Friday, May 23, 2014

Beaver Brae Crowns Master Chef

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It's Master Chef Beaver Brae style. Former student Mike Green who competed on the national tv show is at the school to judge the loc...

Water Levels Continue Rise

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Lots of white water at the Norman Dam in Kenora these days. The Lake of the Woods Control Board has authorized yet another increase in ou...

Council Concerned About Future of Land Titles Office

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Kenora city council is joining a growing chorus of communities battling to keep their land titles offices open. Council has passed a res...

Catholic Board Looks To Fill Vacancies

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The Kenora Catholic District School Board is going to have to fill a few more vacancies this summer. The board has received a total of f...

Kinew Interested In National Chiefs Job?

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An emergency meeting will be held for First Nations chiefs from across the country, next week. The major topic of the meeting will be th...

Wynne Brings Campaign to NWO

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The first visit to Northwestern Ontario during the election campaign for the current Premier. Kathleen Wynne will be in Thunder Bay on Sun...

NDP Promise Highway Improvements

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The Ontario NDP have launched their campaign platform for the spring election. Leader Andrea Horwath says one of the key priorities for th...

Heart and Stroke Foundation Touts "Healthy" Candidates

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Local provincial hopefuls Anthony Leek, Randy Nickle and Tim McKillop are healthy candidates. They're among more than 100 candidates i...

Nickle Says Red Tape Huring Tourist Outfitters

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Kenora-Rainy River PC candidate Randy Nickle is calling for a halt to unnecessary red tape burdens on local camp owners. Nickle says the p...

OFL Says Tory Job Cut Plan Will Hurt Kenora

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The Ontario Federation of Labour says the Progressive Conservatives campaign promise to eliminate thousands of public sector jobs will have ...

Delayed Openings For 11 Provincial Parks

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The unusually cool spring is having a trickle down effect at some provincial parks in nortwestern Ontario. Parks Ontario says it had to...

Kenora's Master Chef To Be Feted At Beaver Brae

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Beaver Brae will be paying special tribute to one of it's former students today. Mike Green will be returning to be a guest judge d...

Saints Finish NorWOSSA Soccer Season with Wins

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The Thomas Aquinas boys soccer team finally has it's offense on track. The Saints finished the NorWOSSA regular season yesterday wit...
Thursday, May 22, 2014

Ontario Police Boards Discuss New Funding Model

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Members of the Kenora Police Services Board are in Toronto this week for their annual conference. One of the key issues is the new OPP cos...

Machin Man Charged With Trafficking

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A Vermillion Bay resident has been arrested for marijuana possession in Kenora. 28 year old Rob Gardner was arrested on Tuesday following ...

Economic Development Commission Delivers Q1 Report

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Tourism and housing. Those are a couple of key points for the Lake of the Woods Economic Development Commission in 2014. In his first q...

Green Party Requests Seat at Northern Leaders Debate

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Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner wants to take part in the upcoming Northern Ontario leaders debate on Monday in Thunder Bay. Schreiner s...

Youth In Philantropy Grants Handed Out

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Youth In Philanthropy has presented grants to four local charities. The grants were handed out yesterday by students from Beaver brae and ...

Stranded Canoer Rescued in Quetico

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A harrowing experience for a canoeist in Quetico Provincial Park. OPP says the man's canoe had drifted away Monday afternoon after he ...

Marathon Woman Charged With Embezzling

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A Marathon woman is facing charges for involvement in misappropriation of funds. Police recieved reports in September that an excess of  $...