Local News from Across the Rainy River District
A group of northern Ontario chambers of commerce are joining forces to apply for a Shop Local grant through the Ontario Chamber of Commerce. The Kenora Chamber of Commerce is taking the lead on the initiative, which will see resources distributed to promote shopping locally. The Kenora Chamber has found […]
The Canada-U.S. border officially opened on Monday, but despite border workers reaching a tentative agreement, there was a long wait to get into the country. The fear of border workers going on strike is not a threat to tourism operators any longer, but they are facing much larger problems such […]
Demolition of the Fort Frances paper mill started last fall. But Jeff Norton, president of Canadian National Demolition (CND), said during the council meeting on Monday evening that shortages of trucks to transport material to Sault Ste. Marie has slowed down the progress. This update was given after Doug Brown, […]
It was a call no parent ever wants to get, and now Cora Gagne is fighting to make sure no other parent has to feel her pain. On January 18, 2021 Gagne was in her office in Manitoba, where she lives, when she received a phone call. Her 17 year […]
TORONTO – COVID-19 cases appear to be on the rise in Ontario again and business groups are calling for a vaccine certificate system as a means to avoid another lockdown. Ontario has reported rising positivity rates and more than 300 new COVID-19 cases for the past four days, with more […]
Rebecca Gustafson showed off the custom creations she had available at her Tonttu Creations stall at the Rainy Lake Square Market last Thursday. The market runs from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. each Thursday during the summer. –Ken Kellar photo
Pikangikum, Ontario – After four weeks the First Nation community of Pikangikum is finally returning home. The vulnerable population was evacuated from community starting on July 12, with more than 1,000 people being taken out of the community to Sudbury, Timmins, Sioux Lookout, and Thunder Bay. “The fire threat has […]
Ontario’s chief forensic pathologist says the death of a 30-year-old man in the throes of crisis was caused by the actions of jail guards. Dr. Michael Pollanen says in a report that Soleiman Faqiri died on Dec. 15, 2016, after being beaten, pepper sprayed and restrained in a prone position […]
TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 321 new COVID-19 cases and two new deaths, as the government urges people to focus less on daily case counts and more on hospitalizations and ICU admissions. The Health Ministry has rearranged its daily reporting website and added new metrics, comparing vaccinated and unvaccinated cases […]
OTTAWA – U.S. drug maker Moderna will sign an agreement with the Canadian government today promising to build an mRNA production plant in Canada. Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel will sign the memorandum of understanding with federal Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne in Montreal this morning. It is the second major deal […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Five years after North Carolina blocked an expansion of Charlotte’s nondiscrimination ordinance, prompting a backlash that cost the state billions of dollars, the city council unanimously approved expansive protections for LGBT people and vulnerable residents. The ordinance approved Monday includes sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, […]
MIAMI (AP) – Residents of an eight-story condo building in Miami were ordered to evacuate after the building was deemed “unsafe” by city officials. On Monday night, some six weeks after 98 people died in the collapse of the Champlain Towers South in nearby Surfside, residents of the 138-unit building […]
