Dryden

It was a back-and-forth weekend for the Dryden GM Ice Dogs and Sioux Lookout Bombers. Dryden took Friday’s game 3-0, but the Bombers bounced back to win Saturday’s game 2-1 at home.

The SIJHL’s now on a break until 2023, with games scheduled for January 5 and 6.

The Kenora Thistles out-skated the Winnipeg Wild and Winnipeg Bruins this weekend, as they picked up two wins with 13 goals scored.

They took out the Wild 7-5 at home on Friday, before beating out the Bruins in Winnipeg on Saturday afternoon. Patrick Forsythe and James Sinclair got the wins in net.

A lone gunman opened fire and killed five people at a Toronto-area condo building on Sunday evening before he himself was shot by police, the regional force's chief said. 

Jim MacSween, head of the York Regional Police Force, offered few details in the hours immediately following the shooting in Vaughan, Ont. But in a hastily called news conference outside the building, he said police immediately realized a complex situation was unfolding. 

"Once the officers arrived they were met with a horrendous scene," he said. "Numerous victims were deceased."

After several months on the run, four cows from a herd of runaway cattle were captured on Saturday night in St-Sévère, Que. 

The regional chapter of the Union des producteurs agricoles says the cows were transported back to their original farm on Sunday morning. 

Specialists examined the cows after their capture and confirmed the animals were in good shape. 

The union says weather conditions over the last few days prevented the entire herd from being captured, so another operation will take place soon to catch seven or eight animals that remain at large. 

Conservation Officers with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry are searching for a hunter or a group of hunters who shot and killed a moose near the Snowshoe Dam last week.

Officers say they were alerted to a moose shot on the east side of Highway 105 in the vicinity of Snowshoe Dam, south of Red Lake, on December 14. Officers believe the moose was shot and retrieved from the area between 6 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. that morning.

The ministry says they are looking to identify and speak with those responsible.

Teaching in the North is an experience, and right now several opportunities have become available.

Matawa First Nations works with First Nations education leaders, principals, teachers, and many others to recruit and select teachers. Right now, they’re seeking teachers with the motivation, aptitude, and ability to live and work in a northern First Nation community.

The generosity of northwestern Ontario’s communities continues in 2022 as three local organizations have made some major donations to those in need over the holiday season.

Staff with the Kenora Chiefs Advisory came together earlier this week to donate over 12,000 pounds of food and over 1,450 toys to children and families of nine communities in northwestern Ontario for the holidays, as well as donations to the Fellowship Centre, Jubilee Church and other local organizations.

Kenora MP Eric Melillo says he’s standing up to fight for the rights of sport shooters, hunters, trappers and Indigenous people across northwestern Ontario.

The Dryden GM Ice Dogs are gearing up to host the Sioux Lookout Bombers to begin a two-game weekend series tonight. Puck drop will go at 7:30. Then they switch it around tomorrow, where the Bombers will get home ice advantage.

Dryden sits second in the SIJHL standings with 30 points. Sioux Lookout sits close in third with 28.

Your local broadcasters are thanking you for all of your support.

Each year, Q104, KenoraOnline and DrydenNow ask northwestern Ontario for its continued generosity as we collect as many donations of new, unwrapped toys and cash as we can to support women’s shelters in Kenora, Dryden and Sioux Lookout with Toys and Toonies. 

And once again, our communities have really stepped up to the plate.

The Northwestern Health Unit says residents between the ages of 5 and 11 won’t be able to receive their dose of the new bivalent COVID-19 vaccine until the new year.

The Ontario government announced earlier this week that doses of the bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, which targets specific strains of the illness, would be available for all Ontarians over the age of 5 as of December 21.