Author Archives: Tim Davidson

The Dryden OPP say they made a drug arrest after stopping a vehicle last week. Last Tuesday, July 23rd around 9 pm, police pulled over a vehicle on Mary Avenue. Officers located some cocaine, fentanyl...

The OPP say they have a suspect in connection to a pair of double homicides in Kirkland Lake. Back in July of last year, two people were sent to hospital, but were pronounced dead. In a second inciden...

The Ministry of Natural Resources is reporting several new forest fires in northwestern Ontario. Six were confirmed on Tuesday, bringing to 16, the number of active wildfires Most posing no problems a...

It's been a pretty quiet forest fire season in northwestern Ontario. The same can't be said for western Canada with hundreds of wildfires burning, particularly in the Jasper, Alberta area. Fire inform...

Two First Nations communities in the Kenora area are ending their association with Treaty Three Police Service. Wabaseemoong Independent Nations and Grassy Narrows cite insufficient and ineffective po...

Another heat warning has been issued for parts of northwestern Ontario. The Kenora, Dryden and Fort Frances areas are all under the advisory. Peter Kimbell from Environment Canada says it's not just h...

The Nishnawbe Aski Nation has marked the passing of one of the leading elders in the region. Garnet Angeconeb was a residential school survivor and spent much of his life in the Town of Sioux Lookout....

A person has been arrested following a police standoff north of Red Lake. The incident was at a remote camp at Little Vermilion Lake. The incident began around 7:15 a.m. Monday, when Ontario Provincia...

A big jump at the price at the pump in Kenora. Over the weekend, gas went up 10 cents a liter. It now sells at 1.73.9 at most service stations. That makes it some of the most expensive in the region. ...

Construction is expected to resume in the next week or so on Phase 3 of the Railway Street Project. That will take it from Gould Road to the railway crossing at 16th Avenue North. Greg Breen is the Di...