by Tim DavidsonThe City of Kenora is ready to put to bed it’s capital budget. Director of Finance Ryan Marsh says because of a $308,000 increase to their Ontario Communities Infrastructure Funding (OCIF) next year, they were able to reduce their tax hit. “The final budget implications for the 2024 draft...
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by Tim DavidsonThe Fellowship Center in Kenora is still going strong despite staff shortages. Yvonne Bearbull is executive director and says they plan to be open right through the holidays. “We still open everyday…we still open at 8 o’clock and close at 4 o’clock and we plan to be open right through the...
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by Tim DavidsonFour people have been arrested following a drug bust on the North Spirit Lake First Nation. The Nishinawbe Aski Nation Police Along with the OPP seized a quantity of crack cocaine, cocaine, oxycodone, cash and other drug paraphernalia. In addition replica firearms, ammunition and fireworks were...
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by Brad PerryThe redeveloped space along Saint John’s waterfront will not be ready by year’s end as initially planned. City officials say the $20-million project will take a few months longer than they first expected. Utilities and Infrastructure Commissioner Ian Fogan said crews have run into some...
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by Tim DavidsonOne person is dead following a collision between Ignace and Upsala over the weekend. The OPP say the accident took place about two kilometers east of English River Saturday morning around 10:30 and involved two semi tractor-trailer units. A 23 year old man from Winnipeg was pronounced dead at...
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by Brad PerryA 27-year-old man has been sentenced to three years in prison following a sexual assault in Moncton. Mounties say a woman reported being sexually assaulted by a cab driver while on her way home from downtown on May 27, 2021. Police arrested a suspect in the Moncton area several days later. He...
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A smaller deficit, higher revenues and more money for housing and healthcare. That’s the Cole’s notes on the latest budget update from Finance Minister Allan MacMaster. The government is forecasting a smaller deficit of $264.3 million. It is a $14.6-million improvement from the $278.9-million...
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by Randy ThomsThere is very little change to the top choices for baby names in Ontario. The Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery says Olivia remains the most popular name for a girl for the 14th straight year, while Noah holds the number one boy’s name for a fourth year. The only new name on the...
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by Adam RileyA sixth person has died in connection to a recall of cantaloupes contaminated with Salmonella. According to the Public Health Agency of Canada 153 lab confirmed cases have been found as part of an outbreak in all provinces except for Saskatchewan and Manitoba, which has resulted in 53...
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by Caitlin SnowA deal has been reached between the Nova Scotia Nurses Union and Victorian Order of Nurses. President Janet Hazelton said in a release that around 87 per cent voted in favour of the new five-year agreement, that has improvements in wages, premiums, safety and work-life balance. “We can our VON...
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