Local News from Across the Rainy River District
It is said a successful life is based not on the amount of money ended up with, but the amount of people who called you friend. By those standards, Jim Fowler was one of the richest people I’ll ever know. Many called him “Fergie” or “Ferg” for reasons unknown to […]
TORONTO – The Ontario government says it will not seek to take a legal fight over post-secondary student fees to Canada’s highest court. A spokesperson for the minister of colleges and universities says the province will not file an appeal with the Supreme Court of Canada after its directive making […]
The Bargain Shop ran their annual food drive from Sept 26- Oct 8, in support of The Salvation Army food bank. The shop raised $1,140 in total, according to manager Dawn Gray. “We wanted to thank all the generous customers who donated and helped fill The Salvation Army’s shelves,” she […]
TORONTO – COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in Ontario in a trend experts attribute to cooling temperatures, lifting capacity limits and less stringent precautions among the public. “We’re definitely out of the honeymoon phase and back in the fourth wave,” Dr. Peter Juni, scientific director for Ontario’s COVID-19 […]
Ontario is reporting 441 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths from the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 268 of the new infections are in people who are not fully vaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown. She says 173 of the new cases are in fully vaccinated people. […]
TORONTO – Muslim leaders are calling on Ontario to take action against Islamophobia. Imam Aarij Anwer of the London Muslim Mosque said Monday that the province should tackle the issue now and not wait for the results of next year’s election. A Muslim family from Anwer’s mosque was killed after […]
OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is restoring popular MP Pierre Poilievre to his role as the party’s finance critic today as he releases his new list of critics for the next Parliament. But O’Toole is leaving out former leadership rival Leslyn Lewis and Ontario MP Marilyn Gladu, both of […]
WHITEHORSE – The Yukon government has declared a state of emergency and announced a series of public health rules aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, including a proof-of-vaccination requirement that’s set to take effect this Saturday. The territory says it is “moving rapidly” to implement a proof-of-vaccination system for […]
NEW YORK (AP) – Thanksgiving is Jonatan Mitchell’s favorite holiday, usually spent with his wife co-hosting up to 20 loved ones. He’d been looking forward to the gathering this year after calling it off in 2020 due to the pandemic, but one of the most pressing issues of the times […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – An American who faces criminal charges for participating in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol is seeking asylum in Belarus, the country’s state TV reported on Monday – a move that may further heighten the tensions between the turbulent ex-Soviet nation and the United […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Political appointees in the Trump administration relied on faulty science to justify stripping habitat protections for the imperiled northern spotted owl, U.S. wildlife officials said Tuesday as they struck down a rule that would have opened millions of acres of forest in Oregon, Washington and California […]
Today, Greg Rickford, Minister of Indigenous Affairs, issued the following statement marking Indigenous Veterans Day: “Today, we honour the bravery, service, and sacrifice of First Nation, Inuit and Métis veterans who served during the First World War, Second World War, Korean War, and subsequent Canadian Forces’ actions around the globe. […]
