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Another Sioux Lookout Youth is being recognized for his work by the OPP.  

Ty Kejick is another recipient of the OPP Youth Foundation Bursary.  

Kejick recently graduated from high school and has further aspirations to continue his education in college this fall.  

Kejick hopes to pursue a career that will allow him to help his community.  

George Arcand Jr. says it was a humbling experience to welcome Pope Francis to Canada as the Treaty 6 Grand Chief encouraged the leader of the Roman Catholic Church to join a path of healing by speaking with survivors of residential schools.

“I asked the Pope to walk with us in this new journey," Arcand Jr. said.

Francis arrived Sunday to an honour drum song ahead of a brief welcome ceremony in an airport hangar in Edmonton.

Residential school survivor Rod Alexis remembers his late father telling him: "Son, I don't know how to be a parent."

"I lost the gift that was given to us by the Creator because I was all alone in the residential school," the member of the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation recalls his father, also a residential school survivor, saying. "Many times I wanted to say 'I love you,' wanted to give you a hug, but I didn't know how."

Rogers Communications Inc. says in a submission to the federal telecom regulator that it could not have restored emergency services any faster during a widespread service outage earlier this month that crippled the company's networks and affected millions of customers across Canada.

New details about the extent of the disruption were also included in the filing and range from media outlets unable to produce news broadcasts to outages for all customers in critical infrastructure such as hospitals and energy providers.

Charges have been upgraded following an investigation into a suspicious death in Deer Lake First Nation. 

Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (NAPS) officers responded to a report of a person in medical distress on July 16, at a residence on Nursing Station Road in Deer Lake First Nation.  

Arriving on scene, police located Lee Conroy KAKEKAGUMICK, age 37 of Deer Lake First Nation, deceased inside the home.  

Hockey Canada says members of its 2003 men's world junior hockey championship team are being investigated for a group sexual assault.

The national sports organization says it learned of the alleged incident on Thursday evening after being contacted by a reporter seeking comment on the alleged assault.

Hockey Canada says it has immediately contacted Halifax Regional Police about the allegations because Halifax was the co-host city of the 2003 world junior hockey championship.

Trevor Norris is used to hot summer weather, being from the Prairies. But his trip to England this week — one of many European countries facing record temperatures — has left him battling train delays and searching high and low for some sort of air-conditioned refuge.

"Nowhere in England seems to have AC," Norris said.

"I went into a pub and everyone was standing outside with their beers after ordering ... because it was too hot inside the pub itself. I was in there for maybe 10 minutes ordering drinks and my legs were drenched. It was that bad."

A Sioux Lookout traffic stop led to multiple drug trafficking charges.  

Members of the Sioux Lookout Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police conducted a traffic stop on Tuesday, July 19, which led to the discovery of a novice driver in possession of illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia.  

As a result, 19-year-old Alexander CLOUTIER-WALKER, of Sioux Lookout, has been arrested and charged with the following offences:  

The Kenora community is banding together to support two pet owners experiencing a tragedy.

Kelley Morrell says his dog Penny and his daughter’s dog Onyx were outside playing when Kelley noticed both dogs exhibiting strange behaviour, which was quickly worsening. Kelley says he was immediately concerned and rushed both dogs to the vet.

This historically wet summer has illuminated serious vulnerabilities in some of northwestern Ontario’s transportation infrastructure, Eric Melillo says more federal funding would help.  

In an interview with the QMorning Show, Eric Melillo, MP for Kenora, commented on some of the impacts of this most recent historic rain storm. Tuesday’s storm caused flooding, and multiple road closures and even created a massive sinkhole in Highway 17 by Richard Lake.