Thursday, December 19, 2013

Police Seize Illegal Cigarettes

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The Kenora OPP have taken over $10,000 worth of illegal tobacco off the streets. Yesterday afternoon police stopped a Dodge Caravan for ...

Drewry Drive Fire Update

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Two people have been taken to hospital for treatment following a house fire in the Drewry Drive area. Provincial Police confirm that a 13 ...

Sioux Lookout OPP Target Bootleggers

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Some movement in the fight against bootleggers in Sioux Lookout. Provincial Police have wrapped up a 6-month undercover operation with the...

OPP Release Name of Accident Victim Near Atikokan

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Police have identified the vicitim of Tuesday's fatal collision on Highway 11 west of the city. Dead is 76 year old Fredrick Munro of ...

Health Officials In Thunder Bay Investigate Food Poisoning

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The Thunder Bay District Health Unit is looking into possible food poisoning following a banquet at the Moose Hall on Fort William Road. O...

Saints Sweep Atikokan

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Thomas Aquinas court sport teams are going out of 2013 on a high note. The Saints went 8 and 0 in games Tuesday and Wednesday in their h...

House Fire Extinguished on Drewry Drive

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The epidemic of house fires in Kenora continues. A blaze broke out to a home in the middle of Drewry Drive last night shortly after 8:00....
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Hospital Asks Visitors to Take Precaution

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A spike in flu-like illness in the region has the Lake of the District Hospital on alert. Lynn Ronnebeck is the Infection Control Profes...

Northwest LHIN Receives Provincial Funding

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The regional health authority is getting a financial boost to help it coordinate better seniors care.   Thunder Bay MPP Bill Mauro annou...

High Cost of Policing Continues

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The high price of policing will continue next year. Kenora city council has voted to extend the current OPP contract until a new billing m...

All New Band Council Elected On Rat Portage

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Wholesale changes on the Rat Portage First Nation. A new chief and council was voted in in yesterday's band elections. Councillor Ch...

One Person Dead Following Accident on Highway 11

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One man is dead and a women in is hospital with serious injuries following an accident on Highway 11. OPP says both were a car that collid...

City Supports Veteran's Affairs Offices

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The minister of veteran affairs will be hearing more calls by more Northern Ontario communities. Kenora city council has passed a resoluti...

Health Unit Says It Wants To Battle Obesity

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Fighting the battle of the bulge. That's one of the biggest concerns of the Northwestern Health Unit heading into 2014. Dr. Jim Art...

Dryden Council Agrees To Close Youth Center

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An 11th hour attempt to save the Dryden Youth Center has failed. Dryden town Council has officially closed the doors on the Youth Center....

NAN Rallies for Residential School Documents

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Members of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation are in Toronto rallying in support of St. Anne's Residential School survivors. This is the final ...

Tories Angry Over Possible Transit Gas Tax

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Progressive Conservatives says plans for a new gas tax is going to hurt northern Ontario. A 10-cent tax is being considered to help fund r...

Two Men Fined for Illegal Wolf Hunt

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Two men have been fined a total of 45 hundred dollars for an illegal wolf kill on Lake of the Woods. Kirk Quade of Minnesota hired a guide...

Saints Sweep Warriors In Court Sports

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A dominating performance for Thomas Aquinas against Sioux Lookout yesterday. The Saints senior and junior girls volleyball team blanked...

Kenora Boys High School Hockey Teams Register Wins

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The Thomas Aquinas boys hockey team is starting to get on a roll. The Saints won their second in a row, defeating Dryden 3-1 last night....