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OPP issue Highway 17 crash update
Posted 10 October 2023

OPP issue Highway 17 crash update

The Dryden Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police is investigating a fatal collision. On October 9, 2023, just before 8:00 p.m., members of the Dryden OPP, along with Emergency Medical Services, responded to a serious collision involving a vehicle and a pedestrian on Highway 17 near Baptist...

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Line-up for Antigonish Jazzfest announced
Posted 10 October 2023

Line-up for Antigonish Jazzfest announced

The line-up for the Antigonish Jazzfest has been announced! Set to take place next month, headliners include Toronto based, Juno award winners, Avataar, and the Worst Pop Band Ever. The Saturday night Headliner is California-based The Headhunters. “The lineup for the 2023 Antigonish Jazzfest...

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Churchill wants fines upped now for buying poached lobster
Posted 10 October 2023

Churchill wants fines upped now for buying poached lobster

The province’s Liberal leader says there’s no time to waste on increasing fines for buying illegally-caught lobster. Zach Churchill says he’s disappointed that it may take up to a year for the province to bump the fines for commercial buyers. He notes there is evidence of a full-scale illegal...

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Dryden OPP receives funding for mental health support
Posted 10 October 2023

Dryden OPP receives funding for mental health support

The Ontario government is providing $113,419 to the Dryden detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police to provide specialized support to people who are experiencing a mental health crisis. The funding is being delivered through the Mobile Crisis Response Team Enhancement Grant program which is...

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Scouts Canada apologizing for its role in IRS system
Posted 10 October 2023

Scouts Canada apologizing for its role in IRS system

Scouts Canada says it is sorry for the role it played in one of the darkest chapters in Canadian history. Scouting was used as the program of choice along side the Church to strip the cultural identity of First Nations, Metis and Inuit children as part of Canada’s Indian Residential School and...

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Progressive Conservative caucus announces public housing locations prematurely, Housing Minister says
Posted 10 October 2023

Progressive Conservative caucus announces public housing locations prematurely, Housing Minister says

  Nova Scotia’s Housing Minister, John Lohr, expressed understanding and respect for his colleagues’ eagerness to share positive news with their communities but acknowledged that the Progressive Conservative caucus had jumped the gun by prematurely revealing the locations of long-awaited public...

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OPP presentation to council tonight
Posted 10 October 2023

OPP presentation to council tonight

Members of city council in Dryden will be given an update on the status of the Ontario Provincial Police. Its been just over a year since the organization assumed policing duties for the community. Both the detachment commander Adam Illman and Board chair John Carlucci were slated to bring a...

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Thunder Bay receives funding for Lake Superior
Posted 10 October 2023

Thunder Bay receives funding for Lake Superior

The Minister of Indigenous Services Patty Hajdu was in Thunder Bay on behalf of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guillbeault to announce funding coming to the city. 6 projects in the area aimed at restoring water quality and ecosystem health are receiving $633,500 in...

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Final report on 2022 flood released
Posted 10 October 2023

Final report on 2022 flood released

The Namakan Chain of Lakes and Rainy Lake reached some of the highest water levels on record last year. Lake levels did not recede until July. The International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board’s water levels committee toured the area last summer and has filed its final report to the...

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More seniors now eligible for rent supplements under new changes
Posted 10 October 2023

More seniors now eligible for rent supplements under new changes

More seniors will now be able to have their rent supplemented, with more money going to those who receive the benefit, thanks to changes to the province’s rent supplement program. The Canadian Mortage and Housing Corportation (CMHC) has changed the criteria for eligibility and formula used for...

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