Author Archives: Tim Davidson

Spring is pothole season and even though we've had a relatively mild winter, it's still the case this year with the freeze and thaw cycle and warmer temperatures. The City of Kenora says it's pothole ...

Three members of the Kenora Figure Skating Academy are heading to the provincials. Claire Gauthier, Sydney Merlino and Waverly Wiebe have each been selected to attend the Skate Ontario Provincial Cham...

The Shoal Lake #40 First Nation is getting funding from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund to help build a business center. Over $490,000 has been promised for the 2,000 square foot, wheelchair access...

The executive of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association and it's unit presidents have voted in favour of an agreement with the province. Now it's up to the membership to ratify the four yea...

Three people have been arrested for drug trafficking in Dryden. On Wednesday afternoon around 5:00, the Dryden OPP, the OPP's Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau and the Treaty #3 Police executed a sea...

A silver medal for a St. Thomas Aquinas student at the All-Ontario high school swimming championships this week in Toronto. Tazio Mastromatteo finished in second place in the 100 meter breaststroke. H...

You might notice some unusual activity on the Keewatin Channel Bridge over the next few days. Stantec Engineering is conducting assessment of the bridge. That's prior to the steel girders on the bridg...

It looks like it's going to cost a bit more to do get a report on the state of the Portage Bay Bridge. Initially, the city has set aside 100 thousand dollars for the a bridge assessment. Director of E...

The Ontario Special Investigations Unit has cleared a Dryden OPP officer of any wrong doing in regards to an injury to a fleeing suspect. The incident took place last November at a Dryden motel. The S...

It's back to the drawing board for Kenora's Official Plan and Zoning by-law. The city last submitted an official plan to the province back in 2020, but it languished on provincial desks for two years....