Author Archives: Tim Davidson

An Olympic silver medal rower is the newest coach at the Kenora Rowing Club. Abby Dent won the medal last year at the Paris Olympics as part of the Canadian women's 8's rowing team. Dent has signed on...

The Meno-Ya-Win Health Center in Sioux Lookout is one step closer to getting an MRI. The contract for the MRI was awarded to GE Healthcare, and the building for the MRI suite has been awarded to SDI C...

Synergy North is predicting an increase in electricity usage right across northwestern Ontario. The electrical utility currently operates in Kenora and Thunder Bay. President and CEO Rene Gallant says...

The Kenora and Lake of the Woods Community Foundation is seeking more funding from the City of Kenora. Executive Director Lynn McAughey says they are seeking increased funding from all their main dono...

MP's have returned to Ottawa for the first session after the federal election. Kenora-Kiiwetinoong MP Eric Melillo says he's not sure if the next session will be any more civil than the last one. "It ...

Another call to keep the Temporary Foreign Worker program, at least in northwestern Ontario. Chief Executive Officer of the Kenora District Services Board, Henry Wall say the loss of the program will ...

Extremely dry weather in the Winnipeg River drainage basin is forcing the Lake of the Woods Control Board to conduct several small outflow decreases at the Norman Dam. There will be four over the next...

The provincial government is spending $1.7 billion more on education this year than last year. The budget for core education is $30.3 billion, up from $28.6 billion last year. That includes more for c...

This year's Leonard Skye Building Bridges award is going to an educator with the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board. Alyssa Donais is currently the Indigenous Language lead for the board and has ...

One person is dead following a house fire on the Sandy Lake First Nation. The blaze broke out around 3:30 Thursday afternoon. Initially nine people were able to get out and received treatment at the c...