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A rabbi with a seminary in Jerusalem has identified a 16-year-old Canadian-Israeli student as a person killed in one of two blasts that went off near bus stops in the city. 

Rabbi Refaen Rockmill said Aryeh Shechopek was a very special student who is being mourned by his peers. 

"He was always smiling. Everyone loved him. Loved him. And he loved everyone else," Rockmill said Wednesday.

"He always did everything to try his best, and in getting on with life, and doing the right things and trying his best to be a good person."

The Municipality of Red Lake is looking to build a new Red Lake Events Centre and 500-seat arena thanks to the support from the provincial government.

Kenora - Rainy River MPP, Minister of Indigenous Services and Minister of Northern Development, Greg Rickford, announced that Red Lake will see $369,550 to hire engineers to produce technical drawings of the proposed facility.

Kingfisher Lake First Nation, located 350 km north of Sioux Lookout, is the latest community to be connected to Ontario’s electrical system thanks to the work of Wataynikaneyap Power.

The Watay Power Project aims to provide 17 First Nation communities in northwestern Ontario with power for the first time by mid-2024, connecting them to the provincial electricity grid and replacing the use of diesel generators – which costs Canada about $90 million annually and are at capacity.

For Canadian soccer fans, the excitement of seeing their country play in the men's World Cup for the first time in 36 years gave way to disappointment Wednesday as their team fell just short.

Even though the Canadians lost 1-0 to Belgium, many fans who gathered at watch parties across the country said they were inspired by the team's performance.

Felicia Wall, who was watching the game at Vancouver's Croatian Culture Centre with her brother Nik, said she was proud, despite the result.

Three Manitoba residents are each facing a long list of charges after a traffic stop resulted in the seizure of drugs and a firearm in Kenora on Monday.

The Kenora OPP says the traffic stop took place on Highway 17A. During their investigation, police seized roughly $6,500 of cocaine and fentanyl, as well as Canadian currency, a handgun, ammunition and other items associated with drug trafficking.

As a result, 28-year-old Paul Dueck of St. Agathe, MB is facing charges of:

Leadership with the City of Dryden says the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board should cover the $15,000 cost of a new English Public School Board Trustee election in the new year, after a messy situation leading up to October 24.

City Clerk Allyson Euler declared an Emergency under the Elections Act on the day of the Municipal Election after finding irregularities in ballots for the board trustee position, where some voters received credentials from both the city and the KPDSB – allowing them to cast multiple votes.

NorWOSSA hockey is officially underway.

The Beaver Brae Broncos travelled to Sioux Lookout to take on the Warriors in both boys' and girls' hockey. The Sioux North boys team took the game 2-1 in a shootout. Cole Elliot scored the game-winner.

The Warrior girls also took the win, blanking the Broncos 1-0.

The Saint Thomas Aquinas Saints boys travelled to Fort Frances. The Muskies took the game 5-2. Meanwhile, the Saints girls hosted the Dryden Eagles where they took it 4-1.

Education workers and senior members of the government are both offering their takes on the tentative deal to keep education workers and students in their classrooms.

On Sunday, leadership with the Canadian Union of Public Employees and the Ontario government reached a tentative deal on wage and benefit increases – avoiding a second strike for over 50,000 education workers across the province.

Update: Prices dropped another 7 cents on the morning of November 23, for an overall drop of 17 cents. But we're now the 5th most expensive fuel in Canada - as other locations saw larger price decreases. 
 

Even after a 10-cent drop in prices in northwestern Ontario – the Kenora District is now paying the 6th most expensive fuel price across Canada.

The OPP says no foul play is suspected with the sudden deaths of three residents in Hudson, near Sioux Lookout.

On November 12, the Sioux Lookout OPP and the Lac Seul Police Service responded to a call for an unresponsive individual on Second Street. Officers and paramedics attended the scene and found another two unresponsive individuals.