Monday, June 27, 2011

A record year for the Community Foundation

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Its been a good year for the Kenora and Lake of the Woods Regional Community Foundation. The Foundation held its annual spring granting cer...

25 Local Groups receive funding from Community Foundation

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Triple Play, the Kenora Public Library and the Town of Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls were some of the big winners in the annual granting ceremo...

Mail expected to begin moving again this week

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The head of the postal workers' union says its members will obey a back-to-work order to end the lockout at Canada Post. CUPW's Den...

Cancer Care Northwest Releases new plan

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Cancer Care Northwest is embarking on a four year cancer plan for the region. Vice President Michael Power says it will include a new integ...

Pickle Lake Fire Continues to Grow

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Fire crews are working round-the-clock to stop a raging wildfire from reaching New Osnaburgh First Nation. The fire is blazing out-of-contr...

Con. College Gets More Funding

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The Provincial Government is stoking Confederation College's fires with a 4.2 million dollar funding announcement. The money is going t...
Friday, June 24, 2011

Community Foundation to donate record amount in Granting Ceremony

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The Kenora and Lake of the Woods Regional Community Foundation says it will be handing out a record amount of money in its annual granting ...

Rickford Stuck in Ottawa for Back to Work Legislation debate

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It looks as if Kenora M.P. Greg Rickford won't be getting back to the Kenora Riding this weekend. Debate is still continuing in the Hou...

Enrolment expected to rise at Catholic School Board

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The Kenora Catholic District School Board seems to be defying a provincial trend. The separate school board is projecting an increase in it...

Ring of Fire Conference Wraps up

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The Ring of Fire Coordinator is calling a two day conference on the chromite deposit in Thunder Bay a success. Christine Kaszycki says it...

Two Women plead guilty to Manslaughter in Death of Big Trout Woman

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There will be no trial in the death of a Big Trout Lake woman in Thunder Bay in 2010. That's because the 2-people originally charged wi...

Catholic School Board completes a hiring spree

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The Kenora Catholic District School Board has been in a hiring mode over the past month. The separate school board has just filled a total ...

New Osnaburgh being evacuated

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 (Photo courtesy of the MNR)  A raging wildfire in northern Ontario has prompted the Chief of the New Osnaburgh First Nation to order t...

Richards traded by the Flyers to Los Angeles

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A shocking trade in the NHL. The Philadelphia Flyers trade their captain and their leading scorer, while clearing some badly needed salary ...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

Rotary Club Raises Money at Charity Golf Tournament

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The Rotary Club's 7th annual charity golf tournament at the Kenora Golf and CountryClub proved to be a big success again. Just over 19 ...

Wood Allocations promised for two Kenora Companies

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The provincial government has finally approved wood allocations for a couple of Kenora businesses. Weyerhaueser and Wincrief have both acce...

Vigilent Neighbor Helps Arrest Break-in Suspect

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A sharp-eyed neighbor has helped the OPP nab an 18 year old man who is believed to be responsible for a number of break-ins in the north end...

Safe Grad Takes Place Tonight

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A big night for grade 12 students at Thomas Aquinas and Beaver Brae. Graduation ceremonies will take place at both schools this evening. ...

80 people evacuated from Pickle Lake area First Nation

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About 80 people from a northwestern Ontario First Nation community of are now in Sioux Lookout after an emergency airlift. Town official Br...

OPP still searching for driver invoved in Marathon Hit and Run

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The OPP has released the name of the flagman who was hit by a car on Highway 17, west of Marathon Monday morning. 23-year-old Jake Dumas is...