Local News from Across the Rainy River District
OTTAWA – A Chinese state-owned telecom firm is pressing for disclosure of federal information to help the company fight Ottawa’s order that its Canadian subsidiary be sold or shut down on national security grounds. During a Federal Court hearing Wednesday, a government lawyer defended the move to shield the records […]
NEW YORK (AP) – An imprint launched last week by Barnes & Noble Inc. has signed up one of the country’s top children’s author-illustrators, Mo Willems, best known for his “Pigeon” picture books. Willems has a five-book deal with Union Square Kids, including for “The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller […]
IQALUIT, Nunavut – Former laboratory technologists in Iqaluit say their not receiving a bonus given to Nunavut nursing staff led them to resign after years of burnout and a lack of support. Four of the techs who left spoke to The Canadian Press on the condition that they would remain […]
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says Canada will join allies in imposing severe sanctions on Russian officials if the country takes further military action to compromise Ukrainian sovereignty. Russia has positioned about 100,000 troops across Ukraine’s borders along with tanks and other heavy artillery, stoking fears across Europe […]
BRUSSELS (AP) – Home! And no longer alone. The 19-year-old Belgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford set a world record as the youngest woman to fly solo around the world, touching her small airplane down in western Belgium on Thursday – 155 days after she departed. She made it count for herself, […]
LOS ANGELES – “What is Prince Edward Island?” Apparently, the brainiac competitors on Wednesday’s airing of “Jeopardy!” and its all-time winningest champion host have no idea. The American TV quiz show’s current long-running champ Amy Schneider chose a category within the Double Jeopardy round entitled Local Nicknames. With $2,000 up […]
MOSCOW (AP) – Russia accused the West on Thursday of plotting “provocations” in Ukraine and disguising its alleged intentions by fomenting concerns about Moscow planning aggressive military action in the neighboring country. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova alleged that Ukrainian and Western claims of an imminent Russian attack on […]
An unfortunate accident on a camping trip that resulted in a back injury is the reason Kelsey Schmidt got interested in physiotherapy. “I was lifting a canoe onto my shoulders and I hurt my back,” Schmidt, a registered physiotherapist and part owner at Wright Physiotherapy in Fort Frances, said. “And […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) – At least 2.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines donated to African countries have expired, the Africa Centers for Disease Control said Thursday, citing short shelf lives as the major reason. Donors of vaccines to the continent should send them with a realistic shelf life of about […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Three Australian Federal Court judges on Thursday revealed their reasons for backing a government order to deport tennis star Novak Djokovic, explaining they did not consider the “merits or wisdom of the decision.” The judges on Sunday unanimously endorsed Immigration Minister Alex Hawke’s decision to deport […]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The NCAA has adopted a sport-by-sport approach for transgender athletes, bringing the organization in line with the U.S. and International Olympic Committees. Under the new guidelines, approved by the NCAA Board of Governors on Wednesday, transgender participation for each sport will be determined by the policy for […]
Reigning Olympic two-man champion Justin Kripps, and Cynthia Appiah and Christine de Bruin, who’ve been excellent on the women’s monobob circuit this season, headline Canada’s 18-member bobsled team for the Beijing Olympics. Olympic veterans Jane Channell of Calgary and Mirela Rahneva of Ottawa and rookie Blake Enzie of Calgary are […]
