Monday, February 3, 2014
Kenora OPP Seize $58,000 in Drugs
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2 men from BC have bee charged for drug possession in Kenora. On Thursday last week Provincial Police stopped a vehicle on Highway 17A. ...
Accident on Trans-Canada Near Steinbach Claims One Life
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A fatal accident on the Trans-Canada Highway near Steinbach this morning. The RCMP say a single vehicle rolled over about 1.5 kilometers...
Healthy Food Basket Continues to Increase
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The food budget for a family of four in the Kenora and Rainy River district is nearing the one-thousand dollar a month mark. This year, ...
Winter Roads Officially Opened
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It's that time of year again the northern winter roads network is open. The provincial and federal government funded the ice road ne...
Tourism Kenora Launches Snow Excuse Campaign
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A rather fitting winter tourism campaign has been launched in Kenora. "Snow Excuse" is being targeted at the Winnipeg market o...
Building Permits Up in 2013
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(Valleyview School addition) Building activity was up in Kenora last year. Statistics released by the Planning Department shows there ...
Poverty Challenge Starts Next Week
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A twist to this year's Poverty Challenge in Kenora. Every year, a select few are asked to try and live on 35 dollars for five days ...
Kenora Lags Behind In Recycling Effort
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It's not bad, but it could be better. Ontario Waste Diversion says in 2012, Kenora residents recycled about 29 per cent of all resid...
Bearskin Founder Passes Away
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The region is mourning the death of a prominent local businessman. Harvey Friesen passed away suddenly on Sunday in Palm Springs, Californ...
Domtar To Pay Price For Dryden's Budget Deficit
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Domtar will be paying a pretty penny for Dryden's financial troubles. Council has approved a move to raise the 2014 industrial tax rat...
NOSM Seeking Aboriginal Reps
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The Northern Ontario School of Medicine is looking to fill a couple of openings on their Aboriginal Reference Group. They are looking fo...
Midget Thistles Beat Wild At Home
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A big win for the Kenora Triple "a" midget Thistles. The Thistles got by the Winnipeg Wild 4-3 yesterday afternoon. Josh Brunt...
Eagles Soar To Victory at KIT
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Out of town teams dominated the annual Kenora Invitational Senior Boys Basketball tournament up at Beaver Brae. The Dryden Eagles finishe...
Sharks Excel in Thunder Bay
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No rust on the Kenora Sharks Swim Club. Competing in their first meet of 2014, the Sharks finished second overall at the Northwestern O...
Friday, January 31, 2014
Lots of Snow, But Not A Record
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The Kenora area has seen about twice as much snow as normal this winter. Bill Laidlaw from Signal Weather Services says while it hasn...
Making Kenora Home Cool To Minimum Wage Hike
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An increase in the minimum wage in Ontario is getting a luke warm response from Making Kenora Home. Nan Normand is a spokesperson for the...
Canadian Rangers On Surveillance Patrol
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The Canadian Rangers says they are battling bitterly cold conditions on their two thousand kilometer surveillance patrol. The mission bega...
OPP Investigating youtube Accident Video
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OPP are looking into a viral video that shows a near head on collision on a winter road in the region. Sergeant Shelley Garr says the...
Osisko Battles Goldcorp Takeover Bid
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Osisko Mining is taking a stand against a hostile 2.6-billion dollar take-over bid from Goldcorp. The company says it's in the process...
Vets to Protest Office Closures
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It's a day of mourning for veterans in Northwestern Ontario. They are holding a memorial service today over the loss of the local Vete...
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