Monday, April 9, 2012

Old Man Winter Returns

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Old man winter isn't done with us yet. A blast of arctic air is going to keep things chilly for at least the next two days. Bill Laidl...

Trek from Kingfisher Lake Completed

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Fundraising efforts continue for a new building to house a treatment program in Kingfisher Lake First Nation. The campaign has hit a high n...

School Board's Worried About Possible Amalgamations

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Is a merger forthcoming involving the Rainy River District School Board and the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board? That's a possi...

Fraser Institute releases latest report on Secondary School's

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The Fraser Institute is out with is annual evaluation of secondary schools in Ontario. Its mixed news in Kenora, where Thomas Aquinas saw i...

Saints, Sinners and Spirits at the Museum

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Lake of the Woods Museum is looking into the dark underbelly of Kenora's past. A new exhibit opened last week up called Saints, Sinners...

New Forest Fires Reported over the Long Weekend

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The forest fire season in northwestern Ontario is only a week old, but there's already been 13 fires reported in the Kenora District. O...

NOMA Supports Local Tourist Centers

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There's more support for keeping tourist information centres in Fort Frances, Kenora and Rainy River open. The Northwestern Ontario Mun...

OCN Penguins with 5th Consecutive NAFN Title

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Manitoba teams once again dominated the North American First Nations tournament of Champions. For the 5th year in a row, the OCN Penguins t...

Senior Thistles Advance to Allan Cup

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The Kenora Triple "a" Senior Thistles will be playing for Allan Cup for the second year in a row. The Thistles hosted the tournam...
Thursday, April 5, 2012

Beaver Brae dominates NorWOSSA Badminton Qualifier

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Beaver Brae Badminton players dominated the NorWOSSA qualifying tournament yesterday. A total of 13 Broncos placed either first, second or ...

NAFN Tournament Returns this Weekend

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An Easter Weekend sporting tradition returns to Kenora. The North American First Nations Tournament of Hockey gets underway this evening at...

OPP Launch Easter Weekend Traffic Bliz

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The long weekend has begun, and so has the holiday safety blitz by the Ontario Provincial Police. Sgt. Shelley Garr says officers are on th...

Dryden looking at selling its Municipal Telephone Service

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The City of Dryden is speaking with TBay Tel about a possible deal to purchase DMTS. Mayor Craig Nuttall has confirmed that the two have be...

Seniors Group to meet with Resolute over Pensions

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A group of seniors concerned over the pensions of former Abitibi-Bowater employees is being given an audience with the company. Allan Bedar...

Pellatt Fire Crews Deal with grass fire

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The fire hazard is starting to inch up across northwstern Ontario with the recent, warm, dry weather. Yesterday, about 18 volunteers from t...

Gas Prices Jump in Kenora

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Just in time for the Easter Long weekend. The price of gas took a big jump in Kenora. The price at most service stations this morning is 1...

Tourism Officials kick up Campaign to Save Tourist Centers

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Local tourism officials say they haven't heard anything yet from the Ministry of Tourism about why its closing down three tourist inform...

OPP charge Duo after Tim's Take-down

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Two Wabigoon residents face charges following a high-risk take down in the parking lot of Tim Horton's last Friday. The arrests followe...

Rickford says Budget has Money for Aboriginal Communities

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The Federal Government is making progress on improving First Nations education but more work needs to be done. That's the feeling of Pa...

Thistles prepare for Renwick Cup

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The Kenora Senior Thistles are heading to southern Ontario today for the right to advance to the Allan Cup. The Thistles will battle the Du...