Local News from Across the Rainy River District
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, England (AP) — On a blustery late-winter day in Shakespeare’s birthplace, the foyer of the Other Place theater is a cozy refuge. Visitors are having meetings over coffee, checking emails, writing poetry, learning to sew. It looks and feels like an arty café in the pictureque streets of Stratford-upon-Avon, […]
All the favourite events of SnOasis past were in fine form this past Saturday, March 4, 2023, for the celebrated event’s tenth anniversary, including the ever-popular (and delicious) bannock on a stick. While there was plenty to see and do at the Rainy Lake Square, this year’s SnOasis event also […]
WILLOW, Alaska (AP) — The race to Nome began Sunday for 33 mushers in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska. Jessie Holmes. an Alabama native living in the Alaska community of Brushkana, was the first musher to leave across a frozen lake about 70 miles (112 kilometers) […]
The memories came rushing back for Reid Carruthers upon his return to Budweiser Gardens. The Wild Card 2 skip made a point of stepping on Sheet C, the same strip of ice where he won his first Canadian men’s curling title as second for Manitoba’s Jeff Stoughton in 2011. “The […]
Detroit Red Wings (28-25-9, seventh in the Atlantic Division) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (23-28-11, seventh in the Metropolitan Division) Philadelphia; Sunday, 6 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Flyers -125, Red Wings +104; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Flyers enter a matchup with the Detroit Red Wings as losers […]
Search and rescue crews are looking for a small commercial plane with two people on board that went missing Tuesday in a remote area of northern Ontario. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Trenton is leading the search for the missing Cessna 208, which left Nakina around 12:45 p.m. and […]
Ontario’s public health units are calling on the government to stop using one-time funding to bridge a gap it created four years ago, and to provide them with a predictable source of money as they address a backlog of services built up over the COVID-19 pandemic. Premier Doug Ford’s government […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – Members of the Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a dumpster fire and request public assistance in identifying potential suspects. On February 27, 2023 at 2:12 p.m. Fort Frances OPP received a report of a fire that occurred overnight in a dumpster behind […]
(OTTAWA, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and Competition Bureau of Canada are launching the 19th edition of the Fraud Prevention Month (FPM). This years’ FPM will focus on “Tricks of the trade: What’s in a fraudster’s toolbox?”. The campaign reflects […]
WASHINGTON, DC (AP) – When Joni Mitchell finally took the stage near the end of an all-star tribute concert honoring her as this year’s recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, she opted to perform a cover rather than one of her own songs. The 79-year-old […]
The commissioner of Canada Elections says her office is reviewing past complaints related to foreign interference following recent media reports that allege China tried to meddle in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections. Caroline Simard says her office received 158 complaints related to foreign interference in the 2019 election, and […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian officials accused Ukrainian saboteurs of crossing into western Russia and firing on civilians in local villages Thursday. Ukraine denied the claim and warned that Moscow could use it to justify stepping up its own attacks in the ongoing war. The exact circumstances of the incident […]
