Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Students in Ontario will have to keep their masks on when they return to classrooms in September, the Ford government said in a long-awaited back-to-school plan released Tuesday, but neither they nor staff will be required to get a COVID-19 vaccine to attend. More than two million school-aged children and […]
The leader of Ontario’s New Democrats is facing criticism for opposing mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for education workers. Andrea Horwath has said she supports regular rapid virus tests for unvaccinated education workers before they come to work. She told CBC in an interview Wednesday that she considers it a charter right […]
TORONTO – Ontario is sending updated guidance on COVID-19 protocols to child-care centres, including allowing singing indoors and letting visitors in the centres. The updated guidance follows calls from parents and operators for the government to review some of the rules that were brought in last summer when centres reopened, […]
A familiar face has taken the helm of the Northwest Unit of the Ontario Catholic Teacher’s Association. Nathan Cousineau. Cousineau succeeded Dan Maltaise as the local association president. Prior to this, Maltais was recognized for his longtime contributions in 2019 when he received the Pearse Shannon Memorial Association Award for […]
The dean of the Northern Ontario Medical School says a common teaching method in medical school that is known by the strange term ‘pimping’ can be instructive if done right, but be just the opposite when done incorrectly. As a teaching method, pimping puts medical students on the spot with […]
MONTREAL – Quebec will receive its final scheduled shipment of COVID-19 vaccine next week, and the province says its remaining stock is enough to cover everyone who hasn’t yet received two doses, the Health Department said Wednesday. The province said in a news release 585,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine […]
The Cattlemen’s Association needs a few extra hands to get the new Sales Barn ready for the first auction of the season. If you can help, call Louis Bujold at 807-276-3493. Volunteers are needed for the Emo Fall Fair! Lots of positions needing to be filled. To join the team, […]
MONTREAL – Quebec Premier Francois Legault says the government will impose a vaccine passport system following a recent rise in COVID-19 infections. Legault said today that Health Minister Christian Dube will announce details in the coming days about how the system will work and when it will begin. The announcement […]
Police briefs (FORT FRANCES, ON) – On 04 August 2021 at approximately 7:25 pm, members of the Atikokan Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Rainy River District Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Atikokan Fire Rescue responded to a single fatal motor vehicle collision on Hwy 622 approximately 3.3 kilometers […]
The forest fire hazard remains mainly high to extreme across the region with moderate areas in Thunder Bay, Red Lake, Nipigon, and Sioux Lookout districts. AFFES is currently responding to many fires on the landscape. Stay informed of the location, size, status of all active wildland fires in the province […]
TORONTO – “Come From Away” is landing on Apple TV Plus in September. The streaming service says a live filmed version of the Tony-winning musical will debut Sept. 10 on the platform. The premiere coincides with the eve of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World […]
OTTAWA – Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu has sent a letter to her Alberta counterpart saying she shares concerns about the province’s plan to lift all of its COVID-19 health restrictions. In the letter, addressed to Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro, Hajdu says she agrees with the Canadian Paediatric Society’s […]
