Friday, August 5, 2011

Dragon Boat Races this weekend

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Rabbit Lake will be infested with dragons this weekend. The annual Dragon Boat Festival will launch from Garrow Park on Sunday. Darlene Mc...

Curling Club gets Trillium Funding

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The Kenora Curling Club is getting some help paying for some renovations. The Ontario Trillium Foundation has promised 76 thousand to insta...

Kenora Forest Products Gets Wood Supply

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Finally some good news for the forest industry in Kenora. The provincial government has announced that Kenora Forest Products has accepted ...

McKay to Seek Conservative Nomination in Kenora-Rainy River

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The manager of the Kenora Forest Products mill in Kenora is considering a shift in career to provincial politics. Rod McKay has indicated h...

City Gets Funding for Harborfront Tent

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City officials are breathing a sigh of relief. The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund has come up with  800 thousand dollars for the new Harbor...

Vote this Weekend for KeeMan Local Services Board

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The KeeMan Local Services Board will be holding its first ever vote  this weekend. The local services board will oversee the operations of ...

RCMP Arrest Suspect in Falcon Lake Break-In

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The RCMP say thanks to help from the public, they have recovered a stolen truck and arrested a suspect who is believed to have been involved...

Concern Raised about Environment Canada Cuts

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Proposed personnel cuts at Environment Canada could impact local weather predicting. The Federal Government wants to layoff 700 people at t...

Health Unit Closes Two Beaches

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Its not the kind of announcement swimmers want before another warm weekend. The Northwestern Health Unit has decided to close down the Keew...

Winnipeg Team leads after day one of KBI

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The first team to weigh in after day one of fishing at the Kenora Bass International is still in the lead. Alex Kezler and Wayne Wagner fro...
Thursday, August 4, 2011

Richards Raises 40 Grand in Charity Golf Tournament

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Mike Richards second annual charity golf tournament proved to be a big financial success. This year, the tournament, which was held last mo...

NOHFC Announcements expected this evening

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There will be some interested by-standers this evening when Northern Development and Mines Mininister Michael Gravelle makes an appearance i...

Kenora Stands Down on Emergency Order

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The City of Kenora has decided to terminate its state of emergency, which has been in place for the past two weeks. The city approved the d...

Liberals get their man for Provincial Election

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Liberals in Kenora-Rainy River have their candidate in place for this October's Provincial election. Emo Councillor Anthony Leek was th...

Conservatives Still Seeking Candidate for Kenora-Rainy River

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The Provincial Conservatives may be close to announcing a potential candidate in the Kenora-Rainy River Riding for the Fall Election. Party...

OPP Investigating Thefts in region

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The OPP are asking for public assitance to solve a couple of reports of theft. Police received a report last Wednesday of the theft of 5-th...

Organizers ready for KBI

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Organizers are gearing up for one of the biggest sporting events of the summer in Kenora. The 24th Annual Shaw Kenora Bass International hi...

Ag Fair Turns 100

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One of the longest running summer events is celebrating a major milestone this year. The Kenora Agricultural Festival is turning 100 years ...

NAN Calling for Support of Sandy Lake Family

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Stan Beardy is calling for taxpayer support for a Sandy Lake family of forest fire evacuees. The Grand Chief of the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation s...

Forest Fires Continue to Burn

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There are currently about 135 forest fires burning in Northwestern Ontario according to the Ministry of Natural Resources. Most of the seri...