Local News from Across the Rainy River District
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – Human rights activists have asked the Philippine Supreme Court to block Congress from proclaiming Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as the next president, alleging that he lied when he said he had not been convicted of any crime. The Commission on Election twice dismissed their petition and six […]
Here are five things to know as we head into Tuesday’s post-season action: BATTLE OF FLORIDA The two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning and the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Florida Panthers are meeting in the playoffs for the second consecutive season, with Game 1 starting Tuesday on Florida’s home ice. […]
The Toronto Maple Leafs say Mitch Marner was the victim of a carjacking in To- ronto on Monday evening. The team says the hockey player was unharmed in the incident, which occurred in the city’s west end. It adds that Toronto po- lice have asked that “neither Marner or the […]
BOSTON (AP) – Houston Astros right-hander Jake Odorizzi collapsed running to cover first base in the fifth inning Monday night against the Boston Red Sox and was taken off the Fenway Park field on a stretcher. Odorizzi, who entered the game with a 15 2/3 inning shutout streak, appeared to […]
Police say a 44-year-old has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a 41-year-old man in Thunder Bay, Ont. They say officers were called on Sunday evening for a shooting. Police say a 41-year-old Thunder Bay man was located with serious injuries. He was sent […]
The municipal boat launch at McIrvine Road has seen better days as continuing high water both above and below the dam causes significant damage to structures in and around the water. The town has begun filling sandbags at the Point Park in anticipation of water levels continuing to rise, with […]
Ontario’s Liberals and New Democrats are promising to bulk up spending on the arts sector, whose funding they say was already being whittled away before the COVID-19 pandemic closed galleries and cancelled concerts. The NDP platform pledges to “stabilize annual funding for the Ontario Arts Council and the Ontario Media […]
MONTREAL – Demonstrators streamed through downtown Montreal to protest Quebec’s contentious language bill on Saturday, demanding it be scrapped to preserve the rights of anglophones, allophones and Indigenous communities. The protesters, who rallied at Dawson College before marching more than two kilometres to Premier Francois Legault’s office, made an 11th-hour […]
BRAMPTON, Ont. – A driver who struck and killed a woman and her three young daughters in Brampton, Ont., nearly two years ago is being sentenced to 17 years behind bars. Brady Robertson will receive nearly three years in credit for time already served awaiting trial, bringing the total down […]
MONTREAL – When Thomas Hartle indulges in a session of psilocybin treatment, the end-of-life anxiety, distractions and noises associated with his terminal colon cancer go away. “Before the treatment, it’s like you’re sitting in your car. It’s summer. You have your windows down; you’re stuck in rush-hour traffic; it’s noisy. […]
HAY RIVER, N.W.T. – A town in the Northwest Territories says people were being allowed to return to their homes Sunday evening, four days after about 3,500 were ordered to evacuate as flood waters rose. A reopening plan posted by the Town of Hay River, on the south shore of […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – The white gunman accused of committing a racist massacre at a Buffalo supermarket made threatening comments that brought police to his high school last spring, but he was never charged with a crime and had no further contact with law enforcement after his release from a […]
