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The Liberals and New Democrats have reached a tentative deal to keep the Liberal minority government in power through to 2025, media reports say.

The CBC is reporting the leadership of both parties reached an agreement that would see the NDP support the Liberals on confidence votes.

The report says the deal would see the Liberals acting on national pharmacare and dental care, which are key priorities for the NDP.

Reports by the CBC and the Globe and Mail, citing unnamed sources, say that New Democrat members of Parliament still need to approve the deal.

The Bronco boys hockey team took on the TA Saints last night at the Kenora Rec Centre.  Tallen Caron and Marcus Morriseau were the goal scorers in a 2 - 0 win. James Sinclair played well in the net to get the shutout. 

The Municipality of Sioux Lookout is not moving in step with the rest of the province when it comes to the removal of masking and capacity limits in municipal facilities.

Sioux Lookout leadership says masking and capacity limits will remain in effect for municipal facilities such as the Recreation Centre, Sioux Lookout Memorial Arena and Sioux Lookout Memorial Airport, due to the high number of COVID-19 cases in the region.

With COVID-19 cases continuing to drop across the province to lows that we haven’t seen since prior to the emergence of Omicron, Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford says now was the right time to remove Ontario’s mask mandates.

“I think that it’s time for us to move on. It’s time for us to see each other’s [faces],” said Rickford. “We have to build our confidence back up as a society. We’ve taken a very cautious approach, I think the right one, and after two years we have to trust ourselves and our common sense.”

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and the union representing 3,000 conductors, engineers and train and yard workers say they have agreed to final and binding arbitration to end a work stoppage.

Workers will return to the job at noon local time Tuesday.

In a statement issued early Tuesday morning, Teamsters Canada Rail Conference spokesperson Dave Fulton said while arbitration was not the preferred method, TCRC was able to negotiate terms and conditions that were in the best interest of its members, with wages and pensions still stumbling blocks.

Talks between Canadian Pacific Rail (CP) and Teamsters Canada Rail Conference continue as Monday (March 21, 2022) marked day two of a full work stoppage following a lockout by CP.

More than 3,000 conductors and engineers at CP rail were forced to the picket lines on Sunday (March 20, 2022) after the two parties failed to reach a deal by midnight on Saturday (March 19, 2022).

A lockout is a work stoppage initiated by company management during a labour dispute. Unlike a strike, in which employees refuse to work, a lockout is initiated by the employer.

The Kenora U11 Thistles have been chosen as one of 12 regional finalists as a wild card entry in this year’s Chevrolet Good Deeds Cup as announced on Saturday (March 19, 2022) on Hockey Night in Canada.

The Thistles will be vying for the $100,000 first-place prize that will go towards the charity of their choice.

Kenora’s U11 team was selected to represent Ontario based on their work with a local sledge hockey program that has two registered players within the Lake of the Woods Minor Hockey Association.

Residents across the province now have the choice to wear a mask or not.

Industry groups that rely on Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. for the shipment of goods are pleading with the federal government to take action as the work stoppage at the Calgary-based railway continues into its second day.

Leaders of the Canadian Cattlemen's Association and the National Cattle Feeders' Association were in Ottawa Monday, urging the government to immediately bring an end to the work stoppage they say could devastate their industry.

The Kenora area will face its first snowfall of spring as Environment Canada has issued a Special Weather Statement for the region.

The agency is saying two low-pressure systems are making its way to the region and will meet over Northwestern Ontario. One sweeping across the prairies and the other from the northern United States.