Friday, April 8, 2011

Hospital moving towards a year-end surplus

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Lake of the Woods District Hospital is still in the black with just one month left in its fiscal year. The hospital was running a surplus o...

Common Ground Story Sharing this weekend

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The 6th annual Common Ground Story Sharing Celebration will take place this weekend. A number of new stories about the Lake of the Woods ar...

Grassy Narrows and Province sign Memorandum

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Ontario continues to work with the Grassy Narrows First Nation towards a logging agreement in the Whiskey Jack forest north of  Kenora. Mi...

Children`s Aid Merger in Kenora and Rainy River ready to proceed

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Kenora Patricia Child and Family Services says it has received assurances from the provincial government that it will cover the costs of the...

Hospital Board Chair resigns

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The chair of the Lake of the Woods Hospital Board is calling it quits. Debbie Baldwin is moving out of the community and tendered her resig...

Envirothon takes place today at Blue Lake

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High School students from Kenora and Dryden are putting their environmental smarts to the test today for the first ever Envirothon Regional ...

More calls for the Far North Act Hearings to be moved out of Toronto

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The McGuinty government is being called out of touch, arrogant and uncaring about the north. NDP leader Andrea Horwath is still hounding th...

The Real McCoys the final team to Qualify for the Allan Cup

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The Dundas Real McCoys will be making their four straight appearance at the Allan Cup this year. Dundas won the Ontario men's senior ch...

Dominion Curling Club Playdowns start today

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Lori Hoppe's Kenora Foursome will be in action today at the Dominion Curling Club Playdowns in Sault Ste. Marie. The Kenora rink is one...
Thursday, April 7, 2011

Grassy Narrows to meet with Minister of MNR on forestry issues

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After years of negotiations, it looks as if an end in the impasse between the Grassy Narrows First Nation and the provincial government ove...

Police Use Spike Belt to Stop Pick-Up

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A 33 year old Calgary man faces dangerous driving charges after a short police chase. The OPP say officers tried to pull over a vehicle las...

Voter Cards for May 2nd Election in the Mail

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Voting cards for the May 2nd federal election should start showing up in local mail boxes over the next couple of days. The returning offic...

OPP Start Positive Ticketing Campaign Next Week

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Who says it doesn't pay to be nice. The OPP in conjunction with the Northwestern Health Unit are launching a positive ticketing program...

Police Board Concerned about Wild Dogs in the Community

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Kenora's Police Services Board has raised concerns about a number of wild dogs that have been roaming freely across the city. Three d...

Nurses Recommend Health Care Solutions for Northern Ontario

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The Ontario Nurses' Association is urging the Provincial Government to act on a list of 13-recommendations on improving Health Care in N...

NAFN Tournament Begins Tonight

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A busy weekend at the Kenora Rec. Center. The annual North American First Nation Tournament of Champions gets underway this evening. Jason...
Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Health Unit Moves Clinical Services Downtown

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The Northwestern Health Unit is shuffling some of its services around in the community. As of Monday, all of its clinical services have bee...

Council Members won`t get a raise in 2011

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Members of Kenora City council won't be getting a pay raise this year, but they will begin to look at the issue of their remuneration. ...

Forest Tenure Bill Draws Ire of Northern Groups

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The Provincial Government is getting an earful for its decision to not hold committee hearings on its new Forest Tenure Legislation in North...

Con College to Offer new Course in Kenora

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Confederation College has received funding to offer a new pre-apprenticeship program in automotive and heavy equipment mechanics at its camp...