Wednesday, July 7, 2010

City council on Trans-Canada Twinning Project

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Kenora City Council is endorsing a lobby effort by residents living west of Kenora to have the route for the twinning of the Trans-Canada Hi...

NAN Grand Chief Meets Queen

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The Grand Chief of the Nishbawbe Aski Nation is feeling good after his meeting with the Queen yesterday. Stan Beardy says it was imporant...

New Zoning By-Law gets feedback

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The City of Kenora should have a new zoning by-law in place by the fall. Yesterday a public meeting was held to get feedback on the revis...

Graffitti By-Law almost ready

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Kenora City Council is putting the finishing touches on a by-law that would try to control the spread of graffitti. The Anti-Graffitti By...
Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Fire Hall Fit and Finish Funding sought

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Kenora's Fire and Emergency Services Department is seeking an additional 138 thousand dollars from the city to furnish the new fire ha...

Abitibi Restructuring Nearly Complete

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AbitibiBowater could end nearly eighteen months of creditor and bankruptcy protection on October 1 if its restructuring plan wins creditor s...

Municipal Candidates Workshop

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Anyone interested in running in the upcoming municipal elections in the fall can get a reality check this week. The Kenora and District ...

Water Levels Rising

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Water levels on Lake of the Woods have spiked in recent days due to all the rain this past weekend. The Lake of the Woods Control Board ...

Drowning near Sprague

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A 22 year old man is dead after drowining in a lake near the Manitoba/Ontario border. The RCMP say they were called to Moose Lake Provinc...

Good turn-out for Blood Donor Clinic

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It was a good turn-out on the first day of the Blood Donor Clinic at Thomas Aquinas High School. Canadian Blood Services says they had 1...
Monday, July 5, 2010

Blood Donor Clinic starts today

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And Canadian Blood Services says they still have lots of appointment times avaiable for its Blood Donor Clinic in Kenora this week. As many...

Heritage Committee looks at protection for Rideout Cottonwood

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Kenora's Heritage Committee is looking at a by-law that could protect an old tree in the north end of town. The 300 year old eastern ...

A very wet weekend

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It was a very wet weekend across northwestern Ontario, with the Kenora area seeing the most rainfall. About a months worth of rain fell ...

Kenora Judokas medal at Nationals

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A couple of members of the Jaffray Melick Judo Club earned medals at the National Judo Championships in Lethbridge over the weekend. Kait...

IJC agrees to management agreement on Lake of the Woods

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The International Joint Commission has been asked to examine the development of a bi-national management of both Lake of the Woods and Rain...

Work to begin this week on Redditt Washout

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The Redditt Local Roads Board is hoping for some emergency funding from the province to help cover the cost of a major road washout. A s...

Body of missing man located in Rainy Lake

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O-P-P divers have recovered the body of a man who had been missing since Canada Day after falling out of a boat on Rainy Lake. The body o...

Kenora's newest street named

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The City of Kenora now has a new street. Mike Richards Way was officially dedicated Friday afternoon at a special ceremony at the Kenora ...
Friday, July 2, 2010

Fort Frances Plane Crash

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No injuries are being reported from the crash of a float plane in Rainy River yesterday morning. It happened in front of several people w...

American Tourists Found after Five Days in the Bush

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A couple of american tourists are safe and sound after being lost in the bush in northwestern Ontario for five days. The married couple ...