by Tim DavidsonThe City of Kenora should be well positioned for housing funding from the province. Last week, the province announced $1.2 billion for municipalities to build new homes. Mayor Andrew Poirier says that includes smaller and northern communities. “We think we’ll be able to tap into some of that ten...
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by Tim DavidsonKids head back to class on Wednesday, but teachers are getting an head start. They reported for work yesterday and will be back today for professional development. Christy Radbourne is the Director of Education for the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board and says the teachers are being...
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by Tim DavidsonA blue/green algae bloom has been confirmed in Loon Lake. The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks tested a water sample recently. The Thunder Bay District Health Unit says the algae is toxic and residents are asked not consume, use it for household purposes or swim in the water,...
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Your umbrella will continue to get a workout. Heavy rain is in the forecast for most of the province. A special weather statement has been issued along the Atlantic coastline and Eastern Nova Scotia. We could get up to 90 millimetres of rain starting overnight and lasting until Thursday morning....
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by Caitlin SnowCanadians are urged to donate blood and plasma. Canadian Blood Services says hundreds of donation appointments have been cancelled due unique circumstances this summer such as floods and now wildfires. It meant 300 cancelled appointments in the Kelowna area alone over the past week as British...
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by Randy ThomsA former Fort Frances nurse will wait a bit longer before learning her sentence in connection with the death of a patient at LaVerendrye Hospital in 2015. A sentencing hearing for Lindsay Coyle took place on Monday, but the day ended with the judge saying more time was needed. No date has been...
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Consistent interest rate hikes have many Canadians regretting their current mortgage situation. The Real Estate and Mortgage Institute of Canada has surveyed 1000 people online. It found about 34% of Canadians regret their current mortgages and roughly 12% regret being locked into a poor rate....
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by Joe ThomsonThe New Brunswick have arrested a Quebec man in connection to a more than two-year-old homicide case. Officers responded to reports of an unresponsive man on Rue Industrielle in Rivière Verte at around 8:40 a.m. on August 15, 2021. They discovered the man was dead and later ruled the death a...
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by Caitlin SnowA huge investment from the federal government in search and rescue training as part of the Ocean’s Protection Plan. Over $65 million over the next nine years will increase community-based search and rescue and support coast guard units with training and exercise. Today, the Minister of...
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by Joe ThomsonA Colchester County man was arrested this weekend after shooting a gun at a group of teenagers. An 18-year-old, 16-year-old and 15-year-old were riding their ATVs near Glenholme Marsh Road in Little Dyke last night when a 47-year-old man came out of a nearby house with a gun and shot at them....
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