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There are now four candidates in the Kenora-Kiiwetinoong Riding in the federal election. Kelvin Boucher-Chicago will be running as an independent candidate. Bryce Dejarlais is also listed as the People's Party candidate in the riding. His Facebook page says he's a locomotive engineer for CPKC rail. They join incumbent ...

Matawa First Nations Management has a new CEO. Its board has announced the appointment of Dr. Sharon L. Nate. Dr. Nate is replacing former CEO David Paul Achneepineskum, who is entering semi-retirement after serving in the role for 25 years. "My beginnings in Eabametoong First Nation and working closely with the c...

The Northwestern Ontario Metis Community is proposing to erect 6 interpretive signs in Dryden. Stacey Devlin of Know History says the signs will be scattered throughout the community at the expense of the Metis Community. "So, the idea is that these would be sturdy, aluminum signs," Devlin told Dryden city co...

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 ...