Dryden

Dryden drivers are warned of more road work and delays in the community today.

The City of Dryden says Second Street, from Mary Avenue to Park Avenue, will be closed to traffic until 7 p.m. today as crews work on repairs to the wastewater collection system.

Public Works apologizes for the inconvenience and would like to thank the public for their cooperation. Anyone with questions or concerns is asked to contact 807-223-2367.

Even with today’s promise of Bill 28 getting repealed by the Ontario government, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees are reminding the province that their fight isn’t over yet.

While Ontario plans to repeal the Act – which made strike-action illegal for protesters with threats of $4,000 fines – the two parties still need to resume wage negotiations and find common ground.

St. Thomas Aquinas Saint, Colby Wallace, is back home after competing at the OFSAA Cross Country Championships.

Wallace finished the 6-kilometre race with a time of 24 minutes and 33 seconds. The first and second-place finishers finished with 19 minutes and 7 seconds, but places were determined by 29 milliseconds - a first in OFSAA Cross Country history. 

Overall Wallace says it was a great experience, especially in his Grade 12 year at TA.

The Kenora Under 18 AAA Thistles had a tough weekend as they couldn't come out with a win.

Leadership with the Canadian Union of Public Employees says they have accepted Ontario’s offer to repeal Bill 28 – ending strike action for over 50,000 education workers across the province.

Schools in Ontario are expected to resume normal operations by November 8.

This all comes after Ontario Premier Doug Ford pledged to repeal the bill, the Keeping Students in Class Act – which made strike-action illegal for members after failed negotiations – if CUPE came back to the negotiating table.

Leadership with the Dryden Food Bank is thanking the Nuclear Waste Management Organization for their support as they continue to see an increase in demand for the food bank’s services.

Manager Al Huckabay was joined by the NWMO’s Regional Communications Manager Vince Ponka last week as the nuclear waste group donated $5,000 to the food bank to help support the vital service for those in need in the area.

It was a heated municipal election campaign in the region and that looks to have shown in the polls.

With preliminary data, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario says northwestern Ontario seems to have recorded the top #3 highest voting turnouts across the province in the 2022 Municipal Election.

Brad Gushue put a flourish on his team's dominant curling to become the first men's Pan Continental champion on Sunday.

To inject levity in a lopsided 11-3 win over South Korea in the final, Canada's skip weaved his final stone of the eighth end under his front leg and delivered it outside of his knee for a trick shot.

"I've done it a lot in clinics and stuff like that and shown kids," Gushue said. "Usually I can hit the rings, but I'm a little disappointed it went through there. Epic fail."

Drivers in the Thunder Lake Road area are warned of some traffic delays.

The City of Dryden says Thunder Lake Road, from 1144 Thunder Lake Road to Johnson’s Beach, will be closed to all traffic until 4 p.m. today as crews work to replace a culvert.

Public Works apologizes for the inconvenience and thanks the public for their cooperation. Anyone with questions or concerns is asked to contact their office at 807-223-2367.

WestJet says a system-wide outage is impacting its operations, resulting in "growing delays" across its network and cancellations.

The Canadian airline says its contact centre is unable to access guest reservations as a result of the outage.

WestJet says it's working to restore service to its system, though it hasn't provided a reason for the outage.

Calgary International Airport says in a tweet that guests flying through its airport may be delayed "due to a WestJet global IT outage." 

It says guests should check with their airline for flight information.

Legend has it that when Canadian troops stormed ashore under a hail of German gunfire at the French port of Dieppe in August 1942, one of the hundreds who eventually died in the attack was carrying an old flag.

Exactly how that red and white flag ended up at the Nazi-held French port — and even whether it was definitively there — remains a mystery.

But more than 80 years later, that flag will play a central role in commemorating the doomed raid on Dieppe during this year’s national Remembrance Day ceremony — thanks to three Americans.