MONTREAL – Quebec’s highest court is set to begin hearing appeals on the constitutionality of the province’s secularism law, known as Bill 21. Both the Quebec government and groups opposing the law are challenging an April 2021 court decision that largely upheld the controversial religious symbols law, while striking down […]
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By Cara Anna
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – A new round of talks began Monday between Ethiopia’s government and Tigray regional representatives to work out military and other details of last week’s signing of a “permanent” cessation of hostilities in a two-year conflict thought to have killed hundreds of thousands of people. The meetings […]
By Samuel Petrequin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
French construction company Vinci said on Monday that one of its subsidiaries has been summoned by an investigating judge to answer charges that it did not respect the rights of migrant workers who were hired to build infrastructure for the World Cup in Qatar. The charges relate to a complaint […]
By Jim Gomez
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – Philippine authorities filed murder complaints on Monday against a top prisons official and an aide who they accused of masterminding the killing of a radio commentator in a crime they said showed how the country’s prisons system had been turned into a “criminal organization.” The complaints […]
By Neil Davidson
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Canada’s first training session Monday at a pre-World Cup training camp in Bahrain was overshadowed with the panful news that goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau was back in the U.S., recovering from surgery to repair a broken leg. Crepeau was hurt playing for Los Angeles FC in Saturday’s MLS Cup final. The […]
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MONTREAL – Judo Canada says it’s joined Abuse-Free Sport, the federal government’s new independent program to prevent and address maltreatment in sport. Starting on Jan. 2, Judo Canada and its stakeholders will have access to the services of the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner, which serves as the central […]
By Suman Naishadham
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) – Qatar has said the upcoming soccer World Cup will be the first to be `carbon-neutral.’ In theory, that means the monthlong tournament hosted by the small Gulf Arab nation will have a trivial effect on the climate. It’s a bold claim for a country that spent the […]
On November 1st, 2022, at approximately 5:00 a.m., Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to 604 Stewart Street in the Town of Fort Frances, for a report of a break and enter to The Place Fine Foods. Investigation revealed unknown individual(s) entered onto the property sometime during […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – Members of the Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a garage fire and a residence located in the Walleye Trailer Park. In the early hours of the First of November 2022, in the Town of Fort Frances, OPP alongside the Fort Frances Fire Department […]
Staff
Most public schools in the rainy River District will be closing their doors beginning Friday, November 4, in reaction to a planned withdraw of service. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents many of the school’s support staff, including secretaries, custodians, some Early Childhood Educators and education assistants […]
Riverside Foundation for Health Care is excited to announce that the winner of the October Riverside 50/50 electronic raffle is Susan Allison of Fort Frances, ON with the winning ticket number W-8044556. Allison takes home $10,202, with the same amount going to the Foundation. The draw was made Monday, October […]
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The Ontario Public Service Employees Union says its 8,000 education workers will walk off the job Friday in solidarity with the Canadian Union of Public Employees, whose 55,000 education workers are set to strike. OPSEU represents education workers such as educational assistants and early childhood educators at several boards in […]
