At least one person was sent to hospital after a storm blew through an area east of Fort Frances late yesterday. A number of properties in Watten township suffered damage with a number of trees knocked down. The storm also led to six small fires that have since been extinguished. Some...
READ MOREAs step three continues Ontario is now reporting 170 new cases. That’s part of 618 new cases in the entire country as of last night. Health Minister Christine Elliott says the province has also now administered over 18.8-million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, including 124,261 on Friday alone....
READ MOREA new e-ticketing program is now in place for OPP across the province. It was developed in southern Ontario before expanding to northwestern Ontario recently. Sergeant Jim Mill says real-time reporting helps police with targeted enforcement. “You can look at the map and be like ‘Oh, we’ve got a...
READ MOREA new e-ticketing program is now in place for OPP across the province. It was developed in southern Ontario before expanding to northwestern Ontario recently. Sergeant Jim Mill says real-time reporting helps police with targeted enforcement. “You can look at the map and be like ‘Oh, we’ve got a...
READ MORESome evacuees from the Poplar Hill First Nation are heading home. One week ago, the City of Kenora accepted 75 evacuees from that community, who have been staying in a high school. They were fleeing Red Lake forest fire #65, which is sized at 16,651 hectares and is 6 kilometres northwest of the...
READ MORESome evacuees from the Poplar Hill First Nation are heading home. One week ago, the City of Kenora accepted 75 evacuees from that community, who have been staying in a high school. They were fleeing Red Lake forest fire #65, which is sized at 16,651 hectares and is 6 kilometres northwest of the...
READ MORERain continues to lessen the forest fire threat in northwestern Ontario. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry reports just two new fires yesterday. Both are about 40 kilometres northwest of Nakina. There are now 137 active forest fires with 43 considered not under control. Weather is...
READ MORERain continues to lessen the forest fire threat in northwestern Ontario. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry reports just two new fires yesterday. Both are about 40 kilometres northwest of Nakina. There are now 137 active forest fires with 43 considered not under control. Weather is...
READ MOREGood news for seniors in a retirement home in Newfoundland. After they were all fully vaccinated, residents at the Alderwood Retirement Centre couldn’t understand why they couldn’t hold dances, with a ban still in place. The seniors got together to make a music video, set to the tune of...
READ MOREThis week on the Retro Lounge, I’ve got songs relating to the Olympic games; I got to talk to Thunder Bay‘s Haley Irwin, part of the Canadian women’s hockey team(after their gold medal win at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver) and you’ll hear about their big triumph in 2014; we’ll do some walking...
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