Author Archives: Tim Davidson

Riverside Health Care says it's making contingency plans in case the Emergency Room at La Verendrye General Hospital has to close this week. Right now, it says there could be service disruptions due t...

Traffic is moving again on Highway 17 east of Vermilion Bay. The road was closed for over 7 hours due to fire to a commercial motor vehicle. No other details have been provided.  

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board says it has reached a deal with its striking workers. The WSIB says there is a tentative agreement with CUPE Local 1750 of the Ontario Compensation Employees U...

The second phase of twinning the Trans-Canada Highway west of Kenora is expected to begin later this year. That's according to Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford. He says it's taken some time to get...

The unsettled weather is continuing. A tornado warning has been issued for communities including Atikokan, Dovetail Lake, Steep Rock Lake, Finlayson Lake and Marmion Lake. Forecasters said a line of s...

A special weather statement has been issued for much of northwestern Ontario. In addition to a heat warning, Environment Canada is warning of severe thunderstorms. As much as 40 millimeters of rain co...

Another Mastromatteo is looking to make his mark in the pool. Tazio Mastromatteo has been selected to be a part of Team Ontario at the Canada Summer Games next month in St. John's, Newfoundland. He's ...

The Municipality of Sioux Lookout has announced a couple of housing projects. They were unveiled during a housing forum last week. The first is a major development by the Sioux Lookout Airport. The pr...

The Nishnawbe Aski Nation is rejecting a report into a fatal shooting at Anicinabe Park last summer. The Ontario Special Investigations Unit cleared an OPP officer of any criminal wrongdoing in the de...

The Ontario Special Investigations Unit has found no criminal wrongdoing on the part of an OPP officer in the death of a 57-year-old man at Anicinabe Park just over a year ago. The incident start just...