Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Town of Fort Frances council will begin its annual budget deliberations tonight. This will be the first of five virtual meetings to discuss the municipal budget. The other meetings will be held on Feb. 7, Feb. 22, March 7 and March 14. Tonight’s agenda will see council discussing the […]
TORONTO – Restaurants, gyms, cinemas and many other businesses in Ontario are set to open their doors once again on Monday to fully vaccinated patrons, but with COVID-19 levels likely just past a peak, some question if “fully vaccinated” should be redefined. Businesses and facilities that were closed early this […]
Police haven’t reported any physical violence at the ongoing Ottawa rally against vaccine mandates and other government-imposed COVID-19 restrictions, but critics warn that conflating the absence of bloodshed with “peaceful” protest downplays the dangers of the weekend demonstrations. For two days, the downtown core of the nation’s capital has been […]
OTTAWA – The parliamentary budget officer is estimating that a new federal tax on vacant, foreign-owned properties may not bring in as much as the Liberals hope. The one-per-cent tax was to take effect at the start of the year, and the Finance Department estimates it will bring in $200 […]
COUTTS, Alta. – Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says a truck convoy that’s blockaded a highway at a busy U.S. border crossing as part of a protest against vaccine mandates violates the province’s Traffic Safety Act and must end immediately. The Canada Border Services Agency said the U.S. border crossing at […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The United States and Russia are squaring off at the U.N. Security Council over Ukraine, with Washington calling Moscow’s actions a threat to international peace and security, while a Kremlin envoy ridiculed Monday’s meeting as a “PR stunt.” The session kicks off more high-level diplomacy this […]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Prosecutors in southern Poland are probing the death of a 37-year-old woman in a hospital who had been pregnant with twins, a situation in which her family and women’s rights groups blame Poland’s strict anti-abortion law, alleging it fatally delayed doctors’ decision to terminate the pregnancy. […]
NEW YORK (AP) – Following protests of Spotify kicked off by Neil Young over the spread of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, the music streaming service said that it will add content advisories before podcasts discussing the virus. In a post Sunday, Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek laid out more transparent platform […]
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel on Monday called on Amnesty International not to publish an upcoming report accusing it of apartheid, saying the conclusions of the London-based international human rights group are “false, biased and antisemitic.” Amnesty is expected to join the New York-based Human Rights Watch and the Israeli rights […]
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) – The son and father convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery have reached a plea agreement that could avert a hate crimes trial and allow them to do their time in federal custody rather than state prisons. Arbery’s parents denounced the deal and called on the judge to […]
Police appealing to the public for information (FORT FRANCES, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is asking for public assistance in connection with a suspicious death in Fort Frances. On January 25, 2022 at 10:14 a.m., members of the Rainy River District Detachment of the OPP located a deceased […]
The Town of Fort Frances has received a $97,000 charitable grant from the Winnipeg Foundation to support non-profit and charitable organizations, town council reported at Monday’s meeting. This grant is a contribution from the Moffat Family Fund which aims to support and advance economic, social, physical and intellectual well-being of […]
