Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Canoer Rescued from Woodland Caribou Park

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A 51-year-old Florida man is in good condition after he was rescued from Woodland Caribou Provincial Park. Red Lake OPP received an emergen...

Two City Councils vying for Conservative Nomination

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It looks like there will be a race for the Conservative nomination in the Kenora-Rainy River Riding. Louis Roussin has confirmed that his n...

Two Kenora Bridges in Need of Repair

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A sobering report on the state of Kenora's Bridges. Stantec Engineering has conducted the review and it looked specifically at the West...

OPP Investigate weekend break-ins

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The OPP are investigating a couple of break and enters at the west end of town. Over the weekend, someone broke into a business on Ottawa S...

KeeMan Elects Five Member Board

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Organizers of a vote to select a slate of officers to oversee the new KeeMan Local Services Board say they are happy with the turn-out of th...

Right to Play gets more money

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The provincial government is boosting the amount of money its giving the Right to Play organization. Right to Play will be getting 1.5 mill...

Nature Conservance of Canada Develops plan for Lake of the Woods

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A natural area plan for Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake is ready to be put into action. It was worked on by the Nature Conservancy of Cana...

OPP Use Taser to subdue brawl

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The OPP say they had to use a taser to subdue a man who was involved in a brawl in downtown Kenora over the weekend. Around 2:00 Saturday m...

Local Paddlers excel at Dragon Boat Festival

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The Super Troopers were super once again at the 9th annual Dragon Boat Races on Rabbit Lake. The Kenora team, made up of members from the S...

Storm Damages Harborfront Tent

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Its a good thing the city is getting a new tent for the Kenora Harborfront, because the old tent isn't going to be of much use for a whi...
Monday, August 8, 2011

KFP Uncertain when sawmill will re-open

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The Manager of the Kenora Forest Products Mill still isn't exactly sure when the sawmill might re-open. The province announced 101 thou...

Red Cross In NWO Accepting donations for Somalia

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Red Cross officials in northwestern Ontario are collecting money for famine relief in Somalia as the situation there remains critical. Spok...

ILevel Gets Electricity Rebate

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The I-Level Timberstrand Mill on the Jones Road is getting a much needed boost from the province. Less than a month after being promised a ...

NOHFC Announces more funding for local Communities

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Nine communities in northwestern Ontario will be sharing 5.4 million dollars from the northern Ontario Heritage Fund. That includes money t...

Goldcorp Donates to Eye Van

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Goldcorp is making a 25-thousand dollar donation in support of the CNIB Eye Van. Red Lake Gold Mine Manager Chris Cormier made the announce...

MNR Hoping weather will help their fight against forest fires

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The Ministry of Natural Resources is hoping the weather this week will help them combat more than 130 fires burning in the region. There ar...

Walk For Good Life wraps up

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A group of walkers has completed their journey around the Kenora-Rainy River district. The seventeen young people took part in the "Wa...

Libitka and Bennett win KBI

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It came down to the wire, but the Kenora duo of Mark Libitka and Dave Bennett took away top honors at the 24th annual Kenora Bass Internatio...
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...