Local News from Across the Rainy River District
OTTAWA – Floods, droughts and major storms that wash out highways, damage buildings and affect power grids could cost Canada’s economy $139 billion over the next 30 years, a new climate-based analysis predicts. The report, titled “Aquanomics,” is being published today by GHD, a global engineering and architecture services firm. […]
ISLAMABAD (AP) – Pakistanis wrestled with the destruction of their homes and businesses Monday as the military and volunteers tried to evacuate thousands stranded by widespread flooding driven by “monster monsoons” that have killed more than 1,000 people this summer. In the southeastern town of Shikar Pur not far from […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – Denmark will increase its planned offshore wind capacity in the Baltic Sea to 3 gigawatts and hook it up to the German grid, a step toward weaning Europe off its reliance on Russian gas. When established in 2030, it should be able to supply electricity to […]
STOCKHOLM (AP) – A fire was reported Monday on a passenger ferry bound for Sweden with 300 people but officials said the blaze – which they described as “limited” – was put out. No one was reported injured. The ferry was north of Sweden’s Baltic Sea island of Gotland when […]
NEW YORK (AP) – The Major League Baseball Players Association is attempting to unionize minor leaguers, reversing decades of opposition. The players’ association said Monday it is circulating union authorization cards among players with minor league contracts to form a separate bargaining unit from the big leaguers. While the average […]
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) – For a week and a half at the Little League World Series, no team came close to Hawaii. The championship Sunday was no different. Hawaii got back-to-back homers from Kekoa Payanal and Kama Angell in the first inning, sparking a 13-3 win in just four […]
The Fort Frances Lakers Junior A hockey team is ramping up operations for another season, and that means they need housing for players. Sarah Kivimaki, billet co-ordinator for the Lakers says a billet family is meant to be a surrogate for players when they can’t be near their own families. […]
Heavy smoke could be seen across the river in Ranier, Minn. yesterday evening. According to the Rainy Lake Gazette, the plumes of smoke were from a fire reported at 5:11 p.m. at Northernaire Houseboats. When fire crews arrived, the main office/home at Northernaire was fully engulfed in flames. Two victims […]
NORTH WESTERN ONTARIO– Hospitals in the Northwest are trying a new way to help lessen the workload of emergency room doctors by using nurse practitioners and physician assistants The approach came from a pilot project started at the Geraldton District Hospital earlier this year. Now that hospital as well as […]
Local businesses have endured staff shortages, pandemic mandates, ballooning costs and endless worry. But for one night a year, they can set aside their concerns and celebrate the best of the best, with the Chamber of Commerce Business Awards. Nominations have now opened for the annual event, and the Chamber […]
The federal government is moving to shield “sensitive or potentially injurious information” from disclosure during a court challenge of its decision to return a turbine repaired in Montreal to a Russian energy giant. In an application to the Federal Court, the attorney general seeks confirmation that certain information flagged by […]
Peloton’s high-end exercise bikes and other gear will now be able to be bought on Amazon in the U.S., a partnership aimed at boosting the fitness company’s sales that have languished since the easing of pandemic lockdowns. “We want to meet consumers where they are, and they are shopping on […]
