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A high school student created her prom dress entirely from Duck Tape and won a $15,000 scholarship. Monica Walsh from Dryden spent 126 hours and 13 rolls of colorful tape making a unique and eye-catching prom dress. It was inspired by Romero Britto, an artist who uses contrast and colors. The creation earned her a spot...

The Northwest Angle #33 First Nation is getting funding from the provincial government to help build a new playground. Just over $173,000 is coming from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund. The playground will include a basketball court. Currently, there are no other playgrounds in the community and the aim of this proj...

The Northwest Catholic District School Board has hired a new Superintendent of Business. Alex McAuley starts his position in August. He was recently with Ontario Health as its Performance, Accountability and Funding Allocation Lead. Before that, he spent almost ten years as the Chief Financial Officer for Dryden Region...

The Kenora OPP a missing 41-year-old woman has been safely located. 41-year-old Bailey Paypompee was reported missing to police on July 9th but was last seen on June 13th. On July 12, 2024, members of the Winnipeg Police Service located her. She was reported missing to police on July 9, 2024.

Communities in the Kenora and Rainy River District are teaming up for a joint application to the latest immigration pilot project. Ryan Reynard is executive director of Lake of the Woods Business Incentive Corporation says there are only 15 projects available for funding this time around. "This increases our chanc...

A tragic end to a missing person's case near the Whitefish Bay First Nation. Dina-Rae Antoine-Cowley was reported missing on June 7th. The OPP were asked to assist the Treaty #3 Police in the search two weeks later. Last Thursday, human remains were found on Northwest Angle #33. The deceased has been identified as the ...

There is strong support from a small town in northwestern Ontario to become the possible home of Canada's first underground nuclear storage unit. Ignace council voted to continue showing interest in the $26-billion project during a special meeting on Wednesday. The vote came after a community "willingness survey&q...

The town of Fort Frances will review a request for parking changes around the Sister Kennedy Centre. It acts upon a request from the centre's advisory committee. Councillor John McTaggart, council's representative on the committee, says an increase in usage is forcing the need for additional parking. "So, the cent...

Atikokan's Alex Sampson is off to the next round in America's Got Talent. The 20-year-old wooed the judges by singing an original song called Pretty Baby for his audition that aired on the NBC program Tuesday night. It earned him yeses from all four judges. Simon Cowell said it reminded him of a song from the 50s and 6...

One person has been killed after a serious crash involving a moose on Highway 105 It happened Tuesday morning near Procyk's Road, about 30 kilometres south of Red Lake. OPP say the driver of the vehicle was transported to hospital but later succumbed to their injuries. No name has been released. The incident closed the...

Road crews with the township of La Vallee are replacing road signs. The municipality posts on its Facebook page that a number of signs were removed and placed elsewhere in the rural area. Caution and yield signs on roads that were freshly gravelled were also taken. The matter has now been passed on to the provincial po...

Eleven groups and organizations from the Fort Frances area are recipients of funding from the Moffat Family Fund. Over $100 thousand was distributed. The Kenora Rainy River District Child and Family Services uses $10,000 to deliver an after-school program. The Rainy Lake Air Cadet Squadron 908 also received $10,000 to ...

The cost to replace a section of the four-laners in Fort Frances is coming in higher than expected. The lowest tender price to replace a section of Third Street West between York and Central Avenues comes in at $570 thousand more than budgeted. An Administration report says it is due to sewer replacement costs. The rep...

A high school student in Dryden has been named a finalist in an international contest that is sure to make Canadian handyman "Red Green" proud. It is called the "Stuck at Prom" scholarship and the idea is to create a dress or tux exclusively from - Duck Tape. Monica Walsh was up to the challenge and...

The Memorial Sports Centre is getting ready for a reopening of the pool and the Ice for Kids Arena. The ice will be back for the summer on Monday. It has attracted a lot of interest, including from some out-of-town groups. The centre is also advertising on its Facebook page opportunities for public skating and shinny h...

One of the most important fundraisers for the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River takes place in August. Ride for Memories invites area motorcycle enthusiasts on a ride throughout the district. Executive Director Rossana Tomashowski says money raised helps them provide their programs and services for free. "We...

An opportunity to learn some basketball skills from professionals playing in Portugal. Thunder Bay's Karissa Kajarinne will put on the camp next month for youth in grades 4 to 12. She says her partner will be assisting. "He plays overseas there professionally as well. So, we're going to do some co-ed training for ...

Two men face $9,500 in fines for an illegal deer hunt in the Dryden area. Court heard that in November of 2022, conservation officers were conducted a patrol in the Eton-Rugby area. They contacted two men who were returning from deer hunting. Their investigation found that one of the men had shot a deer and did not inv...

There will be no Canada Day fireworks in Fort Frances on Monday. Organizers says the forecast for bad weather is prompting the early decision to cancel. No other Canada Day activities have yet been impacted. There is also no makeup date yet as to when the fireworks will be lit.

Plenty of mineral exploration activity is expected this summer in northwestern Ontario. BC-based Kenorland Minerals says it will conduct work at five sites covering more than 330 thousand hectares believed to contain minerals such as gold, lithium and nickel. The fieldwork is to help define areas for future drilling pr...