Local News from Across the Rainy River District
MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) – Residents of a Kentucky town devastated by a tornado could be without heat, water and electricity in chilly temperatures for a long time, the mayor warned Monday, as officials struggled to restore services after a swarm of twisters leveled neighborhoods and killed dozens of people in […]
ROME (AP) – A Vatican official apologized to a leading Catholic LGBTQ advocacy group for having yanked a reference to it on the Vatican website, drawing immediate praise Monday from the group as an “historic” move to repair the painful rift between the Catholic hierarchy and the gay community. The […]
NEW YORK (AP) – Anne Rice, the novelist whose lush, best-selling gothic tales, including “Interview With the Vampire,” reinvented the blood-drinking immortals as tragic antiheroes, has died. She was 80. Rice died late Saturday due to complications from a stroke, her son Christopher Rice announced on her Facebook page and […]
Town council will vote on whether to delay the enforcement of the ban of single-use plastics bylaw for six months, after several restaurants asked for a grace period following supply chain problems. The Planning and Development Executive Committee, chaired by Coun. John McTaggart, will bring the recommendation to council next […]
The Ontario government is providing over $5.9 million to help build and repair local infrastructure in Kenora – Rainy River. This investment is part of the government’s plan to build Ontario by getting shovels in the ground on critical infrastructure projects that support economic recovery, growth and job creation. “Today, […]
The annual Stuff-A-Cruiser event was a huge success, with emergency services, agencies and volunteers heading out for their annual food drive. Cruisers, ambulances and CN police vehicles were stationed at various locations across the district, to benefit local food banks. – Ken Kellar photo
The Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre is ready to celebrate the season with patrons, town and district residents, with a series of fun family activities taking place in December. The list for the Annual Christmas Light Scavenger Hunt is now ready for pickup. There are 15 items on the […]
The Rainy River District School Board is pleased to announce that elections for the office of Chair and Vice Chair were held at the Board Meeting on December 7, 2021 in Fort Frances. Trustee, Raymond Roy, was acclaimed as Board Chair, while Trustee, David Kircher, was acclaimed as Vice Chair. […]
A First Nation in northern Ontario has expanded its search for the source of a lung infection that has killed two people and sickened at least 12 others, the First Nation’s chief said Wednesday. Constance Lake First Nation, a community of over 900 residents, declared a state of emergency on […]
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden on Thursday opened the first White House Summit for Democracy by sounding an alarm about a global slide for democratic institutions and called for world leaders to “lock arms” and demonstrate democracies can deliver. Biden called it a critical moment for fellow leaders to […]
OTTAWA – As a transplanted British Columbian, Jesse Mason views the extreme and shifting weather patterns unfolding in his native province with a high level of concern. First, there was the heat dome that caused record-breaking temperatures this summer, and then the recent floods that have emptied entire communities, drowned […]
MONTREAL – The RCMP say a former Canadian Space Agency engineer has been charged with breach of trust for using his position to act on behalf of a Chinese company. Federal authorities say Wanping Zheng, 61, will appear in court in Longueuil, Que., on Dec. 15. Zheng, a Brossard, Que., […]
