Author Archives: Tim Davidson

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...

Tye Hiebert and Anna Amisola won the annual Bronzeback challenge. The duo reeled in 34.32 pounds of smallmouth bass over two days on Lake of the Woods. They beat out the tandem of Ben Gustafson and Al...

A 33 year old man has been charged by the OPP in connection to a spousal assault in Dryden. The incident took place on Tuesday afternoon around 5:30 at a residence on Third Street. The suspect has bee...

After months of increasing, water levels on Lake of the Woods area starting to go down. Inflows into the lake have stabilized and there has been moderate rainfall over the past week. As a result, the ...