Dryden

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect in the Kenora and Dryden areas, calling for up to 100 km/h winds, nickel to quarter-sized hail and heavy downpours.

Environment Canada says they expect the storm to hit the area this afternoon or tonight.

Environment Canada adds that strong wind gusts can toss loose objects, damage weak buildings, break branches off of trees and overturn large vehicles, so residents should be prepared for severe weather.

A 17-year-old Wisconsin resident has passed away after a fishing trip on Kukukus Lake near Ignace.

The Ignace OPP say on June 21, officers were notified of an incident where two individuals had been fishing when one of them fell overboard into the water.

Police say the other individual jumped in the water to rescue the individual, but they couldn’t be found and the police were then contacted to conduct a search of the area.

Conservation Officers with the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry are looking into reports of an aggressive deer in the Second Street North area of Kenora.

Reportedly, the deer has approached and attacked two dogs in the last three days in the area. Residents in the Second Street North and Fourth Avenue areas are asked to keep a close eye on their pets when they’re outside.

Sioux Lookout's Dean Larose is $100,000 richer after matching the last six of seven numbers in the LOTTARIO ENCORE draw. 

He chose to play the extra loonie in the May 14, 2022 draw and turned one figure into six. Dean, a retiree, says he has been a regular lottery player since 1975.

"I've been playing my own numbers, and this is my first big win," he shared while at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to pick up his winnings. "I always say yes to ENCORE!"

A return to ‘normal’ water levels is still likely to be multiple weeks away, but levels seem to be stabilizing in the Kenora area.

Staff with the Lake of the Woods Control Board say with only short-lived precipitation in this week’s forecast and a general trend of average precipitation in June, inflows into Lake of the Woods are remaining stable or decreasing very slowly.

A federal research unit detected what might be a Chinese Communist Party information operation that aimed to discourage Canadians of Chinese heritage from voting for the Conservatives in the last federal election.

The Sept. 13, 2021, analysis by Rapid Response Mechanism Canada, which tracks foreign interference, says researchers observed Communist Party media accounts on Chinese social media platform Douyin widely sharing a narrative that the Conservatives would all but sever diplomatic relations with Beijing.

The lawyer for the former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash hopes he will get a chance to argue against his client's possible deportation before the Federal Court of Canada.

The Canada Border Services Agency recommended in March that Jaskirat Singh Sidhu be handed over to the Immigration and Refugee Board to decide if he should be deported back to India. 

Local healthcare experts are preparing for another wave of COVID-19 cases in Kenora this fall.

St. Thomas Aquinas High School hosted the 7/8 All Catholic Soccer Championships yesterday. Sacred Heart from Sioux Lookout and St. Joseph’s from Dryden traveled to Kenora to take on the SAINTS. T.A split their squad into two teams for the championship, and both went undefeated during round-robin play resulting in them going head to head for Gold.  It was the T.A black team came out on top over the red.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for the Kenora and Grassy Narrows areas.

Environment Canada warns that clusters of thunderstorms with high winds are expected to develop this afternoon or tonight, with up to 90 km/h winds. The storms are expected to begin near the Manitoba border and move eastward.

Environment Canada adds that strong wind gusts can toss loose objects, damage weak buildings, break branches off of trees and overturn large vehicles, so residents should be prepared for severe weather.