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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...

A new ice allocation policy for the City of Kenora is being developed. This time, the city has gone out and hired a private consulting firm to work on a new policy. Meaghan Carey is with RC Strategies and says it's important that if a group is not using all their ice time, they need to give some back. "As a season...

Due to the snowstorm, the City of Kenora says all blue box and curbside garbage collection will not be taking place today. This includes Rideout, Valley Drive, Minto area, and north of the by-pass. The waste transfer station remains open, however. Earlier this morning, the Northwestern Ontario Student Services Consorti...

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 ...

A Kenora resident is $250,000 richer. 61-year-old Kathy Shine won the top prize in the Instant Sapphire Solitaire scratch game. She plans to use the money for renovations and travel within Canada. The 20-dollar ticket was purchased at the Husky on Highway 17 east.

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...