Local News from Across the Rainy River District
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) – The devastating Tropical Cyclone Freddy which has devastated southern Africa in a rare second landfall has killed at least 216 people in Malawi and Mozambique since Saturday night, with the death toll expected to rise. Heavy rains that triggered floods and mudslides have killed 199 people […]
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,” […]
(ATIKOKAN, ON) – Two individuals were arrested and charged with trafficking and other offences after they tried to go around a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E.) check. On March 8, 2023 at approximately 9:00 pm, members of the Atikokan Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a routine […]
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 […]
(Kenora, On) Members of the Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with the assistance of the Technical Traffic Collision Investigators (TTCI), and the OPP Northwest Region Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement (TIME) Team are assisting in the investigation of a fatal motor vehicle collision. On Wednesday, March […]
Ontario high school students will soon be required to pass a technological education course to graduate. Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced Friday that the requirement will start with students who enter Grade 9 in September 2024, framing the move as a way to get more young people into the skilled […]
Bud Grant, who won four Grey Cups as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach and would later lead the Minnesota Vikings to four Super Bowl losses, has died. He was 95. The Vikings confirmed Grant’s death on social media on Saturday. “We are absolutely devastated to announce legendary Minnesota Vikings […]
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 […]
The coming federal budget should lower taxes, cap spending and make it easier to build new houses, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Sunday as he pinned blame for current economic woes on the Liberals. Poilievre spelled out his party’s budget priorities in advance of the government’s latest fiscal blueprint, to […]
The Boston Pizza Royals took a thriller 2-1 victory in a shootout last Thursday night to take gold in the U13 house finals against the Times Tigers. After a tight game the shootout was the only way to decide the final outcome.
Ontario’s highest court is set to hear appeals of the two men convicted of the high-profile murders of Tim Bosma and Laura Babcock. Dellen Millard is also appealing his 2018 conviction for murdering his father, Wayne Millard before the Ontario Court of Appeal. Millard was to be ineligible for parole […]
