Author Archives: Tim Davidson

The City of Kenora will have to spend an extra $470,000 to complete two sewer and water projects. One is on 10th North and Mikado Avenue and the other at the end of Park Street. The extra money is bec...

Work to repair a water valve in the 5th Street South area continues today. But starting at 9:00 this morning, crews will have to shut the water off to complete repairs. That means some residents in th...

The City of Dryden has just received one tender for the rehabilitation of 1,500 meters of Highway 594. Brennan Paving had a bid of just over $1.23 million for the work. Project and Asset manager for t...

Synergy North says it has a number of capital plans for Kenora in the next year. Interim President and CEO Andrew Covello says that includes replacing a number of pieces of equipment. "A very aggressi...

About 250 people, both young and old, attended the Teddy Bear's Picnic at the Pinecrest Home for Aged. The event was held last Thursday morning. Nurse practitioner Mike Limerick and Assistant Director...

The Ontario Provincial Police Association has come to an agreement on a four-year deal for its members. The union represents both uniformed officers and civilians. Civilians voted 92.9 percent in favo...

Despite heavy rain in some areas overnight, the forest fire hazard is listed as moderate to high across much of northwestern Ontario. Over the weekend, there were just three new forest fires reported....

A couple of new positions are being added to the Dryden detachment of the OPP. Inspector Adam Illman says one will be targeting things like domestic violence. "Abuse Issues investigator is a detachmen...

Work to raise the roadbed of Essex Road won't be taking place this year. That's according to the Director of Engineering and Infrastructure Greg Breen. He says the project is being put over to next ye...

A member of Kenora City Council isn't happy with coverage of a shooting death at Anicinabe Park last month. Bob Bernie, who is a former OPP officer, says some of the comments made in recent weeks is i...