Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Grassy Narrows Protest at Queen's Park

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Hundreds of demonstrators converged on the lawn of the Ontario legislature this afternoon, calling for action over mercury poisoning on the ...

Fellowship Funding

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A shot in the arm for the Kenora Fellowship Center. The Ontario Trillium Foundation has come up with 150 thousanddollars over three years to...

Grassy Narrows First Nation Mercury Poison

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An international expert says the health effects ofmercury poisoning on the Grassy Narrows First Nation are worse now than in the 1970s. The...

Molesti Update

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There will be another court appearance for the man accused of trying to buy a 5 year old online. 56 year old Patrick Molesti will have a sec...

Blood Donor Clinic

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157 blood donors walked through the doors of St. Thomas Aquinas High School yesterday. Canadian Blood Services says they collected 133 units...
Monday, April 5, 2010

City Hires new CAO

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The City of Kenora has decided to hire from within for its new Chief Administrative Officer. Karen Brown has been hired to replace Bill Prie...

Senior Thistles lose in Thunder Bay

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The Kenora Triple "a" senior Thistles will have to wait another year to make an appearance at the Allan Cup. The Thistles were eli...

OPP recruiting women

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A special symposium targeted at women is going to be held by the OPP this spring. The one day session is aimed at women interested in a care...

NOMA on Provinicial Budget

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Municipalities in the region are still digesting the figures contained in last week's provincial budget. Anne Krassilowski is president ...

Another Snowmobile Fatal

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Another person has died after falling through the ice in Northwestern Ontario. The latest incident happened on Upper Jobrin Lake 4- kilometr...
Thursday, April 1, 2010

Busy Hockey Weekend

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A big weekend for hockey in Kenora. The Annual North American First Nations Tournament of Champions gets underway tomorrow at the Kenora Rec...

Get Ready for Relay for Life

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The 10th annual Relay for Life will be taking place in Kenora this June. Organizers are trying to drum up interest for the event with a capt...

Fire Season officially begins today

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It has the makings of a busy fire season for the Ministry of Natural Resources. Today marks the official start to the fire season in northwe...

Pension Protection Bill Introduced

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A private members bill aimed at securing the pensions of AbitibiBowater employees has been introduced in the House of Commons. Thunder-Bay R...

Kenora's Sunshine List

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The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board has more employees earning morethan 100 thousand dollars a year than any other agency in the are...
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Evergreen School Meeting

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The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board is being asked for an extensionfrom a committee set up to look at school closures in Kenora. The...

Hospital on Ontario Budget

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Hospital's across the region are still scratching their heads and wondering how much money they'll have to work with this year. The ...

Ear Falls Sawmill Sold

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The idled Ear Falls Sawmill has a new owner.Domtar has agreed to sell its forest products business for 80-million dollars plus additional wo...
Monday, March 29, 2010

Record Monday Weather

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The month of March came in like a lamb, and it looks like its going to go out the same way. The Kenora area set a 24 year old record today f...

Youth Killed in Snowmachine Accident

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A 17 year old youth has been killed in a snowmachine accident in northwestern Ontario. The OPP say Cody Gale of Sioux Lookout was driving a ...