Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Red Cross has partnered with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry this summer to provide rapid COVID-19 testing for firefighters in northern Ontario. To help ensure the virus does not impact this summer’s fire season, Red Cross has teams spread across 18 different locations in the north that can […]
Stage 3 of the province’s reopening plan begins tomorrow, and with it, a new slate of services will open to the public. It also brings an easing of gathering restrictions, with gatherings of 100 allowed outdoors, and 25 indoors. Restaurants will no longer have table limits, and their capacity is […]
Ontario is lifting mandatory COVID-19 testing for fully vaccinated visitors, caregivers and staff at long-term care homes even as some facilities continue to battle outbreaks of the virus. The new policy will take effect on Friday, the same day the province will lift public heath restrictions on other sectors as […]
TOKYO – An Olympic athlete and a staffer linked to the Tokyo Games tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Japan, organizers said Thursday. The two people, who were not identified, were among six new cases – including four contractors who are residents of Japan – reported by the Tokyo […]
The Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) has hit a milestone. NWHU and local partners have now given over 100,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in the region. This is a milestone for the region as 78.4 per cent of the area’s adults aged 18 and older have received at least one […]
Ontario is reporting 146 new cases of COVID-19 today and seven more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 43 new cases in Toronto, 36 in the Region of Waterloo, and 13 in Peel Region. She says there are also 11 in Hamilton and 10 […]
TORONTO – Family doctors are awaiting clear details of Ontario’s plan to ramp up their involvement in the COVID-19 vaccination effort. Provincial officials said this week that they hope to include more family care practitioners in the immunization campaign in an effort to reach residents still without first doses and […]
Ontario will move to the third stage of its reopening plan next Friday – several days ahead of schedule – allowing gyms and restaurants to open indoor operations and larger gatherings to take place outside. The government said it has met its COVID-19 vaccination targets for Step 3, and other […]
Ontario is reporting 114 new COVID-19 cases today and no new deaths from the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 18 of the new cases are in Grey Bruce, 15 are in Waterloo Region and 10 are in Toronto. The data is based on 15,933 tests. There are 204 patients […]
OTTAWA – The federal government is donating 17.7 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and is asking Canadians to give their own money to help other countries get needles into arms. Procurement Minister Anita Anand says after talking to provinces, it was determined these COVID-19 doses to be excess supply. […]
LONDON (AP) – All remaining lockdown restrictions in England will be lifted in a week despite a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, Britain’s health secretary said Monday, adding it’s the right time to allow Britons a chance to return to normal life. Sajid Javid told Parliament that Britain’s successful vaccine […]
SANDWICH, England (AP) – Former champion Zach Johnson was the latest to withdraw from the British Open on Monday because he tested positive for the coronavirus. Louis de Jager, one of 12 players who earned a spot at Royal St. George’s through local final qualifying two weeks ago, also returned […]
