Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has delivered an urgent plea for military aid to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other NATO leaders, pointedly calling them out for failing to do everything possible to help his country. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has left Europe facing its biggest security threat since the Second […]
First, we didn’t have enough masks to protect us against COVID-19, then we all needed to wear them. Then we didn’t, then we did again. There were fights, criminal charges and protests over them. And now most mandates are lifting. Evolutionary biologist Prof. Sarah Otto said not since the two-piece […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) – A monument in Kosovo, a snake named after her in Serbia. Madeleine Albright was either loved or hated in the Balkans for her pivotal role during the southern European region’s wars of the 1990s. Following the former U.S. secretary of state’s death on Wednesday at age […]
BRUSSELS (AP) – With the threat of wider conflict hanging over Europe, NATO opted for stability on Thursday by extending Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg’s term in office for an extra year to help steer the 30-nation military alliance through the security crisis sparked by Russia’s war on Ukraine. Stoltenberg tweeted Thurs- […]
DALLAS (AP) – A group dedicated to finishing the work of World War II’s Monuments Men is betting on a deck of playing cards – and reward money – to help find missing works of art taken by the Nazis. Inspired by the U.S. military’s history of creating playing cards […]
TORONTO – The Toronto International Film Festival and Hot Docs are offering free perks to welcome young cinephiles back to the movie theatre. Both organizations say they’ve teamed up to launch benefit programs for moviegoers in their early 20s. TIFF’s pass for film buffs under age 25 grants access to […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Local, state and federal officials must do more to ensure Native Americans facing persistent, longstanding and deep-rooted barriers to voting have equal access to ballots, a White House report released Thursday said. Native Americans and Alaska Natives vote at lower rates than the national average but […]
The University of Michigan has reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit brought by students who sought to force changes in how the school protects the campus from sexual misconduct. As part of the deal, which was filed in federal court on Thursday, the Ann Arbor school will create and […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Legal experts and interest groups are weighing in on Ketanji Brown Jackson as the Senate Judiciary Committee began a fourth day of hearings on her historic nomination to become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. Jackson faced down a barrage of Republican questioning over two […]
NEW YORK (AP) – New York City’s mayor will announce Thursday that he’s exempting athletes and performers from the city’s vaccine mandate for private workers, a move that will allow Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving to play home games and unvaccinated baseball players to take the field when their season […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is getting ready for the return of the annual Business and Community Expo. Scheduled for May 13 and 14 at the Fort Frances Curling Club, this year marks the first expo to take place since 2019 following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in […]
The Town of Fort Frances could see the development of a solar farm and cryptocurrency mining at the former mill lagoon property. The proposal will be the subject of a public meeting, to be held virtually on April 11 at 5:30 p.m. The current zoning of the parcel of land […]
