Provincial
2012-01-20 at 6:00 PM
Robert Sugarhead’s shirt comes complete with a buttoned-up collar. “I’m wearing a tie and trying to be professional,” the Fort Hope First Nation’s resident says, with the tie loosely around his neck, featuring a full Windsor knot and perfectly placed dimple. It’s...
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2012-01-17 at 14:46
Thunder Bay's tourism officials are reaching out to what they call a promising demographic. Tourism Manager Paul Pepe says Ride Lake Superior continues to gain ground, attracting motorcycle enthusiasts to our region. He said many of these motor cycle travelers are mature and have healthy...
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2012-01-12 at 14:48
Amos Winter says if a program to battle prescription drug abuse in his community can continue, more resources are needed.
Winter, the health director for Kingfisher Lake First Nation, said he has seen success since September when his community started a detoxification and treatment program for...
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The City of Dryden has joined the list of communities in the Northwest looking to deal with a growing deer population.
Dryden City Manager Joe van Koeverden said all options will be on the table at a public meeting scheduled for two weeks from now, including a potential deer cull.
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2011-12-29 at 14:29
Construction on two hydro stations on the White River is expected to begin this spring.
The Pic Mobert Hydro Power Joint Venture will involve two, separate run-of-the river stations south of Highway 17, just west of the Town of White River.
The two stations are expected to...
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2011-12-19 at NOON
OPP officials have confirmed that a Fort Frances man was killed after being struck by a train Sunday morning.
Police say the Rainy River District OPP responded to the incident involving a pedestrian and train at the Canadian National Railway main yard in Fort Frances shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday....
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2011-12-14 at 16:46
Officials involved with a regional renewable fuel operation are now waiting for contracts before moving ahead.
Atikokan Renewable Fuels president Ed Fukushima said the wood pellet facility will delay its opening by up to six month while contracts are finalized.
Fukushima said on top of...
2011-12-12 at 17:23
The town of Ignace has decided to take the next step in the process to become a host community for a nuclear waste repository. Ignace town council has decided to move forward into Phase 3 of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization's site selection process. The NWMO will now perform feasibility...
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2011-11-17 at NOON
A 15-year old Sandy Lake boy is facing charges following the death of an 11-year-old girl a year ago in Sioux Lookout.
The body of Chloe Mathews was discovered in Sioux Lookout, and it was later determination that she died from hypothermia.
A young boy now faces charges of...
2011-11-15 at 11:56
Diabetes is the first non-infectious disease to be given a world day by the World Health Organization and for good reason, said a local health professional. “Currently it’s estimated that nine per cent of the population of Canada is diabetic,” said Saleem Malik, the medical director...
2011-11-08 at 10:26
Police in Sioux Lookout arrested two suspects believed to be involved in a back alley attack and robbery in that community Monday. Officials with the Sioux Lookout detachment of the OPP say officers on patrol in the area received information that an assault had taken place in a back alley on Front...
2011-11-02 at NOON
Police are targeting bouncers in the second security blitz in less than four months.
Officials with the OPP say 38 charges were laid on Friday when police officers from the force’s anti-rackets unit and the province's security enforcement unit cracked down on unlicensed security guards,...
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2011-10-14 at 15:56
Police officers in Kenora found nearly 11 pounds of pot after a traffic stop Friday. Officers with the Kenora detachment of the OPP say they stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation in the City of Kenora around 2 a.m. The officer could detect what appeared to be an odour of marijuana. A search...
2011-08-30 at 15:07
Michael Fox’s first priority as Webequie First Nation’s newly appointed Ring of Fire senior director is to form a communications strategy. “I think some protocols need to be in place with the Ring of Fire stakeholders and how information will flow, the format and language, so the membership themselves...
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2011-08-11 at 08:45
The black bear believed to have attacked a woman at Pukaskwa National Park near Marathon has been killed. Park staff and MNR conservation officers found the bear about two kilometres from the site where a 57-year-old Michigan woman was injured last Friday. Officials say the animal matches the physical...
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