Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Over the weekend, the Northwestern Health Unit announced that ‘several’ individuals tested positive for COVID-19 at the Meno Ya Win Health Centre. It was later confirmed that six staff members at the health centre tested positive for COVID-19. These individuals, however, showed no signs of illness, making them asymptomatic positives. […]
The second meeting of the 4-H Devlin Beef Club was called to order at 7:30 pm June 15, at Louis and Aaron Bujold’s garage. We started the meeting by reviewing the agenda and handing out papers that go towards the books. We recited the 4-H pledge at the start of […]
There is nothing quite like the smell of hot asphalt in the morning. That’s what there was Monday morning in Rainy River as truckloads of asphalt rolled into town and the Pioneer Paving crew fired up their paving train and rollers. Imagine fresh smooth pavement and voila the potholes are […]
Rusty crayfish, spiny waterflea, zebra mussels, purple loosestrife, rainbow smelt, narrow-leaved cattail. . . just a few of the more than 15 aquatic/riparian species here in the Lake of the Woods and Rainy River area that have come from somewhere else. They are not native to this part of the […]
Gary MontzMinnesota Dept. of Natural Resources Spiny waterflea is one of the invasive species in this basin. Anglers and boaters can keep limit their spread by practicing Clean, Drain, Dry between bodies of water.
The student athletes of Fort Frances High School may not have played through to the end of their seasons, but they will still get the recognition they deserve at the annual Athletics Banquet, even if it comes in a new format. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related shutdowns, including […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO — Farms that employ migrant workers in Ontario will face expanded inspections starting this week, Premier Doug Ford said Monday as both he and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hinted at further action against farmers not following safety rules. The promises from two of the country’s […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 216 new cases of COVID-19 today, and 10 more deaths. It’s the highest number of daily new cases in 10 days, but Health Minister Christine Elliott says it’s too early to draw any conclusions. Today’s new cases bring the provincial total to […]
The Associated PressMike Stobbe What’s all this talk about a “second wave” of U.S. coronavirus cases? In The Wall Street Journal last week, Vice-President Mike Pence wrote in a piece headlined “There Isn’t a Coronavirus ‘Second Wave’” that the nation is winning the fight against the virus. Many public health […]
The Canadian PressJim Bronskill OTTAWA — A national group representing Indigenous women is urging the RCMP to quickly take steps – including equipping Mounties with body cameras – to end what it calls needless killing and assaults by police. In a letter to RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki, the Native Women’s […]
The Associated PressRonald Blum NEW YORK — Major League Baseball plans to unilaterally issue a 60-game schedule for its shortest season since 1878 after the players’ association rejected a negotiated deal of the same length, putting the sport on track for a combative return to the field amid the coronavirus […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO — Ontario’s two largest regions will enter Stage 2 of the province’s reopening plan Wednesday, with restaurant patios, hair salons and swimming pools in Toronto and Peel Region able to resume operations. That will leave Windsor-Essex as the only region of the province still in […]
