Local News from Across the Rainy River District
TORONTO – Ontario’s long-term care operators welcomed provincial funding announced Wednesday to hire more than 4,000 staff within a year but advocates and employees said more must be done to improve working conditions in the sector. Long-Term Care Minister Rod Phillips said the province would put aside $270 million to […]
TORONTO – Ontario is willing to discuss optometrists’ operating costs, but won’t write them a “blank cheque,” the health minister said Wednesday ahead of a rally by the eye care professionals. Optometrists across the province withdrew provincially insured eye services, including eye exams for children and seniors, more than a […]
TORONTO – Premier Doug Ford says he won’t get involved in people’s personal medical records. He made the comments in question period Wednesday, responding to the NDP urging that the premier review the two medical exemptions from COVID-19 vaccines among his caucus members. Ontario’s chief medical officer of health has […]
SAN DIEGO (AP) – The Afghan man was attending a conference in California as part of his job for a U.S.-government funded project in Afghanistan when the Taliban sent a written death threat to his home, forcing him to make a heart-wrenching decision: He would not return to his wife […]
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) – Coast Guard investigators boarded a massive cargo ship as they probe what caused the rupture of an offshore oil pipeline that sent crude washing up on Southern California beaches. The visit to the Rotterdam Express container ship came as investigators try to determine whether an […]
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price is seeking help, voluntarily entering the NHL/NHL Players’ Association joint player assistance program. The NHL and NHLPA said in a release that the 34-year-old star goalie will be away from the team while he takes part in the program. The release did not specify why […]
Last Wednesday the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce handed out its annual awards to businesses and employees throughout the region. Causeway Insurance owner John Homer provided the laughs as MC and La Place Rendez-Vous provided the meal and banquet hall as the Chamber handed out 11 awards to businesses and […]
A ceremony of healing for the families, survivors and those impacted by the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) crisis, was held on Monday morning. The ceremony was held at Seven Oaks, and was attended by 30 individuals. A circle of people surrounded the drummers, as words of […]
This week, the Ontario Ministry of Health has provided further information on its position regarding negotiations with the Ontario Association of Optometrists. In an emailed statement, the MOH says: “the OAO declined the conditions put forward by an independent third-party mediator, chosen by the OAO, that would allow us to […]
Riverside Foundation for Health Care is excited to announce that the winner of the September Riverside 50/50 electronic raffle is Kim Humphrey of Fort Frances, ON with the winning ticket number L-1399943. Humphrey takes home $14,495, with the same amount going to the Foundation. The draw was made Thursday, September […]
At its annual meeting held September 27, the Board of Directors of Riverside Foundation for Health Care appointed Paul Brunetta to the position of Chair of the Boar. Paul has been on the Board since 2018 and has acted as Vice-Chair since 2019. Paul replaces Delaine McLeod who served as […]
A new project is underway to help generate the funding necessary to prevent an impending ecological disaster. The Steep Rock Energy Storage Project is a novel idea that aims to provide a benefit not only to electricity users in the province, but also use funding generated by selling electricity to […]
