Dryden

A Toronto-based mining company has started their work to build a small-scale lithium plant this fall in the Kenora area, and after over two decades of exploration work, the operation is finally expected to start up by the spring of 2023.

Avalon Advanced Materials acquired a 420-hectare section of property in the Separation Rapids area in 1996, which is now holding 17 mineral claims and one mining lease near Paterson Lake. It’s accessible by a private road, and the company’s spent about $10 million on exploration and development work since.

Kenora' Jeff ‘Gussy’ Gustafson is coming off his last pro tournament of the year.

Although he started strong in fourth place after day one 2022 Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Mississippi River, he slipped to 13th on day two, and ultimately came out 26th on day three. Only the top 10 go on to fish today for the final day.

The season track points champions were crowned Sunday afternoon at Lake of the Woods Speedway.

Traffic delays are expected along Highway 17 today near the Clearwater Bay Market after a two-vehicle collision.

Emergency responders with the OPP and the McKenzie Clearwater Volunteer Fire Department are on scene. As it stands, no injuries have been reported.

More information will be passed along as its made available.

Dryden's Domtar Pulp Mill invites everyone to their community open house this week. 

The event will take place Wednesday, August 31 from 4:30-7:30 pm, but Dianne Loewen, Communications and Engagement Coordinator for the Domtar Dryden Pulp Mill says the location won't be at Domtar.

"As much as we would love to host this event at the mill itself, we are just not able to do that for obvious safety reasons, so instead we will be set up at the Centre on Casimir Avenue," she says.

Loewen adds that this is an event for everyone to enjoy.

The All Nations Health Partners are proposing a new location for the eventual All Nations Hospital in Kenora.

In a prepared release, partners say the second stage of planning work, which includes identifying which departments need more resources and improvements, has been approved internally and has now been sent to the Ministry of Health for further approvals.

Within their release, partners say they’re proposing a new 81-bed hospital in Kenora on a new site with water access, as well as significant service expansions and enhancements in a number of areas.

Six Ukrainian refugees have made their way to Kenora thanks to the generosity of the community and the work of a few volunteers.

The Kenora Supports Ukraine Coalition was created in early April by Peter Kirby and Nathan Moncrief to help Ukrainian families looking to flee Russia’s invasion of their home country, which will soon enter its seventh month, and the coalition has grown to 11 members who meet weekly to help out.

Kenora MP Eric Melillo says he’s against any proposed federal electoral riding changes for the Kenora district, saying northwestern Ontario would lose some sway at the federal level.

“I have some concerns with the current proposal from Elections Canada; mainly, that northwestern Ontario would actually lose a seat in the House of Commons under this plan,” explained Melillo, in an interview on the Q Morning Show.

It’s almost reminiscent of March 2020.

As a wave of COVID-19 continues to surge in Ontario, the Ontario government and Ontario’s education workers are at the negotiating table – hoping to avoid a strike with school resuming in less than two weeks.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees says over 250 education workers, representing their 55,000 coworkers across the province, gathered to call for improved wages, increased services for students and a reinvestment in public education ‘after a decade of government cuts.’

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for political leaders to take a united stance against threats of violence and intimidation on Sunday, days after his deputy was confronted in Alberta by a man who repeatedly yelled profanity at her and called her a traitor.

A video circulating online over the weekend shows Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland arriving inside City Hall in Grande Prairie, Alta., on Friday, and then being confronted by the man while she approached and entered an elevator.

The season track points champions were crowned Sunday afternoon at Lake of the Woods Speedway. 

Winning the feature race in the Q104 WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds was the 4b of Brandon Rehill, who had a dominant season. 

Alex Mira took home the hardware with a feature win and season points lead in the WISSOTA Pure Stocks.