Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Most Canadian businesses that answered federal and provincial calls during the pandemic to build up a domestic sector for personal protective equipment have collapsed. The association that represents Canadian PPE companies says 90 per cent of those businesses have been forced to close or pivot to other industries because the […]
Ontario is proposing to strengthen rules around mass layoffs to include greater protections for employees who work remotely. Labour Minister Monte McNaughton made the announcement Monday in Kitchener, Ont., home to a lot of the province’s tech jobs, a sector that has seen a number of mass layoffs. McNaughton announced […]
NEW YORK (AP) – In reimagining 40 of their best-known songs, U2 recognized that many fans would experience them through earphones connected to a device in their pockets – rather than being belted out onstage. That was one thought behind “Songs of Surrender,”coming out this week. The four men of […]
LONDON (AP) – Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov and acclaimed Guadeloupe-born writer Maryse Conde are among 13 contenders announced Tuesday for the International Booker Prize for translated fiction. Kurkov, 61, who has written widely for Western publications on Russia’s invasion of his country, is nominated for “Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv,” […]
It was a volatile trading session for markets this morning amid fears of financial contagion in the U.S. after the second- and third-largest bank failures in that country’s history, while Canada’s main stock exchange moves lower on weakness in the energy and financial sectors. The S&P/TSX composite index was down […]
NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday told Americans the nation’s financial systems were safe, seeking to project calm following the swift and stunning collapse of two banks that prompted fears of a broader upheaval. “Your deposits will be there when you need them,” he said. U.S. regulators […]
Even if you haven’t tried artificial intelligence tools that can write essays and poems or conjure new images on command, chances are the companies that make your household products are already starting to do so. Mattel has put the AI image generator DALL-E to work by having it come up […]
LONDON (AP) – Two Canadian books are competing to be named the best-ever winner of Britain’s leading non-fiction book prize. The Baillie Gifford Prize is marking its 25th year with a Winner of Winners prize, in which six of the 24 past winners of the award are up against each […]
Cities and police services across Ontario say they are following the federal government’s lead in banning TikTok from work and government-owned devices, while others consider such bans, as privacy watchdogs assess the video-sharing platform for threats. The City of Toronto says it has not decided whether to restrict the application […]
OTTAWA – As members of Parliament gear up to grill the CEOs of Canada’s largest grocery store chains, experts say elected officials should push for more transparency on why grocers are making so much money. The CEOs and presidents of Loblaw Cos. Ltd., Metro Inc. and Empire Co. Ltd. – […]
NEW YORK (AP) – Stocks are falling on Wall Street Tuesday after the head of the Federal Reserve warned it could pick up the pace of its hikes to interest rates if pressure on inflation stays hotter than expected. The S&P 500 was 0.8% lower in morning trading. The Dow […]
The Broadbent Institute is keeping TikTok as a sponsor during their upcoming conference, despite rising national security concerns from the government of Canada regarding the popular app. TikTok is sponsoring the policy thinktank’s opening reception on Wednesday in Ottawa. “We have a fundraising approach that makes clear sponsors do not […]
