Riverside Health Care in conjunction with the Northwestern Public Health Unit has declared aGastrointestinal Outbreak at Rainycrest Long Term Care Home. We remind the public that this is not a COVID-19 outbreak at this time. To further enhance our team’s ongoing efforts additional precautions are being taken including, but not […]
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ontario is expanding the private delivery of public health care, by funding procedures such as more cataract surgeries and MRI and CT scans. Making the announcement today, Premier Doug Ford lamented “endless debates” about who should deliver health care, but all he cares about is getting people the care they […]
By Lee Berthiaume
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – There are concerns at the highest levels of the Canadian Armed Forces that this country won’t have access to the same cutting-edge military technology as its closest allies because it is not part of a security pact between Australia, Britain and the United States. The trilateral treaty, nicknamed […]
By Morgan Lowrie
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL – Members of a grieving community north of Montreal gathered Sunday for a mass in solidarity with the families of three people who remained missing following a fire and explosion at a propane distribution company last week. Several hundred people were in the pews of the local church as […]
By Lee Berthiaume
The Canadian Press
The Canadian Press
It wasn’t until psychologist number three that retired warrant officer Brian McKenna was able to find someone who, in his words, “had a clue.” McKenna, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan now living in Vancouver, had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and had been trying unsuccessfully for years […]
By Kimberly Palmer
Nerdwallet
Nerdwallet
After years of being in debt, Rachel Kramer Bussel came to a realization: “If I don’t become proactive about it, I will be in debt for the rest of my life.” For Bussel, a freelance writer near Atlantic City, New Jersey, that meant scaling back spending and putting any available […]
Forward Clark Scaddan carries the puck behind the net in the Miners’ end on Saturday night. The game was a tightly-contested affair which was riddled with penalties. The Lakers lost 5-4 but most fans in the building will tell you it should have been at least 5-5 with multiple Lakers […]
By Cindy Tran
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ottawa public servant YuTaek Hwang has been working remotely for nearly three years. But despite the fact that a back-to-office mandate for federal workers takes effect beginning this week, Hwang said his department has not offered any information about when he should return. “We did get a corporate email saying […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to tour a rare earths element processing plant in Saskatoon today, but Saskatchewan’s premier says he’s disappointed he was not made aware of the visit. Lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt, copper and the group of 17 metals and minerals known as rare earth elements are being […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER – One of the most popular players to ever suit up for the Vancouver Canucks has died. Wayne “Gino” Odjick, who played 12 seasons in the NHL for the Canucks, New York Islanders, Philadelphia Flyers and Montreal Canadiens, died at the age of 52. Gino’s sister Dina Odjick shared […]
By Doug Feinberg
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Maya Moore has officially decided to retire from playing basketball. The Minnesota Lynx great stepped away from the WNBA in 2019 to help her now-husband Jonathan Irons win his release from jail by getting his 50-year sentence overturned in 2020. After gaining his release, Irons married Moore soon after and […]
By Laurel Halverson
Rainycrest Auxiliary
Rainycrest Auxiliary
As we begin a new year, the volunteers at the Rainycrest Auxiliary Tuck Shop would like to say how grateful we are for the wonderful generosity we have been shown by the community members. All year, but particularly during the Christmas season, we are once again amazed at the number […]
