Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Campbell Complains About Winter Road Maintenance

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The provincial government is defending it's winter road maintenance program in northwestern Ontario. Yesterday in the Ontario Legislat...

Investigators Release Details of ORNGE Report

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Federal investigators are holding Ontario's embattled air ambulance service to task. Investigators say Ornge failed to protect the hea...

NAN Discusses Justice Issues This Week

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The Nishnawbe Aski Nation is meeting this week to discuss First Nation legal issues. Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler says they've b...

OPP Investigate Kasabonika Lake Murder

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A 20 year old woman from the Kasabonika Lake First Nation is dead following an altercation over the weekend. The OPP's Regional Crim...

Con College Student Wins Premier's Award

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A graduate of Confederation College is being recognized by the province. Ramesh Ferris has been awarded a Premier Award in Community Servi...

Busy Night in NorWOSSA Hockey

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The Thomas Aquinas boys hockey team is undefeated so far this season. The Saints cruised to a 9-2 win over the Red Lake Rams last night ...
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 ...