Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The NHL, NHL Players’ Association and NHL Alumni Association are teaming up to get hockey into the NFT marketplace. The organizations announced a multiyear deal Thursday making Sweet their official digital collectibles partner. While not confirming exact terms, NHL executive VP of business development and innovation Dave Lehanski said the […]
Health care and social services see record vacancy levels Job vacancies reached a record quarterly high of nearly one million in the first three months of 2022, continuing a trend started in the first quarter of 2016. Statistics Canada data shows the number of job vacancies increased 2.7 per cent […]
LONDON (AP) – Britain is facing its biggest rail strikes for decades after last-minute talks between a union and train companies failed to reach a settlement over pay and job security. Up to 40,000 cleaners, signalers, maintenance workers and station staff are due to walk out for three days this […]
Tesla billionaire Elon Musk is due to meet with Twitter employees Thursday in an apparent effort to assuage concerns about his $44 billion deal to acquire the social platform. Musk reached a deal to acquire Twitter in April, but he has clashed with the company repeatedly since then. Musk said […]
TORONTO – Netflix is launching a development program for diverse Canadian writers in film and television. The streamer’s head of global TV announced the initiative – dubbed Advancing Voices: Netflix Canada Creator Program – at the Banff World Media Festival on Tuesday. Bela Bejaria says seven writers from underrepresented groups […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korea’s prime minister warned Tuesday that disruptions of cargo transport by a nationwide truckers’ strike could cause “irrecoverable” damage to the country’s economy, as the protest entered its eighth day. About 6,800 truckers rallied at various sites across South Korea on Monday, triggering delays […]
NEW YORK (AP) – Fears about a possible recession are pounding markets Monday, and Wall Street’s S&P 500 tumbled into the maw of what’s known as a bear market after sinking more than 20% below its record set early this year. The S&P 500 dropped 2.4% in the first chance […]
TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index was down more than 500 points in late-morning trading, led lower by losses in the energy and base metal sectors, while U.S. stock markets also plunged in a broad-based sell-off. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 561.36 points at 19,713.46. In New York, the […]
The Bank of Canada said vulnerabilities from high household debt and elevated housing prices have increased and pose key risks to the Canadian financial system. In its latest financial system review, the central bank said Thursday the twin factors have increased the downside risk to economic growth as rising rates […]
NEW YORK (AP) – Shirley Jackson had a gift for evoking the depths of anxiety in the space it might take to summarize a baseball game. Two very brief and previously unreleased stories, “Charlie Roberts” and “Only Stand and Wait,” were published this week in the summer issue of The […]
The online streaming bill will generate at least $1 billion a year for Canada’s creative sector, including Indigenous programs, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez told a committee of MPs on Monday. Rodriguez disclosed the figure before the House of Commons heritage committee, which is studying a bill updating broadcasting laws and […]
Gasoline prices continued to trend upward across much of Canada over the weekend and experts warn more increases are coming this week. National average gas prices rose to about $2.06 on Sunday, up almost three cents from the day before and 11 cents higher compared with a week ago, according […]
