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Leadership within the province of Ontario says they are keeping a close eye on the BA.2 sub-variant that is causing havoc in some parts of the world.

Ontario Minister of Health and Deputy Premier, Christine Elliott said in a press conference on Tuesday, the province's top doctor is examining the situation.

“Dr. Moore is studying it. We expect that it may be the 50 per cent of the cases we have in Ontario within the next short period of time,” said Elliott.

Most 15-year-olds in Kenora are settling into their March Break, but for Scanlon Wiebe, he is preparing for one of the most important weekends of his young soccer career.

Wiebe along with his Manitoba MLS Boys Prospect team will be traveling to Vancouver to take part in the Whitecaps FC Academy Centre Combine from April 4-7, 2022.

Leaders of both the provincial and federal governments say the two parties are coming close to finalizing their long-awaited $10-a-day childcare agreement.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined Ontario Premier Doug Ford and members of his party on Wednesday to announce a $1.4 billion investment into electrical vehicle manufacturing in Canada, and fielded questions about the childcare deal shortly afterwards.

A childcare deal would work to reduce the average cost of childcare in Ontario by 50 per cent by the end of 2022, before lowering prices to $10-a-day by 2026.

Jeff “Gussy” Gustafson is preparing himself for his fourth tournament of the season as he’s in South Carolina for the 2022 Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Santee Cooper Lakes.

The four-day event begins Thursday (March 17, 2022), and Gustafson has a good game plan heading into this tournament.

“I have a section of the lake that I can keep myself in so I’m going to have a lot of time to fish. It’s going to be hunting down a big one here and a big one here. It’s not my ideal situation.” said Gustafson

Vaccinated travellers will no longer require a negative COVID-19 test to come to Canada as of April 1, according to a source in the federal government. 

The source, who is not authorized to speak publicly about the upcoming policy change, says an official announcement is expected later this week.

At the end of February, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced travellers coming to Canada would be able to present a negative rapid-antigen test at the border as an alternative to a more costly and time-consuming molecular test.

Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford believes supporting mining projects in the North is the way to economic growth for the region.

Provincial politicians recently returned to Queen’s Park and one thing that Kenora-Rainy River MPP and Minister of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry, Greg Rickford, hit on during his time to speak was the importance of mining projects in the North, especially for projects in remote First Nation communities.

The Ontario government is funding the creation of 37 new addictions treatment beds for the Sioux Lookout area, with reports showing staggering increases in opioid overdose deaths across the province. 

The province has announced a $4.2 million investment through the new Addictions Recovery Fund to enhance access to addictions treatment supports through the Sioux Lookout Friendship Accord Economic Development Corporation.

Kenora MP Eric Melillo is one of 300 Canadians who are now on Russia’s ‘blacklist’ for condemning Vladimir Putin’s invasion into Ukraine, banning him from ever entering Russian territory.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly, Defence Minister Anita Anand and almost every Canadian MP is included on the list. Other political leaders like Jagmeet Singh and Elizabeth May are also included, as well as leaders of Canada’s Ukrainian population.

The federal minister in charge of the Canada Revenue Agency was told after the election that the agency planned to go full speed on collecting debts just in time for tax season.

The briefing documents to Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier said the agency planned the full resumption of collection activities early this year.

The move was the last of four steps the CRA planned to take after it had to adjust its efforts given health and economic concerns linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Every morning, Samantha Cover wakes up and braces for what the day will bring.

For two years, the mother of four has been living with the post−COVID−19 condition known as long COVID, which has limited her abilities to engage in physical activity, process information and work long hours. 

If she walks too fast, she starts gasping for breath. Headaches are frequent and her vision turns blurry at times. She suffers from brain fog, fatigue, memory loss and a chronic sore throat.