Local News from Across the Rainy River District
At the end of April, The Spry Farm posted to their Facebook page asking members in the community to help them look for a commercial liability insurance policy, something they never thought they would have to do, Leanne Spry said. “I wasn’t actually anticipating this. We had a commercial insurance […]
When COVID-19 forced many people to stay indoors, outdoor activities became an outlet where people could stay active with friends, while keeping a safe distance. Stores soon ran out of sports apparel, shoes and weights. But the increase in bike demand was unprecedented, leaving local sports shop Taggs Source for […]
Canada’s farmland market remained strong and stable during a year marked by economic turbulence caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Farmland Values Report. The average value of Canadian farmland increased by 5.4 per cent in 2020, slightly more than the 5.2 per cent […]
Currently, there are 66 active cases of COVID-19 in the Northwestern Health Unit region. Today we received reports of: 1 new positive COVID-19 test result in the Emo Health Hub region; 2 new positive COVID-19 test results in the Kenora Health Hub region; 2 new positive COVID-19 test results in […]
Judy Anderson, 69, gets her AstraZeneca vaccine from Venkata Reddy Donthi Reddy, pharmacist at Pharmasave in Fort Frances. The provincial government is hoping to have vaccine eligibility open to all adults by the end of the month.– Merna Emara photo
TORONTO – Ontario might shorten the length of time between COVID-19 vaccine doses and is looking into mixing and matching doses as it prepares to receive increased shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The province expects to receive weekly shipments of more than 785,000 doses from Pfizer-BioNTech in May, and more […]
Ontario is reporting 2,791 new cases of COVID-19 today and 25 more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 931 new cases in Toronto, 653 in Peel Region, and 275 in York Region. She also says there are 147 new cases in Durham Region and […]
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – A second team of health-care workers from Newfoundland and Labrador left this morning for Ontario to help the province battle its COVID-19 caseload. Three doctors and four nurses are scheduled to arrive in Toronto this afternoon and then head to Brampton, where they’ll be working for […]
BRUSSELS – Dried yellow mealworms could soon be hitting supermarket shelves and restaurants across Europe. The European Union’s 27 nations gave the greenlight Tuesday to a proposal to put the Tenebrio molitor beetle’s larvae on the market as a “novel food.” The move came after the EU’s food safety agency […]
NEW YORK – Chef, cookbook author and TV host Carla Hall has always wondered about an antique wooden highchair her family has long cherished. What is its history? How much is it worth? She finally got answers when PBS’ “Antiques Roadshow” visited her Washington, D.C., home. It turns out that […]
YAZOO CITY, Miss. – Much of the South is at risk of more severe weather Tuesday, forecasters said, after tornadoes struck parts of the region Sunday night and Monday, causing heavy damage in some parts of Mississippi and flipping trucks in Texas. Parts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee, […]
CHICAGO – Before schools shuttered during the pandemic, Ayaana Johnson worried every time she dropped her daughters off at school. Johnson, a Black woman, says racism is rampant in her predominantly white Georgia town. At her daughters’ school, a student once used racial slurs and told another child he doesn’t […]
