Friday, July 19, 2013

Sioux Narrows and Dryden Hit Hard by Overnight Storm

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Hydro One is starting to make some progress in its battle to restore power to homes in the Sioux Narrows and Nestor Falls area. As many a...

Health Unit Continues to Monitor West Nile

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The Northwestern Health Unit may no longer be testing dead birds for the West Nile Virus, but that doesn't mean it's not monitoring ...

Iacobucci Heads North

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Frank Iacobucci is fully immersed in his role as the province's chief negotiator for the Ring of Fire mining project.   Just before le...

Gold Canyon Working on Agreement with First Nations

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Gold Canyon Resources and three area First Nations are moving forward on an agreement relating to mining activity in the Red Lake area. Th...

Northwest Angels Recognized

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The Northern Ontario Angels group is being ranked as one of the top investing groups in Canada.  Executive Director of the investment gr...

Dryden Vs. Fort Today in Kraft Celebration Tour

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The town's of Dryden and Fort Frances will be duking it out on national TV today. The Kraft Celebration Tour competition ends today wi...
Thursday, July 18, 2013

Dryden Woman Found Guilty of Fraud

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A Dryden woman has been convicted on two counts of fraud from the Shaw Walleye Masters and the Dryden Ski Hill. Allyson Dunham has recei...

Aspenware Returns to the Northwest

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Members of the Wabauskang First Nation will soon start harvesting poplar trees and creating veneers for B.C. based Aspenware. The operatio...

Con College Raises Money for Scholarships

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An endowment fund for student scholarships and bursaries at Confederation College has received a big boost. The annual Charity Golf tou...

Canfield Steps Down From Board of Health

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A changing of the guard at the board of the Northwestern Health Unit. Mayor Dave Canfield is stepping down as the city's representit...

Mining Conference Expected to Sell Out

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A good response to a mining conference taking place in Kenora. The Exploration Information Session is almost sold out. The event is pu...

OPP Marine Unit Cracks Down on Boaters

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OPP Marine unit is finding some boaters not following the rules. Several charges were laid during checks of boat on Rainy Lake last weeken...

Water Plant Workers Get New Deal

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Workers at Kenora's water treatment plant have a new three contract. City council has approved a deal with the International Brother...

Workers at Barwick OSB Plant Agree on New Contract

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Unionized workers at Ainsworth in Barwick have accepted a new four year contract. The Communication, Energy and Paperworkers union says th...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Police Charge Woman in Onigaming FN Death

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A 24 year old woman faces second degree murder charges in connection to a death on the Onigaming First Nation near Nestor Falls. Micheli...

PSAC Requests Mediator for Treaty Three Police

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The union representing Treaty Police officers says it wants a mediator to try and resolve the issues it has with the police board. The ...

Council Defeats Motion on Railway Street Speed Limit

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City council has defeated the motion to reduce the speed limit on Railway Street. Council split the vote to change the speed limit to 40 ...

Ontario Judge Allows 60's Scoop Law Suit

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A big win in court for the two plaintiffs in the Sixties Scoop class action lawsuit. Ontario Superior Court of Justice E. Belobaba has gra...

Dryden Agrees To Set Up new Business Committee

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The Mayor of Dryden says he's going to form a committee which will work closely with business owners. Norm Bush is acting as the voic...

Missing Swimmer Found in Rainy River

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The body of a swimmer who went missing in the Rainy River earlier this week has been found. OPP say a dive team recovered the body of 27...