Year in Review: July 2022
Below is a collection of some of the most clicked-on stories on KenoraOnline and DrydenNow in the month of July 2022.
Year in Review: August 2022
Below is a collection of some of the most clicked-on stories on KenoraOnline and DrydenNow in the month of July 2022.
The tall tale of NWO’s travelling goat: Goaty
Kenora hosting Emergency Meeting on Downtown Safety
Kenora City Councillors and the city’s Senior Leadership Team are having an emergency meeting Thursday to discuss the variety of incidents seen in Kenora’s downtown core this month.
The meeting begins at 11 a.m. at City Hall and will move into a Closed Session – meaning parts of the meeting will not be made available to the public.
You can find the Livestream HERE.
‘Things HAVE to change’, Island Girl owner speaks out following holiday attack
A Kenora business owner is speaking out and calling for change and further security measures in the downtown core after she was attacked in her store.
On the evening of Friday, December 23, Michelle Livingston was closing up Island Girl when a man entered her store, which ultimately led to the altercation. She went to Facebook Live to showcase to the community the issues of downtown security, which has been viewed thousands of times. View the video here.
Year in Review: March 2022
Below is a collection of some of the most clicked-on stories on KenoraOnline and DrydenNow in the month of March 2022.
OPP finds individual responsible for downtown fake video, no charges laid
Year in Review: February 2022
Below is a collection of some of the most clicked-on stories on KenoraOnline and DrydenNow in the month of February 2022.
Melillo against truckers’ vaccine mandate
Year in Review: April 2022
Below is a collection of some of the most clicked-on stories on KenoraOnline and DrydenNow in the month of April 2022.
Physician shortage closes Red Lake’s emergency room
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Year in Review: January 2022
Below is a collection of some of the most clicked-on stories on KenoraOnline and DrydenNow in the month of January 2022.
"We're bracing for impact", Province delays in-school learning, adds further restrictions
Parents and guardians had to adjust their schedules and day care plans as all publicly funded and private schools moved to remote learning January 5 until at least January 17... Read more.
Thousands of Canadians still in the dark days after fierce storms knocked out power
Utility crews in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick are still working to restore electricity to thousands of customers who have been in the dark for days after last week's fierce winter storms knocked out their power.
As of Tuesday morning, power is still out for nearly 33,000 Hydro-Québec customers and more than 13,000 Hydro One customers.
New Brunswick Power has restored electricity to a majority of customers who were impacted by the storm, which it has said was one of the largest provincewide outage events of the last 25 years.
Canadian Blood Services needs blood, plasma donors after storm disruption
Canadian Blood Services says it's in need of blood and plasma donors after the winter storm disrupted donations over the holidays.
Severe wind, snowfall and icy conditions that hit many parts of the country meant that about 10 per cent of expected blood and plasma donations did not happen.
There's a critical need for platelets for patients undergoing cancer treatments and O-negative blood for newborns and emergencies.
Canadian Blood Services says it has lost thousands of regular donors since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.