Author Archives: Tim Davidson

Another chance to donate to the Salvation Army this holiday season. The annual Stuff-A-Cruiser campaign runs tomorrow. It will take place from 10 until 3 at three locations. There will be police cars ...

The Dryden Rotary Club has handed out more than $47,000 to eight organizations in the region. The biggest grant goes to the Dryden Food Bank for $20,000. The Ignace Nursery and EarlyOn Center received...

Unifor is helping out Hoshizaki House once again this year. The union has granted over $2,300 to the women's shelter. It's part of Unifor's Social Justice Fund. This year 74 shelters across Canada are...

A new fire chief has been hired for the City of Kenora. Gordon Howard has been hired to fill the vacancy when Dave Pratt retired back in September. Howard had been the fire chief in Gananoque and was ...

The City of Kenora is exploring the idea of operating Anicinabe Park. Over the past several years, a private operator has contracted with the town to run the campground. Director of Human Resources Ro...

The Vermilion Bay Landfill is finally open after a month of fighting stubborn fires in the garbage dump. Mayor Gordon Griffiths the first fire was noticed in early November. Since then, volunteer fire...

Four people have been arrested following a drug bust in Dryden. The OPP responded on Tuesday morning around 9:00 a.m. when a search warrant was executed on a residence on Wellington Street in Wabigoon...

The provincial government began it's pre-budget hearings this week. Today they will make their only stop in northwestern Ontario. The day-long hearings will take place at the Clarion Lakeside Inn in K...

Old man winter is hitting northwestern Ontario with a vengeance. Highway 17 between Ignace and Dryden is open again after a number of collisions. The Ministry of Transportation says poor road and weat...

A 34-year-old man from Barrie has been charged in connection to a collision on Highway 17 just east of Dryden. On Monday afternoon around 2:00, the OPP say they responded to a accident in the Township...