Omicron variant as reliably as they did with the Delta strain, but changing the way the tests are performed can boost their sensitivity. The science advisory table says in a brief today that the […]
As provinces begin lifting COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, psychology experts expect stress and anxiety to run high among those who remain wary of letting their guards down. It will take time for many to adjust, they say, but the quick approach some provinces are taking could make the transition more jarring. […]
