Local News from Across the Rainy River District
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 […]
TORONTO – Teachers and staff with the Toronto District School Board who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 1 could lose their jobs as the board becomes the latest employer to take a hard line on immunization rules. The school board in Canada’s most populous city has published its […]
Ontario colleges and universities will have to update their sexual violence and harassment policies by next March to better support students who bring complaints forward. The government said Thursday that the policies must ensure students who report sexual violence will not be disciplined for breaking a school’s rules related to […]
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, facing a COVID-19 crisis that is threatening to collapse its health system in just over a week, has reintroduced limits on gatherings along with elements of a vaccine passport system. Alberta is also asking for help from other provinces to use their intensive care beds and […]
OTTAWA – Refugee claimants and their advocates are asking the Supreme Court of Canada to review a decision that affirmed the constitutionality of a key pact between Ottawa and Washington on asylum seekers. In a submission to the high court, they say the case raises “foundational questions of constitutional law” […]
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) – Cyprus’ Orthodox Church formally took charge Thursday of two ornately decorated 18th century doors stolen from a church in the ethnically divided island’s breakaway north and reclaimed from a Japanese art college after a long legal battle. Communications and Works Minister Yiannis Karousos said the wooden […]
BOWDEN, ALBERTA – A man convicted of the mass murder of a family nearly 40 years ago revealed chilling details of his crime Wednesday as the Parole Board of Canada once again rejected his request to get out of prison. David Shearing, who now goes by the name David Ennis, […]
Election Day is Monday, Sept. 20 The candidates of Thunder Bay-Rainy River have been busy on the campaign trail. Clockwise from top: Incumbent Liberal Marcus Powlowski, (right), meets with constituents outside his campaign headquarters; NDP’s Yuk-Sem Won, (right) meets with supporters at the Emo Fair; PPC’s Alan Aubut (right) sets […]
