Dryden

Dryden and Sioux Lookout residents will be able to hear more from their future council members tonight, as each community hosts an All Candidate Debate ahead of the municipal election.

The Dryden District Chamber of Commerce has organized Dryden’s events tonight at The Centre, beginning at 6 p.m. A live stream will also be made available through their Facebook Page.

The St. Thomas Aquinas Saints are on a winning streak and are back home after the sweep against Ignace.

The Saints down the Falcons in both senior and junior boys' volleyball matches in straight sets. The senior girls took it 38-34 in their basketball game. The high scorer was Emmy Anderson with 14 points.

The Beaver Brae Broncos are back from Sioux Lookout after a few matches against the Warriors yesterday.

Police north of Toronto say two officers are dead after they were shot while responding to a disturbance call on Tuesday night. 

South Simcoe Police Service say the shooting happened at a home in the town of Innisfil, Ont., just before 8 p.m.

Police say both officers were taken to a nearby hospital, where one officer died. 

They say the second officer later died after he was airlifted to a Toronto trauma centre in critical condition.

Ontario's police watchdog agency, the Special Investigations Unit, has been called in to investigate.

A service supporting youth dealing with mental health concerns will see a major expansion after an investment from the provincial government.

Kenora – Rainy River MPP, Minister of Indigenous Affairs and Minister of Northern Development, Greg Rickford joined Associate Minister for Mental Health and Addictions, Michael Tibollo, in Kenora today to announce a $1.7 million investment into the Kenora Chiefs Advisory’s Youth and Family Wellness Camp.

The Treaty Three Police Service is currently hiring.

Cheryl Gervais is Acting Inspector with Treaty Three Police Service. She began her policing career in 2003 when Treaty Three Police Service was born.

“I became interested in policing, actually, early on in high school through Co-op education with the OPP Kenora detachment. It was after that point I started gearing my education and my employment opportunities towards policing.”

Scott Smith spent nearly three decades climbing the ladder at Hockey Canada.

He lasted just over three months at the top following a series of scandals that have rocked the sport's national organization to its core.

Smith is out as Hockey Canada's president and CEO, the embattled federation announced Tuesday. 

The board of directors has also resigned.

It was a big weekend for the Dryden GM Ice Dogs, who picked up two wins against the Lakers in Fort Frances.

 A traffic stop during the Thanksgiving weekend traffic campaign, "Operation Impact", ended with four people being charged with numerous weapons, drugs and other criminal offences.

It's as if they were using a telescope not just to peer into space, but also into time. 

Canadian scientists are already using spectacular data and images from the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope to look backward into some of the oldest stars ever studied and forward into how new stars and planets are born. 

Leadership with the Kenora District Services Board and Northwest EMS are set to receive another $1 million in land ambulance funding from the province – as staff work to address an ongoing staff shortage and the growing demands on local healthcare providers.

Kenora-Rainy River MPP, Minister of Indigenous Affairs and Minister of Northern Development, Greg Rickford, explains that Ontario is investing over $13.4 million in the KDSB’s annual Land Ambulance Service Grant, part of a $764 million announcement across the province.