Local News from Across the Rainy River District
TORONTO – It’s budget day in Ontario and the finance minister says he’s prepared a plan with “targeted investments” to ensure the province’s economy stays resilient in the face of uncertainty. One investment that won’t be in the budget, however, is a sick day program. Government sources told The Canadian […]
Scouts Canada (the country’s leading co-ed youth organization) lives by the approach ‘At Scouts, we say yes when others say no.’ This March 24th marks Canada’s first Kids Yes Day. Scouts Canada wants parents to say YES to kids’ requests for fun activities that—without a plan—may seem crazy(ish) at first […]
Over 300 players in five age groups have joined this year’s edition of Scott Clendenning’s three on three hockey league. The fast- paced, three-week league is named in honour of the late hockey coach and volunteer who passed away in 2015. The league will run for two more weeks.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – When Tennessee lawmakers passed legislation this month targeting drag performances and transgender youth, many musicians living and working in the state felt their community, their audiences and their artistic expressions were also under fire. The trend of conservative-led legislatures introducing laws limiting LGBTQ rights or using […]
LONDON (AP) – Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon addressed lawmakers for the last time as Scottish leader on Thursday, expressing pride in her government’s achievements to lessen poverty and inequality – but frustrated in her quest to make Scotland an independent country. Sturgeon faced strong criticism from opponents in her […]
BENGALURU, India (AP) – If India stopped burning coal to- morrow, over five million people would lose their jobs. But for a price tag of around $900 billion over the next 30 years, the country can make sure no- body is left behind in the huge move to clean energy […]
Ontario will soon end its temporary paid sick day program, The Canadian Press has learned. The program that provided three paid sick days to workers during the pandemic will expire at the end of the month, a spokeswoman for Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday. “As a time-limited pandemic measure, the […]
EDMONTON – The largest recorded earthquake in Alberta’s history was not a natural event, but most likely caused by disposal of oilsands wastewater, new research has concluded. “This event was caused by wastewater disposal,” said Ryan Schultz, a Canadian seismologist who helped conduct the research while at Stanford University in […]
CALGARY – Parks Canada says its new online reservation system to book camping sites and other activities at national parks appears to have worked well during its first week of operations. The site was recently updated to fix an older one that was prone to crashes and glitches. The new […]
BERLIN (AP) – Thousands of bone fragments, which may include the remains of victims of Nazi crimes, were buried Thursday after they were found on a Berlin university campus where an institute for anthropology and eugenics was once located. Some 16,000 fragments were found on the campus of the Free […]
An influx of provincial cash will be able to mitigate flood damage for several area municipalities. The Ontario government is providing up to $6 million in provincial disaster recovery funding to help cover the costs of the emergency response, debris clean up, and repairs to municipal infrastructure related to flooding […]
There’s a new general manager in charge of the Rainy River District Regional Abattoir and Rainy River Meats, and he’s hoping his years of business experience and acumen will help to expand their offerings while bringing down prices for producers and consumers. John Bujold was hired earlier this year to […]
