Local News from Across the Rainy River District
TOKYO (AP) – Bribery allegations against a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member ensnared a third company that sponsored the Games, as Japanese prosecutors “re-arrested” Haruyuki Takahashi for the third time Tuesday. The latest allegations of dubious payments center on 15 million yen ($104,000) Takahashi and another official received from […]
Pamela Freeman fought back tears Monday as she told a coroner’s inquest about holding her grandson the day he was born, seeing him grow into a precocious and enthusiastic child, and then grieving his death a few short years later. As a baby, Devon Freeman crawled around with his head […]
HAVANA (AP) – Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba on Tuesday as a major hurricane, with nothing to stop it from intensifying into a catastrophic Category 4 storm before it hits Florida on Wednesday. Ian made landfall at 4:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday in Cuba’s Pinar del Rio province, where officials […]
The genteel world of chess has been rocked by accusations of cheating made by the game’s leading player. Magnus Carlsen, the world champion and a player widely considered one of the greatest ever, posted a statement on Twitter in which he said he believed 19-year-old American opponent Hans Niemann “has […]
At 5 a.m. on Friday morning, the Biomass Boiler was toppled by way of a controlled explosion. Since then, heavy equipment has been biting away at the building, with the material destined to be sold for scrap. It its former life, the building was a state of the art boiler, […]
SYDNEY, Australia – Bridget Carleton scored 27 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Canada’s women’s basketball team 88-65 over Mali at the FIBA World Cup. Kayla Alexander had 19 points and 14 rebounds for the No. 4 Canadians (4-1), in their final game of the preliminary round. Kia Nurse […]
A fixture of the business community, North Auto, has been leveled by a fire, which began around 12:30 a.m. Saturday morning, and burned throughout the night. The 12-hour-long blaze required assistance from several area fire and emergency services, including LaVallee and Fort Frances. The fire began in a car parked […]
Federal ministers say all COVID-19 border restrictions will be removed as of Saturday, including mandatory vaccination, testing and quarantine of international travellers, as well as the requirement for masks on planes and trains. The cabinet order maintaining COVID-19 border measures will not be renewed when it expires on Sept. 30. […]
The Ontario government is refusing to publicly divulge its progress in enrolling children in core autism therapies, after the last update showed it was far off its own target. Merrilee Fullerton, the minister of children, community and social services, has said the government would get 8,000 kids into core clinical […]
All adults in Ontario can now book an appointment to receive an Omicron-targeted COVID-19 vaccine as of today. The province made the bivalent vaccine available to its most vulnerable populations earlier this month, but said appointments to receive the new shot would be open to all residents 18 or over […]
HAVANA (AP) — Cubans have approved a sweeping “family law” code that would allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt as well as redefining rights for children and grandparents, officials said Monday, though opposition in the national referendum was unusually strong on the Communist Party-governed island. The measure — which […]
Ontario says it is investing $90 million to support upgrading the skills of workers. The province says the funding opens on Thursday to anyone who is unemployed or underemployed. The Skills Development Fund will prioritize programs helping people with prior involvement in the criminal justice system, at-risk youth, people with […]
