Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Snow wipes out NorWOSSA Hockey Play-off games

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All the snow in northwestern Ontario is playing havoc with high school sport schedules. The weather has wiped out the entire hockey schedul...

Campbell Calls for provincial strategy on Prescription Pill Addiction

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More needs to be done to help people addicted to prescription pills. That was the challenge this today from Kenora-Rainy River M.P.P. Sarah...

Police Charge Grassy Narrows Man following stand-off

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A Grassy Narrows man is due to appear in Kenora Court today following a prolonged stand-off with police. Treaty Three Police say they were ...

CBS Looking for New Donors

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The Canadian Blood Services is putting out a call for new donors from Northwestern Ontario. Spokesperson Harvey Heather says they're ...

Service Ontario

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Ontario's Government workers union is sounding the alarm over a Liberal plan to privatize Service Ontario. Melissa Pearson, a rep for...

School Buses Cancelled

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It's a 4 day weekend for the kids. School Buses aren't running for a good chunk of Northwestern Ontario today. School buses have...

Ontario Legislature

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Its back to work at Queen's Park.. They've been off for over two months. Kenora-Rainy River M.P.P. Sarah Campbell says she's s...

Solid Waste Collection

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You won’t have to run after the garbage truck today. The City of Kenora’s Solid Waste Department has cancelled residential garbage and re...
Friday, February 17, 2012

Andre Wareham: Not Guilty

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Andre Wareham is a free man. A jury found him not guilty in the death of William Atkins in 2009. Wareham calls the verdict overwhelming an...

Fort Frances Shooting

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A Fort Frances teenager is facing several charges including attempted murder following an incident last night at a Trailer Park in that comm...

Stan Beardy Calling For Help

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Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy says a catastrophe is looming with the decision to stop manufacturing the drug OxyContin. B...

Aboriginal Education

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The Harper Government is signalling its intention to pour more money into aboriginal education, even as it prepares to slash spending on alm...

Conservative MP Thanking Two NDP Members

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Kenora MP Greg Rickford is condeming NDP Interm leader Nycole Turmel for punishing two Thunder Bay MP's for breaking party ranks and joi...

The Kenora Midget Triple "A" Thistles

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The Kenora Midget Triple "A" Thistles kick off their best of three playoff series with the Nor-Man Northstars tonight.   All three...

Aboriginal Student Success

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The principal at Beaver Brae says he's noticing a better atmosphere at his school for aboriginal students. Clinton Bruetsch made a p...

Affordable Housing in Kenora

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Affordable housing support is on its way for the Kenora District Services Board. The Board has inked an agreement to access 1.4-million d...

Break & Enter: St. Thomas Aquinas High School

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A 15 year old male from Kenora was caught red handed yesterday. Ontario Provincial Police charged the youth with break and enter after re...

Break & Enter: Jaffray-Melick Community Centre

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Over $20,000 worth of damage has been reported at the Jaffray-Melick Community Centre. Ontario Provincial Police were called out to a bre...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

Mental Health

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Mental health issues have been identified as a growing problem for local educators. The Keewatin-Patricia District School Boards used Pro...

Ambulance Services

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A comprehensive review of the land ambulance service in the Kenora District is now underway. The Services Board is looking at the entire ...