Beer store in Sioux Lookout to close
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First Main Street Market of summer takes place Saturday
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Evacuation of Pikangikum to begin Saturday
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City of Kenora revisits the idea of the Keewatin Boatlift
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Canada Post resumes mail delivery on Deer Lake
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Canada's unemployment rate ticked down to 6.9 per cent in June, according to Statistics Canada. The ...
Jul 11, 2025
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More wildfires have been confirmed across Northwest Ontario, with several now growing closer to near...
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Labour Congress opposed to possible staff/service cuts
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More deer tags issued for Dryden
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Evacuation alert and notice issued due to forest fires
Forest fires are once again causing concern for a couple of first nations north of Red Lake. MacDowe...
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Mishkeegogamang First Nation signs long-term agreement with First Mining
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Canadian trips to the U.S. down again in June
Canadian visits to the United States are down for the sixth straight month, according to Statistics ...
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Another hike in Kenora's municipal insurance
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NPI lobbies for more immigration in northern Ontario
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Treaty #3 building a distribution center
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New wildfire confirmed near Big Trout Lake as fire activity continues across northwestern Ontario
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Beauty Bay Golf Course, Senior Men's League, July 8, 2025.
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Nungesser Road closed due to forest fire
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All Nations Health Partners provides update on physician recruitment
Kenora's new Rural Generalist Model for Physician compensation seems to be paying off. The new syste...
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New fire confirmed near Sioux Lookout as Red Lake fire continues to hold
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Most provinces sign MOU on direct-to-consumer alcohol sales
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The RCMP say the pilots of two small single engine planes are dead following a mid-air crash south o...
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New energy deals struck between Ontario & Alberta
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The number of active wildfires in Ontario's Northwest Region has climbed to 47, with two new fires c...
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Sioux Lookout youth helps name new federal police horse
A youth from Sioux Lookout has been selected as one of the winners of the Royal Canadian Mounted Pol...
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Scams targeting businesses are becoming more common across Canada, and the financial impact is growi...
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City of Kenora agrees to continued support for KLWCF
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KPDSB trustees pass budget
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Highway 17 near Vermilion Bay open again
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WSIB reaches tentative deal with CUPE local 1750
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Highway 17 twinning expected to resume this fall
The second phase of twinning the Trans-Canada Highway west of Kenora is expected to begin later this...
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Special weather statement issued
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NAN rejects SIU report into fatal Anicinabe Park shooting
The Nishnawbe Aski Nation is rejecting a report into a fatal shooting at Anicinabe Park last summer....
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No new deal for the unionized employees at the Workplace Safety Insurance Board's (WSIB) as the orga...
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