Local News from Across the Rainy River District
OTTAWA – John Scully has been living with a major depressive disorder diagnosis for four decades, and despite trying nearly every treatment known to medicine, from shock therapy to trans-magnetic stimulation, his condition has not improved. The 82-year-old says he wants that suffering to end. He wants to do it […]
OTTAWA – One of the longest House of Commons committee filibusters in the last 10 years was the recent marathon attempt by the Liberals to prevent the prime minister’s chief of staff from testifying about foreign interference. Throughout February and March, government members of the procedure and House affairs committee […]
In American writer Mark Twain’s autobiography, he quotes — or perhaps misquotes — former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli as saying: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” In a marvellous leap forward, artificial intelligence combines all three in a tidy little package. ChatGPT, and other […]
CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie is petitioning for Simon Fraser University’s football program to be allowed to continue in Canada. On Thursday, Simon Fraser president Joy Johnston announced the school was discontinuing its football program effective immediately because it had nowhere to play following this year. Simon Fraser was slated to […]
New Zealand defeated Argentina 19-17 Sunday to win the HSBC Singapore Sevens and become the first men’s team to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The news was not so good for the Canadian men, who finished 14th and face relegation with two events remaining in Toulouse, France, and London. […]
The application process is well underway for the next batch of Moffat Family Fund hopefuls, and the mayor of Fort Frances says he’s encouraged by the turnout. At the last full meeting of the Town of Fort Frances council on Monday, March 27, 2023, mayor Andrew Hallikas delivered a verbal […]
Having responded to 61 seatbelt-related fatalities on Ontario Provincial Police-(OPP)-patrolled roads in 2022 and nine so far this year, OPP officers won’t be interested in any excuses from unbuckled drivers and passengers as they conduct their Easter Long Weekend Seatbelt Campaign. Drivers and passengers are reminded that everything in a […]
Two police officers are facing assault charges after an investigation into the arrest of a suspect in Kenora, Ont., last year. Ontario Provincial Police say officers responded to reports that a paramedic had been assaulted while responding to a call on Matheson Street in Kenora on Dec. 26. They say […]
If you go into the woods today, don’t be in for a big surprise – the bears are on their way back. But with a little forethought, living near bears can be a picnic. Fort Frances is no stranger to urban bears, but the key to living in bear habitat […]
Eden Waldner performed a piece entitled “The Sparkling Brook” during Tuesday morning’s session of the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts, held at the Knox United Church in Fort Frances. The piano and instrumental divisions of the Festival ran throughout this week, and next week will feature the […]
OTTAWA – Four Canadian women and 10 children are on their way home from prison camps in northeastern Syria, the federal government said Thursday. The Canadians are among the many foreign nationals in Syrian camps run by Kurdish forces that reclaimed the war-torn region from the extremist Islamic State of […]
TORONTO – RBC says Canadians are continuing to spend on holidays and non-essential services, but are cutting back on restaurants and goods. The bank’s latest spending tracker report says while overall spending was steady in March, there were some signs of weakness in goods spending, mirroring a pullback in auto […]
