Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Mayors seeking meeting over Tourism Center Closures

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Local municipal officials are seeking a meeting with Ontario's tourism minister to talk about the pending closure of the region's to...

The Future of Lakewood School Up for Discussion tonight

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The fate of Lakewood School will be finally decided tonight. Trustees with the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board will be meeting toni...

Gravelle Asks for Review of Northern Health Travel Grant

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The Ministry of Health is being urged to review Northern Ontario Travel Grant applications on a case by case basis. Thunder Bay-Superior Li...

Electoral Boundaries Commission Seeking Input

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Input is now being sought on possible changes to Ontario's federal ridings. Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty says its important...

Festival of the Arts gets underway today

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An annual cultural tradition in Kenora gets underway today. The Festival of the Arts will run for the next two and a half weeks at venues t...

Local Young Drivers Office Wins National Award

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National recognition for Young Drivers of Canada in Kenora-Dryden. The organization has received the Centre of the Year award. President o...

Treaty Three Lashes out at new Mining Group

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Grand Council Treaty #3 is taking a hard line against a group of junior mining companies called "Miners United". The mining group...

Health Unit warns of Water-borne illness

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The presence of a water-borne bug at two water parks in Minnesota has the Northwestern Health Unit issuing an advisory. Cryptosproidum was ...
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...