Dryden

Highway 17 has reopened.

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The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) reports highway 17 is closed due to a washout causing a substantial hole in the highway.  

The highway closure, which was reported at 03:43 a.m., is by Richard Lake in Kenora near distance marker 108 and stretches only within this immediate location. 

No detour is available. 

Highway 71 has now reopened after a closure earlier this morning. 

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A parole hearing is scheduled to take place today for a former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash.

Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced to eight years after he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving charges for the 2018 crash that killed 16 and injured 13.

Singh went through a stop sign at a rural Saskatchewan intersection and drove into the path of the junior hockey team's bus as it was on its way to a playoff game.

Sidhu, who has been serving his sentence at a prison in Bowden, Alta., is asking to be released pending possible deportation.

Hundreds of homes in northwestern Ontario are still without power after Sunday night’s severe thunderstorm ripped through the region, and there’s no timeline on when power will be restored.

“This storm caused significant damage to some of our equipment due to trees that came down. There’s a lot of work to do to repair local infrastructure in the area,” explains Hydro One Spokesperson, Alicia Sayers.

You started seeds in spring and watched as they sprouted, then watered, fertilized and even staked plants as they grew, while visions of summer salads, grilled vegetables and homemade pickles danced in your head.

Then one day, black blotches, yellow-spotted leaves and mushy bottoms showed up, and your dreams turned to nightmares.

Many home gardeners lovingly tend their plants only to find them ravaged by unknown forces before harvest time.

But fear not: Here are some tips for identifying and treating five of the most common ailments that threaten your crops.

The Dryden community is joining staff and leadership of Dryden GM and the City of Dryden in celebrating construction beginning on the area’s new state-of-the-art Splash Park.

“We’re so excited to bring this project to life after many months of planning and hard work. It’s amazing to see it start to come to life,” said Dryden GM’s Manager of Marking and Public Relations, Holly Kaemingh. “We’re really proud and we’re really excited.”

This week's REMR Roofing Person of the Week is Shaina Hinton!

Shaina was nominated by Krista Helsel, who wrote in part:

Environment Canada has ended their Thunderstorm Warning for the area. 

Three new paramedicine vehicles have made their way to the area as part of the provincial program to provide seniors with better at-home care.  

The provincial government announced in early February that they are focusing on making sure seniors get easier access to care while staying in their homes.  

The Northwestern Health Unit and the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks are working together to test four lakes in northwestern Ontario for toxic blue-green algae.

Residents are asked to avoid Pelican Lake, Abram Lake and Minnitaki Lake near Sioux Lookout, as well as Wabigoon Lake in Dryden near the Eagle’s Landing Golf Course for the time being, and are asked to treat the algae as if it is toxic.

Blue-green algae is created through phosphorus in the lakes, and blue-green algae typically blooms in the summer and fall in shallow, slow-moving and warm water.

In Kenora Slo Pitch Action, the Centuries beat Custom Drilling 17 to 8. Moncrief Construction dug up 10 runs in the 7th inning to beat the Brewco Brewers 20 to 15. Kenora DJ Services took out the No Frills Strykers 13 to 5, and Northern Harbour defeated the Riverview Rebels 32 to 9.