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The Municipality of Sioux Lookout is giving its website a makeover. Not out of want, but of necessity. The vendor that was hosting the website says the platform said it was being discontinued. The quote for the replacement was higher than they wanted to pay, so a new platform was chosen. It ended up being $10,000 cheap...

The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board is the latest local organization to put in place a Canadian Business First procurement policy. Effective immediately, the KPDSB ways it will prioritize purchasing from Canadian suppliers whenever possible. It adds that it will limit buying goods and services from businesses i...

Two teens are facing charges following a violent incident inside a home in Eabametoong First Nation. Officers with the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service received a call for assistance on Wednesday, stating there was an assault that had occurred in the community. An investigation determined that multiple people were in the ...

The Ontario Treasury Board has released its annual list of people making more than $100,000 a year. This year it topped 377 thousand. In northwestern Ontario, the organization that had the most on the list was the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board. There were 340 names, mostly teachers. Christy Radbourne, the Dir...

There will be no school bus transportation for many students in the region on Friday due to poor weather and road conditions. The affected areas include Kenora, Dryden, Sioux Narrows, Vermilion Bay, Sioux Lookout, Ignace, Ear Falls, Red Lake, and Upsala. Pickle Lake is the only exception, where bus PL81 is running as s...

All lanes of Highway 17 between Highway 17A and the Kenora Bypass have reopened after being closed due to poor weather conditions. The closure began early Friday morning at 1:25 a.m. and was cleared by 6:47 a.m., according to Ontario 511. Drivers are advised to be cautious as weather conditions in the area may still af...

A Dryden city councillor is sounding the alarm bell about a pending shortage of labour in his city and across northwestern Ontario. Ritch Noel says an immigration program is ending, and that will affect one particular sector especially. "I'll say that I know of three service outlets here in town that are going to ...

Five groups in Dryden will be sharing just over $102,000 in Moffat Family funding this year. The biggest grant goes to the Dryden Food Bank for just over $30,000 to help out with its food purchase program. The Northwestern Health Unit is getting $20,000 for its Nutrition of Weekends program and also for the Community P...

Dryden city council is generally supportive of a Buy Canada approach to its purchasing policy. A resolution is being brought forward to favour Canadian made products or businesses, or at least not American companies. CAO Roger Nesbitt thinks it's important to support local businesses. "I think where it makes sense...

The Nishnawbe Aski Police have arrested four people for drug trafficking on the Keewaywin First Nation. Three are from the community and a 19 year old man is from Hamilton. Police say they executed a search warreant on the First Nation early last Friday morning. Crack cocaine, cash, weapons and other paraphernalia asso...