Dryden

Bad political blood appears to have been running hot through the crisis response to the "Freedom Convoy" that gridlocked Canada's capital city, the testimony of the city's former police board chair revealed Wednesday. 

And new evidence suggests that police forces were planning ahead for a weeks-long event even as Ottawa's then-chief of police privately speculated that they'd be gone after a couple of days. 

About $3,000 of drugs have been taken off of Kenora’s streets after two arrests made by the Kenora OPP.

Police say on October 18, officers with the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit, Kenora Community Street Crime Unit and Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau joined Kenora OPP officers to conduct a search warrant on Garrow Road.

As a result of their search, the OPP seized cocaine, crack cocaine, prescription narcotics and other evidence used for the trafficking of drugs. The street value of the drugs seized is roughly $3,000.

An RCMP mental health and homeless outreach officer stabbed to death in Burnaby, B.C., "died bravely," her superior said. 

RCMP Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said 31-year-old Const. Shaelyn Yang had been a police officer since December 2019. 

McDonald said Yang was stabbed during “an altercation” while she partnered with a city employee officer at a homeless camp site around 11 a.m. Tuesday. 

She was pronounced dead at hospital. 

A suspect was shot and seriously injured and remains in hospital, he said during an emotional news conference.

The City of Dryden is warning drivers in the Wilde Street area of repairs in their neighbourhood today.

Dryden staff say Wilde Street, from Elvis Avenue to Sandy Lane, will be closed to traffic until 4 p.m. today as crews work on the water distribution 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 their office at 807-223-2367.

In court sports action, the Beaver Brae Broncos are back home after a day in Fort Frances for NorWOSSA play.

The Senior Girls' basketball team won 25-22, while the Junior Girls' didn't fare so well as they lost theirs 48-15 to the Muskies. The Junior Boys' Volleyball team took it in three sets. The senior boys' lost a close one losing in 5.

Canada's annual inflation rate dropped slightly to 6.9 per cent in September but the cost of groceries continues to climb.

In its latest consumer price index report, Statistics Canada said the slight deceleration from 7.0 per cent inflation in August is mostly attributed to lower gas prices, which fell by 7.4 per cent in September.

Meanwhile, grocery prices rose at the fastest rate since August 1981, with prices up 11.4 per cent compared with a year ago.

Statistics Canada said food prices have outstripped the overall inflation rate for 10 consecutive months.

Mounties are mourning one of their own after an RCMP officer was fatally stabbed at a homeless campsite in Burnaby, British Columbia. 

Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald says the death Tuesday of Const. Shaelyn Yang, 31, will be felt by her colleagues who say goodbye to their loved ones each day when they go to work to serve their communities. 

Police say Yang was partnered with a city employee when an altercation broke out at a campsite and she was fatally stabbed. 

A suspect, who was shot and seriously injured, was being treated in hospital.

Young people’s wages aren’t keeping up with the cost of living and the cost of housing in Canada, says Kenora MP Eric Melillo.

Melillo points to a number of affordability studies in Canada that all show that younger adults are facing skyrocketing housing and rental prices and sharp cost of living increases, and despite many working full-time hours, wage and salary increases aren’t keeping up across the board.

Over 50,000 Education workers across the province are getting ready for potential strike action next month.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions announced that a conciliator issued a ‘no board report’ on Monday, which marks the start of a 17-day countdown. When that ends on November 3, CUPE will be in a legal strike position – which could close schools.

Today is the final day of scheduled negotiations between the unions and the government.

A Kenora paramedic has received a prestigious award for his 20 years of service to the region.

Advanced Care Flight Paramedic Dan Sewell with Kenora’s Ornge Air Ambulance received the Governor General’s Emergency Medical Services Exemplary Service Award at a conference in Niagara Falls earlier this month.