Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Title insurers need to be brought under anti-money laundering rules to fight against scam artists who impersonate homeowners to sell or mortgage their properties, a former insurance executive says. Tim Hyde, who spent years in the title insurance business in Ontario, said dozens of cases involving impersonators in Ontario and […]
CALGARY – Parks Canada says its new online reservation system to book camping sites and other activities at national parks appears to have worked well during its first week of operations. The site was recently updated to fix an older one that was prone to crashes and glitches. The new […]
DETROIT (AP) – The last gas-powered muscle car from Dodge isn’t leaving the road without some squeals, thunder and crazy-fast speed. The 2023 Challenger SRT Demon 170 will deliver 1,025 horsepower from its 6.2-liter supercharged V-8, and the automaker says it will be the quickest production car made. Stellantis, formed […]
OTTAWA – Google said it will volunteer some of its top executives to testify at a parliamentary committee that is studying the actions of the Silicon Valley giant after it ran a five-week test that blocked news links to some of its Canadian users. The test was meant to assess […]
NEW YORK (AP) – Most of Wall Street is holding steady Monday after regulators pushed together two huge banks over the weekend to build confidence in the struggling industry. The S&P 500 was 0.4% higher in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 335 points, or 1.1%, at […]
NEW YORK (AP) – Stocks of smaller U.S. banks are continuing to tumble Thursday, as Wall Street hunts for what may be next to crack in the struggling industry, but losses for the overall market were more modest. The S&P 500 was 0.3% lower in morning trading following a whirlwind […]
Travel brand loyalty is nothing new. Ever since Texas International Airlines and American Airlines created the first frequent-flyer programs in the late 1970s and early 1980s, travellers have been racking up miles, seeking elite status and pouring their airfare dollars into brands that offer the most perks. Yet sticking with […]
Most Canadian businesses that answered federal and provincial calls during the pandemic to build up a domestic sector for personal protective equipment have collapsed. The association that represents Canadian PPE companies says 90 per cent of those businesses have been forced to close or pivot to other industries because the […]
Ontario is proposing to strengthen rules around mass layoffs to include greater protections for employees who work remotely. Labour Minister Monte McNaughton made the announcement Monday in Kitchener, Ont., home to a lot of the province’s tech jobs, a sector that has seen a number of mass layoffs. McNaughton announced […]
NEW YORK (AP) – In reimagining 40 of their best-known songs, U2 recognized that many fans would experience them through earphones connected to a device in their pockets – rather than being belted out onstage. That was one thought behind “Songs of Surrender,”coming out this week. The four men of […]
LONDON (AP) – Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov and acclaimed Guadeloupe-born writer Maryse Conde are among 13 contenders announced Tuesday for the International Booker Prize for translated fiction. Kurkov, 61, who has written widely for Western publications on Russia’s invasion of his country, is nominated for “Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv,” […]
It was a volatile trading session for markets this morning amid fears of financial contagion in the U.S. after the second- and third-largest bank failures in that country’s history, while Canada’s main stock exchange moves lower on weakness in the energy and financial sectors. The S&P/TSX composite index was down […]
