Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Elections Ontario says more than one million people voted in the advance polls. Advance voting was available for 10 days this year, up from five in the last election. Elections Ontario says preliminary figures indicate that 1,066,545 people cast their ballot in advance polls this year, which represents 9.9 per […]
Paul Renaud is only too aware of what the power of wind can do to trees. After violent windstorms recently swept through southern Ontario and Quebec, uprooting trees and leaving a trail of damage across a vast territory, Renaud’s thoughts went right to his sugar maples in Lanark Highlands, Ont., […]
MONTREAL – Dozens of well-wishers bearing balloons and flowers packed a Montreal airport on Sunday to welcome hundreds of Ukrainians fleeing the war in their home country and poised to begin rebuilding their lives in Canada. The second of three flights chartered by the federal government touched down shortly before […]
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) – Senegalese officials have arrested two health workers from a neonatal unit where a fire killed 11 newborns last week. The nurse and a nurse’s aide who were on duty Wednesday night when the fire took place at the Abdoul Aziz Sy Dabakh Hospital were arrested for […]
PARIS (AP) – A man seemingly disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum and shouted at people to think of planet Earth. The Paris prosecutor’s office said Monday that the 36-year-old man was […]
BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union leaders will gather Monday in a new show of solidarity with Ukraine but divisions over whether to target Russian oil in a new series of sanctions are exposing the limits of how far the bloc can go to help the war-torn country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr […]
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) – The Coca-Cola 600 was many things – excruciatingly long, wildly unpredictable and perhaps above all else, immensely entertaining. It was, as William Byron described after getting caught up in a 12-car crash, “chaos out there.” In race that took five hours, 13 minutes to complete and […]
WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Blue Bombers released veteran receiver Jalen Saunders earlier last week after investigating an allegation of sexual assault against him. The CFL team let Saunders go Wednesday. The move came amid reports a 22-year-old woman has filed a formal complaint alleging Saunders pressed to enter her apartment […]
Rainy Lake water levels are on track to break all previous records, according to the National Weather Service, out of Duluth, MN. According to its May 25 update, lake levels are now four inches above 2014 levels, and may surpass the previous record, set in 1950. Rainy Lake is currently at […]
A month from their AGM in June, LaVerendrye General Hospital Auxiliary is looking for people to fill the positions of president, vice-president, and special events coordinator. Interim president Irene Laing says she isn’t sure what might happen if the roles aren’t filled by then. They need someone who is organized […]
Town workers were busy sandbagging the waterfront yesterday. Concrete blocks have also been loaded onto the Hallet, to keep it secure. The town is asking anyone able to help with sandbagging to head down to the municipal yard. For a video of the loading, visit the Fort Frances Times on […]
The mayor of Fort Frances is urging caution as the town works to address potential flood risks in the face of rising waters. During Tuesday night’s meeting of Fort Frances Town Council, mayor June Caul provided a regular update to the rest of council and the public. The mayor noted […]
