Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Ontario is launching a grant program for child-care operators to create new spaces, as part of the province’s commitment to add tens of thousands of new spots — a target advocates say will fall well short of demand spurred by $10-a-day care. The province agreed in its $10-a-day deal with […]
Canada’s ban on the manufacture and import for sale of some plastic items, including grocery bags and straws, has taken effect. As of today, companies can no longer produce or bring into Canada plastic checkout bags, cutlery, stir sticks, straws and takeout containers — and in a year, it will […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Thousands of fans lined up in the middle of the night to try to get a glimpse of the Argentina soccer team that won one of the greatest World Cup finals of all time ahead what is scheduled to be a day of celebrations in […]
Onion Lake Cree Nation has filed a lawsuit against the Alberta government saying its sovereignty act is an infringement on treaty rights. The nation is seeking a declaration from the Court of King’s Bench that the act unjustifiably infringes on treaty rights and is of no force and effect. Onion […]
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Suspense mounted at the U.S. border with Mexico on Tuesday about the future of restrictions on asylum-seekers as the Supreme Court issued a temporary order to keep pandemic-era limits on migrants in place. Conservative-leaning states won a reprieve — though it could be brief — […]
Beyak Automotive Group marketing and PR manager Holly Kaemingh, left, Sunset Country Ford general manager John Sivonen, Fort Frances GM general manager Dani Burk, Salvation Army Fort Frances corps officer Arthur Heathcote and Beyak Automotive Group director of Fort Frances operations Chris Hayes posed with a handful of the 80 […]
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Monday that Ottawa has not been clear with the Canadian business community about the risks they face operating in China. In a discussion with the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations, Joly said it’s still up to industry to choose how much they invest in […]
TOKYO (AP) — Sapporo officials and the Japanese Olympic Committee are “reviewing” the promotion of their bid to land the 2030 Winter Games, news agency Kyodo reported Tuesday. Kyodo gave few details and neither Sapporo officials nor the Japanese Olympic Committee could be immediately reached for comment. Kyodo did not […]
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s Congress on Tuesday is set to consider holding early elections, despite protesters who have blocked highways and clashed with security forces amid deadly nationwide unrest since the lawmakers ousted President Pedro Castillo. It’s the second time in days that the lawmakers — easily the most […]
He may be the busiest elf in the world right now, but Santa Claus took some time to visit the Christmas Party at the Fort Frances Nursery School, on December 15. He was able to hear a few wishes and visit the children, before heading back to the workshop. – […]
(Thunder Bay, ON) The Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Thunder Bay Fire Services (TBFS), Thunder Bay Police Service (TBPS) as well as Superior North Emergency Medical Services (EMS) were dispatched to a multiple vehicle collision on Highway 11-17 between John Street and Oliver Road on the […]
The massive convoy of demonstrators that rolled into Ottawa this past winter loudly heralded a new era in Canadian politics, with blaring horns and the rumble of hundreds of idling engines. The weeks-long “Freedom Convoy” protests in Ottawa and the kindred demonstrations that appeared at provincial legislatures and international border […]
