Tuesday, November 19, 2013

City Joins FCM's Housing Crunch Campaign

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Kenora city council is pushing back against the downloading of services. A resolution was passed today to join the Canadian Federation o...

Main Street Christmas Tree Goes Up

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It's beginning to look a lot more like Christmas. The large Christmas Tree on Main Street South was erected by Kenora Hydro crews. ...

KPDSB Stands Up to Bullying

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It's anti-bullying and prevention awareness week at the Keewatin Patricia District School Board. Sean Monteith is the Director of Ed...

KDSB Approves 2014 Budget

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Communities in the Kenora District are going to have to cough up a bit more money to pay for social services next year. The District Servi...

Health Unit Applauds New Anti-Tobacco Legislation

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The Provincial Government has introduced legislation to protect youth from the harmful effects of tobacco. The Youth Smoking Prevention Ac...

Province Defends Conversion of Thunder Bay Generating Station

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The province's energy minister says the latest move to convert the Thunder Bay generating station to burn biomass may not be the end of ...

More Snowplows Hitting Roads in Northern Ontario This Winter

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It may not seem like it yet, but there will be more snowplows on area highways this winter. The Provincial Government is deploying 50 addi...

Blood Donor Clinic Wraps Up Today

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More blood is needed across Northwestern Ontario. The Canadian Blood Services is at Thomas Aquinas for another blood donor clinic. Local...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Kenora Volunteer Heads to Philippines

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As we reported last week a Kenora Shelter Box Volunteer is heading to the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. Ron Noseworthy will...

Highway Condition Still Slick on Highway 17 east of Kenora

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Make sure you take it easy when driving the next couple of days. Roads are extremely slippery and several collisions have been reported th...

Road Conditions Slowly Improving

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Roads in the Kenora area are open this morning. Yesterday, Highway 17 between Kenora and Vermillion Bay was closed for about eight hours, ...

Horwath Speaks Out for More Social Housing

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Creating more affordable housing will lessen the need for emergency shelters in northwestern Ontario. That's the feeling of NDP leade...

Public School Board Evaluating 21st Century Learning Program

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The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board isn't putting the brakes on its 21st Century Learning program, but it is slowing down. The...

Northern Cancer Fund Helping Local Patients

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The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation has completed a local tour where the Northern  Cancer Fund handed out funding to four ...

Local Taxi Company Lobbies Council for Help

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Taxi drivers in Kenora are once again lobbying city council to use older model vehicles. Currently, the city doesn't allow cabs to ...

Thistles Traveling Teams Excel on the Road

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A good weekend for Kenora's traveling hockey teams. The Double "a" Bantam Thistles won a tournament in Fort Frances over th...

Midget Thistles Win Two at Home

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Home cooking seems to agree with the Kenora Triple A Midget Thistles. The Thistles earned a pair of one-goal wins over the weekend against...

Lake of the Woods Girls Hockey Teams Return from Thunder Bay

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A convoy from the Lake of the Woods Girls Hockey League was in Thunder Bay for the Women's Chill tournament. The Chaos had the best re...

School Buses Cancelled This Morning

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Mother nature has put the breaks on school bus operations across most of the area. School buses have been cancelled in Kenora, Sioux Narr...
Sunday, November 17, 2013

Highway 17 re-opened

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The OPP say Highway 17 west of Vermillion Bay has been re-opened to two-way traffic. The Trans-Canada between Kenora and Vermillion Bay wa...