Thursday, June 3, 2010

Three local soccer teams at All-Ontario's

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Three local high school soccer teams are in action today at the all-Ontario championships. The Thomas Aquinas boys are in Windsor for the s...

Wet May weather

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A year-long trend towards warmer weather came to a halt last month. Environment Canada says temperatures in the Kenora area were pretty m...

Coronor Investigating Child's death

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The Regional Coroner's office is investigating the death of a four year old Thunder Bay kindergarten student. Willow Scott Hannam was...

Four arrested in brutal assault

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Four men are in custody following a brutal beating on a remote first nation in northwestern Ontario. The Nishinabe Aski Police says 25 ye...

MNR conducting Lake Surveys

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The Ministry of Natural Resources says it will have staff out on area lakes once again this summer conducting fish surveys. This year, ...
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Hospital Foundation AGM

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Despite a sluggish stock market, the Lake of the Woods District Hospital Foundation has been able to generate hundreds of thousands of dol...

OPP officer charged

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A veteran O-P-P officer in northwestern Ontario has been suspended from duty with pay while he answers to charges of uttering threats and ...

Internships for Northern Youth

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Keeping our young people in the north. That's the goal of the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund's co-op and internship programs. ...

Couchiching pleased with progress in talks

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Couchiching First Nation is claiming victory after taking down a toll booth on Highway 11 Monday night. Councillor Sarah Mainville says t...

Old Fort William Tragedy

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The coroner is investigating the death of a four-year-old girl following an accident at Fort William Historical Park in Thunder Bay. Will...
Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Lake levels stable despite rain

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Despite all the rain this weekend, water levels on Lake of the Woods aren't expected to rise very much in the next few days. Rick Co...

Couchiching Toll Booth removed

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Members of the Couchiching First Nation have brought down a toll booth on Highway 11 near Fort Frances. Band members removed the booth Mon...

Big Fine for Building on Lake of the Woods

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A Winnipeg man has been fined a total of nine thousand dollars for illegally building in the Clearwater Bay area. Ian Rentz was fined a t...

Fire Hazard Dropping

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Rainfall over the weekend in much of Northwestern Ontario has helped ease the forest fire hazard. Ministry of Natural Resources Informati...

Cancer Rates in the Northwest still high

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Residents of Northwestern Ontario still live a lifestyle that poses a cancer risk. The latest report card from Cancer Care Ontario indica...
Monday, May 31, 2010

Site Plan approved for new Birchcliff Facility

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Plans to build a new group home on the site of the former Our Lady of the Valley School on Brinkman Road are a step closer. Kenora City C...

Saints soccer teams heading to OFSAA

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Both of Thomas Aquinas soccer teams will be heading to the All-Ontario Single A championships this week. The Saints girls swept Terrace B...

OPP issue fines for cellphone use

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The Kenora Detachment of the OPP says it has been issuing fines for people who have been driving and using their cell-phones while drivin...

Bridge Tenders awarded

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The City of Kenora will be spending just over 110 thousand dollars to find out how much work will be needed to refurbish aging bridges. S...

Plane skids off runway

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A scary incident at the Kenora Airport. Friday afternoon a Piper single engine aircraft ran off the runway while trying to land. The OP...