Author Archives: Tim Davidson

Kenora city council has decided to defer passing the 2025 budget. Mayor Andrew Poirier says they are still waiting on a couple of key pieces of information. That being the budgets of the Kenora Distri...

A group that provides mining companies with support services is setting up shop in Dryden. Steenhof Mining Services says it will be locating its head office in Dryden. The company provides project man...

The Kenora OPP are investigating the theft of significant amount of copper wire. Police say between October 8th and November 22nd, several thefts were reported at tower sites in the Kenora area. Exten...

The Kenora OPP are looking into a number of break-ins in the Pickerel Lake area just off Highway 596. The break and enters took place between November 16 and 23rd. Some of the items stolen include a b...

A 25 percent tariff is going to hurt the lumber industry in Canada. Madelaine Kennedy is a forester with Weyerhaeuser in Kenora and says it just won't affect sawmills and paper mills. "If say, the saw...

The City of Dryden is more than pleased with it's policing rebate for 2025. The province announced a rebate for rural and northern municipalities late last month. Mayor Jack Harrison say the rebate wa...

The City of Kenora wants help from the province to pay for bridge replacement and maintenance. Kenora Mayor Andrew Poirier told the Standing Committee on Finance the cost of replacing even one bridge ...

It was a clean sweep for the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints, and the Dryden Eagles took three of four games from Beaver Brae in boys' basketball and girls' volleyball on Thursday. The Saints boys' teams ha...

An Atikokan man has been fined $8,000 for dumping hazardous material on crown land. Conservation officers began their investigation this past spring after a social media post. They found construction ...

The City of Kenora says sewer and water rates will be going up anywhere from 8.8 to 9.2 percent in 2025 and 2026. The amount of the increase depends on the size of the meter. An average household that...