Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Two adults and a child have been confirmed dead in a house fire on a remote northwestern Ontario First Nation, its chief said Monday as she called for the government to improve firefighting services in her community. Chief Shirley Lynne Keeper said the fatal fire that broke out Wednesday in […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Regional officials in southern and western Russia reported a string of drone attacks near the border with Ukraine and deep inside the country that resulted in no casualties, as the war with Kyiv trudged on Tuesday. At the same time, the hacking of Russian TV channels […]
Hundreds of Ontario principals say they need more help to support students’ mental health, a survey reported Monday as it exposed inequities in access to those supports across the province. Nonpartisan advocacy group People for Education’s 2022-23 annual survey of more than 1,000 Ontario schools revealed 91 per cent needed […]
MONTREAL – Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region is known for its spectacular fjord and rugged outdoor landscapes. But its isolation has also made the region north of Quebec City home to something else: a higher than normal presence of more than two dozen rare genetic diseases, including some whose frequency in the […]
Lori Byvelds has been advocating for her 13-year-old son since he was diagnosed with autism almost a decade ago. Through the Ontario Autism Program, the family now has funding for his behavioural therapy through the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, which has provided his treatment since 2014. But the hospital […]
TOKYO (AP) – The Tokyo Olympic bid-rigging scandal widened Tuesday with Japanese advertising giant Dentsu and five other companies charged by Tokyo district prosecutors. Executives or management-level officials at each of the accused companies, and a Tokyo Olympic organizing committee official, were charged with violating anti-monopoly laws. No trial dates […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Irv Cross was a man of faith and devout fan of football who could no longer in his final years attend Bible study or watch NFL games with friends. The degenerative brain disease that festered inside the former Philadelphia Eagles cornerback had triggered depression, mood swings and […]
Emilio and his Chameleon Cabaret wowed families at the second Kids and Company show last night. A dancing chameleon, a harmonica playing chameleon and a plate spinning chameleon were all featured in the act. But the message of the show was that being yourself is special and the best thing […]
Tomorrow (Tuesday) is the final day to catch a movie in the Fort Frances area, as the only movie theatre in the region is closing. Mason Hanover, the owner of Cine 5 Theatre in International Falls, Minn., posted on the theatre’s social media account this weekend would be the last […]
One person has been confirmed deceased and two others are still unaccounted for after a devastating house fire Wednesday evening in Pikangikum First Nation, located more than 500 kilometres north of Thunder Bay. An investigation is currently underway. The fire broke out on the evening of February 22, 2023. Cold […]
Rainy River OPP vehicles now include automated licence plate recognition and in-car cameras (Fort Frances, ON) – The Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has now installed and activated the Automated Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) and In-Car-Camera systems in all patrol vehicles. As a result of investments […]
When Alfred Aquilina brought his wife to the long-term care facility that would be her new home, he was carrying her suitcase and a heavy load of emotions. He knew it was the right time for Mercedes Aquilina, who at age 65 has early onset dementia and Parkinson’s disease. But […]
