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Wear your lifejackets: Transport Canada again pushing boating safety

Wear your lifejackets: Transport Canada again pushing boating safety

Safety officials say colder northern lakes pose additional drowning risks.
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Kenora council opposes strong mayor powers, but they’re still on the books

Kenora council opposes strong mayor powers, but they’re still on the books

Mayor Andrew Poirier has delegated matters surrounding the employment of the city’s CAO back to city council.
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Kenora developing housing analysis to help advocate for more funding

Kenora developing housing analysis to help advocate for more funding

Mayor Andrew Poirier says the city will continue to pursue federal housing dollars after being denied in the first round of Housing Accelerator Funding.
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NAPS says it faces ‘unique hurdle’ in recruitment challenges

NAPS says it faces ‘unique hurdle’ in recruitment challenges

The Nishnawbe Aski Police Service says it is working to overcome “historic underfunding issues” now that it is a fully legislated service.
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Wildfire smoke to be ‘a bit more persistent’ west of Thunder Bay: Environment Canada

Wildfire smoke to be ‘a bit more persistent’ west of Thunder Bay: Environment Canada

Special air quality statements are in effect across most of the Northwest, weather office says smoke to linger longer in certain areas.
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Drug trafficking-related arrest made at Wunnumin Lake airport

Drug trafficking-related arrest made at Wunnumin Lake airport

Nishnawbe Aski police say a 32-year-old has been charged with possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.
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New healthcare model closing ‘unforgivable’ gaps: northern doctors, officials

New healthcare model closing ‘unforgivable’ gaps: northern doctors, officials

Physicians in Kenora and surrounding areas say they’re now seeing patients who were “invisible to us before.”
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First Nations-owned housing project aims to have people moving in this fall

First Nations-owned housing project aims to have people moving in this fall

The 48-unit build on Duke Street in Dryden is the first such project of the Sioux Lookout Friendship Accord Economic Development Corporation.
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First Nations development group offering mining-related courses

First Nations development group offering mining-related courses

The Sioux Lookout Friendship Accord Economic Development Corporation says it wants to better develop a local workforce.
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New fundraising push underway to provide more regional MRI, diagnostic services

New fundraising push underway to provide more regional MRI, diagnostic services

Riverside Health Care is launching a new monthly 50/50 draw to raise funds for an MRI for Fort Frances and to upgrade x-ray capabilities in Rainy River.
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