Local News from Across the Rainy River District
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) – At least 2.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines donated to African countries have expired, the Africa Centers for Disease Control said Thursday, citing short shelf lives as the major reason. Donors of vaccines to the continent should send them with a realistic shelf life of about […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Three Australian Federal Court judges on Thursday revealed their reasons for backing a government order to deport tennis star Novak Djokovic, explaining they did not consider the “merits or wisdom of the decision.” The judges on Sunday unanimously endorsed Immigration Minister Alex Hawke’s decision to deport […]
The Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) fully supports the provincial decision to return to in-person classes. Dr. Kit Young Hoon, medical officer of health at the NWHU, said the benefits of increased learning far outweigh the risks at a population level. “Although the Omicron variant is highly transmissible, the risk of […]
There will now be at least a three-year gap between editions of the largest Indigenous youth hockey tournament in Ontario. That’s because for the third consecutive year, citing COVID-19 safety concerns, officials with the Little Native Hockey League tournament cancelled the 2022 event this past Friday, Jan. 14. This year’s […]
TORONTO – Ontario is reporting a record 4,183 people in hospital with COVID-19, including 580 people in intensive care. That’s up from 3,887 in hospitals on Monday, though not all hospitals report data from the weekends. There are 37 new COVID-19 deaths being reported today. Ontario is reporting 7,086 new […]
Since late last month, the Bearskin Lake First Nation has been in a state of emergency as COVID runs rampant throughout the 400 member nation, in which 201 people are infected with the virus. Since the beginning of the outbreak, the Chief of the Bearskin Nation — along with other […]
OTTAWA – Newly released documents show the Finance Department last year warned that the pace of price increases could gain speed, even as the Liberal government and central bank maintained that inflationary pressures were temporary. In a briefing note to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland from the spring, officials outlined “the […]
Most Ontario school boards have returned to in-person learning today; a handful are grappling with a winter storm which hit parts of southern Ontario. The province shifted to online learning after the winter break, so schools not shuttered by snow will be reopening for the first time in nearly a […]
TORONTO – Most Ontario long-term care workers have just under two weeks to get their third COVID-19 vaccine doses, but union and industry groups say more time is needed to meet the government’s target as staff infections reach record levelsand workers struggle to access appointments. The government has mandated booster […]
IQALUIT, Nunavut – Eric Lawlor was in a meeting about a tuberculosis outbreak in his community in December when he got a call from Nunavut’s top doctor telling him a resident had just tested positive for COVID-19. The mayor of Pangnirtung says the COVID-19 case quickly became his biggest concern. […]
BEIJING (AP) – Only “selected” spectators will be permitted at next month’s Beijing Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers said Monday. Beijing had already announced that no fans from outside the country would be permitted at the events, and had not offered tickets to the general public. Monday’s announcement […]
TORONTO – Students and staff in Ontario schools will each eventually get two rapid tests to use if they develop COVID-19 symptoms, but won’t be notified if their peers and colleagues are off sick until a third of the school is absent. The province anticipates many staff will have isolate […]
