Monday, August 15, 2011

NDP to select their Candidate tonight

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The last of four nomination meetings for the NDP in Kenora-Rainy River goes tonight in Fort Frances. Sarah Campbell of Oxdrift and Robert S...

OPP Search For Missing Man on Shoal Lake

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A search is continuing today for a missing 28 year old man on Shoal Lake. The OPP's Emergency Rescue Team was called in after the Winni...

City Invests in Solar Recycling Units

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The City of Kenora is rolling out a new recycling device. Solar Recycling units will soon start showing up in downtown Kenora. Operations ...

District Services Board Warns of Budget Increases

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Increased costs continues to haunt area Municipalities. The Kenora District Services Board is out with its first draft of the 2012 budget, ...

Busy weekend for fires in NWO

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It was another busy weekend for firefighters in Northwestern Ontario. There were 28-new confirmed fires Saturday and Sunday, with more expe...

Energy could become fall election issue

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The Provincial Government's Renewable Energy program could be an election issue this fall. NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says the governmen...

NAN Conference Starts Tomorrow

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Ontario's Lieutenant Governor will be speaking at the Nishnawbe Aski Nation's chiefs conference this week. It kicks off in Summer B...

Bombardier Workers Return to Work

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Its back to work for seven hundred Bombardier employees in Thunder Bay. Union members voted in favour of the new 3 year contract Saturday. ...

Hovi Leads Rifles to First Victory of Season

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A former member of Beaver Brae's football program is powering the offense of the Winnipeg Rifles Junior football team. Martin Hovi rush...
Friday, August 12, 2011

MNR Making Progress on Forest Fires

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Fire crews continue to make good progress on wildfires burning across northwestern Ontario. There are currently 83 blazes burning in the re...

Province promises to fix up By-Pass Bridges

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A couple of bridges along the Kenora By-Pass are in for a makeover this year. Reconstruction work on the Middle Lake and Winnipeg River B...

NDP send Travelling Ballot Box Around the Riding this Weekend

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The NDP will be taking a travelling ballot box around the Kenora-Rainy River Ridng to select a candidate for the upcoming provincial electio...

Clement Announces Funding for Aboriginal Businesses

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There's almost 2-million of Federal dollars going to help Aboriginal business development in the Northwest. FedNor Minister Tony Clemen...

Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Day this Sunday

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Waste Diversion Ontario is helping out the City of Kenora this year with its household hazardous waste disposal day. Usually the city has t...

Health Unit Re-Opens Keewatin and Round Lake Beaches

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Good news for people who want to cool off this weekend. The Northwest Health Unit has lifted the swimming bans at Keewatin Beach and Round ...

Province to Review lack of Aboriginal Representation on Juries

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A former Supreme Court of Canada justice is going to look at why aboriginals are being shut out from juries in Ontario. First Nations who l...
Thursday, August 11, 2011

Bombardier Strike in Thunder Bay over

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Striking Canadian Auto Workers members at Bombardier's Thunder Bay plant have reached a tentative agreement after just one day on the pi...

Bike Trails coming to City

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The City of Kenora hopes to become more cycler friendly in the next few months. Work is underway to develop a bicycle route through town. ...

OPP Arrest Two people in Rideout area

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The OPP have arrested two people as a result of a drug bust in the Rideout area of town. The Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau and the Dru...

Economic Development Commission Present Q2 report

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All the city's investment in infrastructure over the past couple of years is starting to pay off. That's the message of the chair o...