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Members of the Municipality of Kenora interested in fire fighting for the community were given a unique opportunity recently. Kenora Fire is recruiting paid on-call firefighters.

High rainfall levels is causing concern for Kenora's Lake of the Woods Control Board. If offered residents in the region an update on their efforts to keep water levels as low as possible in Lake of The Woods.

Pure Gold Mining makes cost-cutting moves, searches the market for financing

The Canada Border Services Agency welcomed into Canada more than one million travellers last week; the first-time travel volumes have been this high since the start of the pandemic two years ago.

A washout closes a section of two highways.

A roadway washout has closed a section of Highway 619.

The Municipality of Fort Frances has received record levels of rainfall and as a result they have experienced a critical infrastructure failure. On April 23, 2022, Fort Frances Municipal Emergency Control Group declared a state of Emergency.

The Township of Atikokan wants to help candidates interested in running in the Municipal election. It is hosting a virtual information session that will cover many relevant topics.

As Ontario continues to manage the sixth wave of COVID-19 effectively, the Chief Medical Officer of Health maintains existing provincial masking requirements in select higher-risk indoor settings until June 11, 2022.