by Tim DavidsonEfforts are being made to revive the Kenora District Municipal Association. Mayors and councillors are meeting in Dryden Thursday afternoon to kick-start the organization. The KDMA didn’t hold it’s annual meeting last year and it’s hoped it can meet again next February in Kenora for it’s AGM....
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by Tim DavidsonKenora City Council continues to discuss the 2024 municipal budget. Another meeting is scheduled for this afternoon. On the agenda is finalizing the capital budget, and looking at the city’s operation budget. The goal of the city is to get the budget passed before the end of the year, so...
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MLA’s in Nova Scotia have elected the first woman to serve as speaker at Province House. Karla MacFarlane will take over the role to referee debate in the legislature. She resigned her cabinet post as minister of community services last month – just ahead of a cabinet shuffle within the PC...
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by Tara ClowRiverview residents will get their first opportunity this weekend to vote in a municipal byelection. Advanced polls will be open on Saturday, October 14 to cast a ballot to fill a vacant Councillor at Large seat for Town Council. Russell Hayward stepped down from the role earlier this year,...
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We’ll know more about a potential housing development in the Town of Yarmouth next month. The Planning Advisory Committee will make a recommendation on a proposed 2-building development at 236 Water Street. A public meeting was held earlier this month for the project, which would see 56 units...
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Administrative professionals in the healthcare sector have reached a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement with the province. A release from the bargaining committee representing the workers says the 2 sides were at the table until midnight last night. They say they were able to achieve...
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by Caitlin SnowThe federal government is investing $79.3 million to build 2,600 homes in the Halifax Regional Municipality, through the Housing Accelerator Fund; which helps fast track the building of homes in towns, cities and Indigenous communities across Canada. Liberal MP Darren Fisher says the funding...
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by Tim DavidsonAn awareness walk is scheduled to wrap up today in Dryden. It’s called Jeannie’s Way. It started on Tuesday from the Tourist Bureau in Sioux Lookout and will end at the Northwest Community Care Access Center on King Street. The walk is to raise awareness of a lack of support for health care for...
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A U-S-based secure transport company is suing Air Canada over an alleged $20-million gold heist- one of the largest in Canadian history. According to multiple reports, the shipments landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport April 17th and were allegedly stolen from a holding facility less...
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by Brad PerryA New Brunswick municipality has become the first in Atlantic Canada to be Rainbow Registered. Grand Bay-Westfield has met the standards put in place by Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ Chamber of Commerce. The national accreditation shows they are a safe, welcoming, and accepting place for members of the...
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