It’s been a difficult process, marred by delays, concrete woes and a disruptive lightning strike. But the Rainy River Cattleman’s Association was able to celebrate how far it has come in the construction of its new cattle barn, with the first sale in the facility. Nearly $1.8 million worth of […]
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Weechi-it-te-win Family Services will be having a gathering on the Day of Truth and Reconciliation, to acknowledge and honour survivors and those that never returned home. The public is invited to share the Day of Truth and Reconciliation. – Thursday, September 30th at our Family Healing Program, located at 71 […]
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The Rainy River District School Board has received notification of a positive student case of COVID-19 associated with Crossroads School in Devlin on Sunday. All close contacts of the case are being called and given instructions by Northwestern Health Unit. We are working with NWHU to make sure all potential […]
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TORONTO – Ontario’s science advisory table is set to release new COVID-19 projections today. The new modelling is set to be posted online at 2 p.m., but the weekly briefing from Ontario’s chief medical officer of health that normally occurs Tuesdays at 3 p.m. has been rescheduled to Wednesday. Ontario’s […]
Robin Dennis participated in a card making session at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. Sue Bowcock from Crafty Corner Ink gave Dennis and Donna Main instructions on how to finish their Halloween-themed cards. – Merna Emara photo
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SUDBURY, Ont. – The first of dozens of miners who had been trapped underground for more than 24 hours following an incident at a mine in northern Ontario began returning to the surface late Monday, their employer said. An official with mining company Vale, Gord Gilpin, said in a statement […]
By Holly McKenzie-Sutter
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Ontario health units are developing plans for the vaccination of children aged five to 11 once COVID-19 shots are approved for them. Toronto Public Health said Monday that it had formed a planning group that includes health partners, school boards, community representatives and the province, while top doctors […]
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TORONTO – Ontario’s medical regulator says it has imposed a number of restrictions on a family physician accused of spreading misinformation about COVID-19. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario says Dr. Patrick Phillips, who is based in northeastern Ontario, is now barred from providing medical exemptions regarding COVID-19 […]
By Jordan Press
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – A group of senators is calling on the federal government to strike a grand economic plan with provinces, territories, businesses and civil society to drive growth coming out of the pandemic. The report includes calls to rethink how to deliver skills-training programs, to streamline the regulatory system to […]
By Joan Bryden
THE CANADIAN PRESS
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OTTAWA – Canadians may not be thrilled with the outcome of last week’s federal election but a new poll suggests few are angry that it produced an almost identical result to the 2019 nation-wide vote. Just 10 per cent of respondents to the Leger survey said they’re happy with the […]
By Arnie Stapleton
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Matt Prater came up short and paid the price, not once but twice. His attempt to break his own record for longest field goal in NFL history – a 64-yarder in Denver’s thin air eight years ago – backfired Sunday when a former teammate returned his missed 68-yard attempt in […]
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TORONTO – Lisa Thomaidis will not return as head coach of Canada’s national women’s basketball team, ending a run of nearly a decade at the helm of the program. Canada Basketball said in a release Tuesday that the organization and Thomaidis have “mutually agreed to part ways.” Thomaidis’s contract expired […]
