Local News from Across the Rainy River District
OTTAWA – Dozens of female Afghan students have escaped the Taliban with the help of a Toronto-based charity and are heading to Saskatoon after a daring land journey lasting weeks. Nearly 100 girls have managed to flee to Pakistan with their families after failing to get out of Kabul before […]
OTTAWA – Canada’s first-ever pandemic election culminates today as Canadians from coast-to-coast go to the polls to choose the 338 members of Parliament to sit in the House of Commons. Elections Canada says almost 6.8 million people voted early, most of them at advanced polls over a week ago, and […]
A lawyer for Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin revealed in court on Monday that the senior military officer’s legal team has given the Crown documents they believe are pertinent to their client’s sexual assault case. Lawyer Philippe Morneau did not reveal the nature of those documents as he appeared in a courtroom […]
THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) – Four famous giant sequoias were not harmed by a wildfire that reached the edge of Giant Forest in California’s Sequoia National Park, authorities said. The Four Guardsmen, a group of trees that form a natural entryway on the road to the forest, were successfully protected […]
Football has returned for the 2021/22 year, with a new Muskies team hitting the field on Friday for their season opener. They lost to the eagles 20-8, but the coaching staff is impressed with the potential of this year’s team. The Muskies will get their chance for redemption when they […]
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden will ease foreign travel restrictions into the U.S. beginning in November and allow foreign nationals into the country if they have proof of vaccination and a negative COVID-19 test, the White House said Monday. The new rules replace a hodgepodge of restrictions that had […]
NEW YORK (AP) – A lawyer for Donald Trump’s indicted corporate finance chief told a judge Monday he has “strong reason to believe” more indictments are coming in an ongoing New York investigation into the former president’s real estate empire. Lawyer Bryan Scarlatos made the remark during Trump Organization CFO […]
Tiger Woods won’t be at Whistling Straits this week, for obvious reasons. Phil Mickelson will, but for the first time since 1995 won’t hit a shot in the Ryder Cup. The storyline in the Ryder Cup hasn’t changed, but the marquee players have – at least when it comes to […]
Ottawa University says one of its football players died shortly after a game over the weekend. The school says fifth-year-engineering student Francis Perron died not long after the Gee-Gees game against the University of Toronto on Saturday. Perron had one tackle in an 11-10 loss to the Varsity Blues. The […]
Currently, we have 9 active cases of COVID-19 connected to the NWHU catchment area. Since our last update, we have received report of two new positive COVID-19 test result in the District of Rainy River. Follow up with the persons involved and their contacts has started according to protocol. Anyone […]
The final team, made up of of diagnostic imaging technicians, doctors and nurses, crossed the finish line of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s DI Dash event as part of the Foundation’s “Picture This” campaign public launch on Sunday, September 12, 2021. The campaign is raising money to do significant […]
Monday afternoon, Fort Frances Town council approved the request submitted by Aaron Bisson, culture and recreation manager, to have patrons provide proof of double vaccination before accessing the Memorial Sports Centre and the Fort Frances Senior Centre. Effective Sept. 22, patrons, contractors, spectators and visitors who use the sports centre […]
