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More First Nations libraries in Ontario will soon be able to provide free internet access to the public. The Ontario government announced it is making a $78,000 increase to to the Internet Connectivity Grant program, which helps reimburse rural, northern and First Nations Public Libraries for their connectivity costs. ...

Saturday is expected to be a scorcher in Northwestern Ontario. Environment Canada is forecasting that Thunder Bay, in particular, has the potential to break a record that has held for more than a century. "It will definitely be close," says Environment Canada meteorologist Steven Flisfeder. "Its definite...

A 61-year-old man from Dryden faces drug charges after being arrested during a traffic stop. The incident took place on Tuesday around 1:30 pm on Government Street in Dryden. The OPP say they seized a quantity of cocaine, fentanyl and hydromorphone, Canadian currency and other evidence of drug trafficking. Charges incl...

The Township of Ignace will be holding a youth symposium in November. The Community Engagement Committee says it's planning a three-day event focusing on the nuclear industry. The Township of Ignace says about 100 students, local educators, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization and the skilled trades industry will ...

The province has released its draft criteria for designating special economic zones that will fast-track approvals of major projects. First introduced under Premier Doug Ford's Bill 5, also known as the Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, in response to economic threats from U.S. tariffs, the Special Economi...

Ontario's Auditor General says the province has not met all of the requirements when it signed onto the federal government's $10 a day childcare program. A report finds commitments on new spaces and staff have not yet been achieved. The province received $10.23 billion over five years when it agreed to the federal prog...

The Dryden OPP have released more information about the tragic drowning of two people on the weekend on Wabigoon Lake. Police were initially contacted around 4:00 Saturday afternoon about two people who entered the water and failed to surface. The body of a 5-year-old boy was pulled from the water near Flat Rock Park S...

The start of October is much like the weather during the month of September. Much warmer than normal and drier than normal. In terms of rain, we only got 14.9 millimeters last month. That's well below our average of 94.5 millimeters. It was also warmer than usual. The daily mean temperature was 15 Celsius, compared to ...

A 27-year-old man from Sioux Lookout has been killed in a two-vehicle collision on Highway 17 near Oxdrift. The OPP say the accident took place around 9:30 this morning in the area of Latimer Road and involved a pick-up truck and a transport trailer. The driver of the pick-up truck was pronounced dead at the scene, whi...

The Municipality of Sioux Lookout is making $20,000 available for local projects. They call it the Community Choice Project Fund. Jen Esposito the economic development officer and says they are looking for any project that might have some kind of benefit to the town. "The Community Choice Project Fund was created ...