Highlights

Dryden OPP has arrested and charged one individual with drug trafficking after a traffic stop on Highway 17.

The Ontario Ministry of Transportation has closed Highway 71 due to a collision.

Ray Racette will retire in June after nearly six years as president and CEO at Kenora’s general hospital and more than 40 years in health care.

Nishnawbe Aski Police Service has arrested and charged one individual with drug trafficking.

“No councillor liked this, but the alternative was to start cutting services – and then what services do you cut?”

A routine traffic stop by Rainy River OPP has led to an arrest with multiple charges being laid.

The 80-page agreement restates the township’s commitment to a “willingness process” to determine whether Ignace supports being host to a repository for nuclear waste.

Police arrested and charged one individual for trafficking numerous illicit drugs.

On April 1, the Government of Ontario will officially introduce its new Community Safety and Policing Act (CPSA), which will change some elements of how policing is conducted across the province. 

“Ontario is building a new hospital in Kenora,” a sponsored post on Instagram declares, adding that the move is “part of our $48 billion plan to add 3,000 more hospital beds.”