Dryden

The federal government says it will provide more than $35 million during the papal visit to Canada to support Indigenous communities, organizations and residential schools survivors. 

Pope Francis is set to travel to Alberta, Quebec and Nunavut from July 24 to 29. The papal visit is to include public and private events with an emphasis on Indigenous participation.

One Sioux Lookout boy is fighting something no child should ever have to battle, childhood cancer.  

Jackson Bramwell Hindy is a smart 7-year-old boy from Sioux Lookout who enjoys dinosaurs, video games and laughing. His life was forever changed on June 23, 2022, when doctors discovered he had Ewing’s Sarcoma in his face.  

Ewing’s Sarcoma is a very rare cancer that requires fast action and aggressive treatment.  

Fourth doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be available tomorrow for anyone over the age of 18, as the province confirms we’re fighting the seventh wave of the ongoing pandemic.

In a virtual media briefing today, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Kieran Moore, announced that those aged 18 to 59 will be eligible for the second booster dose as long as it’s been five months since your third booster and at least three months since your last COVID-19 infection.

The City of Dryden would like to advise the public that Earl Avenue from King Street to Queen Street will be closed to all vehicular traffic today until 4:00 pm. 

The closure is necessary to complete repairs to the water distribution system.  

Should you have any questions or concerns, contact the Public Works office at 223-2367. 

Flooding hasn’t been the only concern for Kenora homeowners this summer.

Many Kenora residents have reported having mice, rodent and pest control issues this year, with some saying they’ve never had issues in their home before.

“That’s something to do with where we are. We’re in the bush. But any year we have tons and tons of snow, you can expect an uptick in mice,” explains local pest expert Kaija Saarinen.

Canadian incomes trended higher in 2020 everywhere except in Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador, as millions benefited from pandemic supports, according to new census data from Statistics Canada.

The agency reports that median after-tax household income was $73,000 in 2020, up 9.8 per cent compared to its last national survey five years earlier, partly driven by the losses of lower-paying jobs.

Rogers Communications Inc. will compensate its customers for the massive outage that crippled its network last week by crediting them with the equivalent of five days of service as a first step.

In a statement, Rogers spokesperson Chloe Luciani-Girouard says the company has been listening to its customers and Canadians from across the country who have shared how significant the impacts of the outage were for them.

Rogers wireless and internet customers were left without service in the outage that began early Friday morning last week and led to widespread disruptions.

The family of a five-year-old Saskatchewan boy whose body was found 81 days after he was reported missing said Tuesday he will be buried this week.

RCMP said Frank Young was located Saturday in the Carrot River, about two kilometres downstream from where he was last seen playing on the Red Earth Cree Nation in April.

Frank's grandmother Teresa Whitecap, the matriarch of the family, said they have have been participating in ceremonies and prayers to prepare for his burial on Friday.

Canada's premiers have wrapped up talks in Victoria, B.C., frustrated that a date has yet to be set for a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau focused on health care.

The 13 premiers were unanimous in calling for the meeting to chart a path forward for working with the federal government on funding the modernization of what they say is a "crumbling" health system plagued by severe staffing shortages.

Northwestern Ontario got pelted by over 30 mm of rain through yesterday afternoon’s thunderstorms, but we didn’t break a record.

Environment Canada says 31.5 mm of rainfall was recorded at the Dryden Airport yesterday, but the rainfall record for July 11 was set in 2008 when the area saw over 43 mm of rain.

“That’s still a lot of rain though. 31 millimetres is still pretty substantial,” said Environment Canada Meteorologist, Gerald Cheng, who says more storm activity can be expected in the coming days.