Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Treaty Three Hosts Youth Conference

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Grand Council Treaty #3 is hosting a two day youth forum. The Conference gets underway today on Pow Wow Island on the Rat Portage First Nat...

STR to Get a New Trail Groomer

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Kenora City Council says its willing to help the Sunset Trailriders get a new groomer on the trails this winter. STR says someone is willin...

Councillors Panned for Running for Tories

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A couple of members of city council are being taken to task for their decision to run for higher office. Both Rod McKay and Louis Roussin a...

Kenora District Services Board Worried About State of Housing

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The Kenora District Services Board has been warned that it needs to come up with nearly 490-thousand dollars to fund non-profit public housi...

West Nile Confirmed in the region

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For the first time in a couple of years, a mosquito in this region has tested positive for the West Nile Virus. The Northwestern Health Uni...

Horwath Promises Northern Platform soon

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The NDP plan to unveil a northern Ontario-specific platform in the next two weeks. Leader Andrea Horwath, in Fort Frances for Monday night...

A day of Severe Weather in Northwestern Ontario

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(Tornado at Dryden Airport) It was a day of severe weather in northwestern Ontario. While there was a tornado warning issued for the ...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

OPP Dive Team Brought in to Search for Missing Man

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OPP divers are being brought in to help search Shoal Lake for a missing Winnipeg man. 28 year old Lucas Janz was reported missing Sunday a...

Prostate Cancer Run through Kenora

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Dr. Riley Senft is back on the road again. Senft brought his Step into Action run to Kenora yesterday. Senft is on a cross-Canada tour to ...

NDP Select their Candidate in Kenora-Rainy River

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NDP in Kenora-Rainy River have selected MPP Howard Hampton's constituency assistant in Dryden as their candidicate in the October 6th pr...

Conservatives to Hold Nomination Meetings this Saturday

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All the major parties should have their candidates in place by the end of this weekend. The Conservatives are planning to send a travelling...

Houseboat Owners Speak out Against City's Threat to Move Them

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Kenora city council is getting an earful about its decision to remove a number of houseboats moored off Coney Island. A couple of houseboat...

More Forest Fire Activity in NWO

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New forest fires continue to rage across northwestern Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources fire information officer Gabby Rivard says of ...

NDP Accuse Clement of Covering Up G-8 Slush Fund

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Thunder Bay NDP MP Bruce Hyer calls it a very smelly coverup. Hyer says his party has discovered that FedNor Minister Tony Clement controll...

Another Drug Bust on By-Pass

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A 23 year old Winnipeg man faces drug charges after being pulled over the by OPP on the Kenora By-Pass over the weekend. Around 11:30 Satur...

IJC Begins Hearings on Task Force Report on Lake of the Woods

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International Joint Commission held the first of a series of meetings last night in Fort Frances to gather input on a task's forces repo...
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, ...