Local News from Across the Rainy River District
OTTAWA – A new report says hundreds of thousands of Canadians may have missed out on government money intended to help with the rising cost of living because the housing and dental benefits rolled out last year have had “atrocious” take-up. The analysis by David Macdonald, senior economist at the […]
Just over 40 per cent of spots for the Northern Ontario School of Medicine University’s family medicine program were filled during the first round of residency matching last month. Only 18 of the medical school’s 44 positions were filled. Across the country, 268 vacancies in family medicine remained out of […]
A woman and her stepdaughter exploring along the Nechako River near Prince George, B.C., last week found something far more unique than colourful rocks. Rachel Shill Cook and her 13-year-old stepdaughter, Addison Shill, were looking for agates when they pulled something different from the mud. “Usually when it’s a nice […]
MOSCOW (AP) — The Chinese defense chief vowed Tuesday to take military cooperation with Moscow to a new level, a statement that reflects increasingly close Russia-China ties amid the fighting in Ukraine. Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu held talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu after attending a meeting […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Andrei Svechnikov shed his suit jacket, grabbed the top of the siren with his left hand and started turning the crank with his right. Faster and faster he went, putting his entire body into sounding the “storm warning” announcing the Carolina Hurricanes’ charge onto the ice […]
(THUNDER BAY, ON) – Officers with the North West Region Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) had a busy Easter long weekend as they participated in a province-wide seatbelt campaign aimed to raise awareness about the important role seatbelts play in saving lives. Over the four-day campaign, North West Region officers laid 120 […]
Ontario is hiring nearly 1,000 teachers for specialized math and literacy programs, the province’s education minister announced Sunday, but critics say that won’t provide enough help for students in the vast majority of schools. Stephen Lecce said more than $71 million will go toward supporting about 300 teachers, consisting of […]
TORONTO – Ontario is proposing to lower the minimum age for lifeguards to 15, in part to address staff shortages many municipalities experienced last summer. Regulations in the province’s Health Protection and Promotion Act currently say all lifeguards, assistant lifeguards, aquatic instructors and coaches must be at least 16 years […]
OTTAWA – The country’s largest federal public service union says if a deal isn’t reached with the federal government by 9 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, it will launch a strike this Wednesday. The Public Service Alliance of Canada says some 155,000 employees are prepared to walk off the job, including […]
One of Canada’s most prominent conservation groups has reached a deal to buy the largest privately owned island in Lake Superior, a move that will protect it from development. Batchawana Island, located 45 kilometres north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., is set to be acquired by the Nature Conservancy of […]
OTTAWA – The prime minister’s chief of staff offered up few details to a House of Commons committee studying foreign interference in the last two elections, frustrating Conservatives and New Democrats who say her lack of answers Friday will erode trust. Katie Telford said she should not be at the […]
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging caution in the face of growing calls for Canada to adopt a registry to track foreign influence efforts. The prime minister says the government needs to find better ways to protect Canadians from foreign interference. But he says a balance must be […]
