Kenora

Ontario legislators will return to provincial parliament on August 8, for approximately 5 weeks. 

Returning once again, Kenora-Rainy River MPP and Minister of Northern Development, as well as the Minister of Indigenous Affairs. Rickford spoke with the QMorning Show to outline his priorities as he prepares to return to Queens Park. 

Science North is in the early stages of bringing a new science centre to Kenora and Thunder Bay and they want to hear from you. 

In Kenora, the plan is to install a 4000-square foot addition to the Lake of the Woods Discovery Centre, which is set to be complete within the next five years.

"We've already completed our feasibility studies and they show that Kenora can support the Science Centre. It's really going to do great things for our tourism community and our locals," says Kaija Saarinen, Senior Community Engagement Liason. 

Employees of Dryden’s Domtar mill may be left questioning their futures after a $2.7 billion deal was announced last week.

The Canadian healthcare system is “on life support” according to the Canadian Medical Association.  

Northwestern Ontario is not exempt from the current healthcare issues that caused major staff shortages and department closures at medical facilities across the country.  

The CFL made it clear yesterday that it won't tolerate reckless play or unprofessional behaviour by hitting Garrett Marino with 3 separate suspensions totalling 4 games. The Saskatchewan Roughriders' defensive lineman was suspended for his on-field conduct against the Ottawa Redblacks last Friday, including 2 games for a dangerous and reckless hit that injured Ottawa Q-B Jeremiah Masoli and 1 game for verbal comments made about Masoli's heritage. Masoli could miss 10 to 12 weeks with a bone-related leg injury.

Canada’s industry minister has directed the country’s major telecom companies to reach agreements on emergency roaming, assisting each other during outages and a communication protocol to better inform Canadians during emergencies.

François-Philippe Champagne also said that Canada’s broadcast regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, will investigate the recent massive Rogers Communications outage.

On July 8, at approximately 12:00 pm, the Kenora detachment of the OPP received a tip about a suspicious vehicle. The tip claimed that a person appeared unconscious behind the wheel of a parked vehicle with no licence plates.  

As a result, Daniel COLLINSON, 40 of Kenora, was arrested and charged with: 

The seventh wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has officially hit northwestern Ontario.

The Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority is reporting 674 active cases of COVID-19 in their catchment area, which includes 31 northern Indigenous communities.

A new poll indicates Canadians are making increasingly tough budget decisions amid rising interest rates and inflation.

The MNP Ltd. survey, conducted by Ipsos in early June, suggests over a quarter of Canadians are cutting back on essentials like food, housing and utilities. 

The poll found nearly half of respondents are reining in non-essential spending on outings like travelling, dining out and entertainment.

About a third of those surveyed also reported buying cheaper versions of everyday items and driving less to save on fuel costs.  

It looks like the staff of Dryden’s Domtar mill will be under a new set of ownership sometime next year after a convoluted deal between Paper Excellence, Resolute Forest Products and a still-to-be-determined third party company.

Announced last week, British Columbia’s Paper Excellence Group has signed a $2.7 billion deal to buy Resolute, which will continue to operate as a standalone entity. Resolute operates roughly 40 facilities in North America and would become a subsidiary of Domtar.