Author Archives: Tim Davidson

You might want to stock up on wine and other alcoholic beverages. Liquor Control Board of Ontario employees could be on strike as of midnight. Today is the last scheduled day for negotiations with the...

Plans are in the works for a healing lodge to be located on the Eagle Lake First Nation. The First Nation, the Kenora District Services Board and the Sioux Lookout Health Authority have signed a Memor...

The public will get a chance to have some input on the next two phases of twinning of Highway 17 west. A public information session is being held tomorrow by the consultant designing the divided highw...

Premier Doug Ford and Unifor have released a joint statement about federal funding for rail cars for the Toronto Transit System. They want the feds to announce it's committment to the project. The rai...

Inflows into Lake of the Woods and the Winnipeg River system continue to increase. In fact, the Lake of the Woods Control board says in the month of June alone, the Rainy and Namakan Lakes, which flow...

The provincial police in Dryden have wrapped up a week long traffic enforcement blitz. Between the Dryden and Ignace detachments a total of 787 charges were laid and 194 warnings were issued. Over the...

A new report shows there is a persistant crisis in mental health and substance abuse in the Kiiwetinoong Riding. The study was compiled by the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority. It says tha...

Despite all the rain this weekend, there were two new forest fires reported. Sioux Lookout Fire #6 is about 73 kilometers northeast of the Cat Lake First Nation. The 3 hectare forest fire is listed as...

Both the Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Grand Council Treaty #3 have released a joint statement about the death at Anicinabe Park in Kenora last week. Bruce Frogg was shot by an OPP officer last Tuesday af...

The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board will present its budget this week. In terms of capital projects, the public-school board isn't planning anything extravagant in the next year. Director of E...