Kenora

The photo below was submitted by Dominique Dupas of the Darlington Bridge. The top photo was taken in 2017 and the lower photo was taken in 2022.

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Sakari Manninen scored a power-play goal in overtime to lift host Finland to a 4-3 win over Canada in a wild gold-medal game at the men's world hockey championship. The Finns held a 3-1 lead late in the third before the Canadians struck for two goals with the goalie pulled to force overtime. Czechia defeated the United States 4-3 in the bronze-medal final.
 

Reports say emergency responders are on the scene of a train crash on Tunnel Island near Kenora.

Reportedly, no one has been injured in the collision. Residents are asked to avoid the Tunnel Island and McLeod Park areas for the time being.

More information will be shared as it becomes available.

Flooding across the region and the driver shortage is continuing to impact school bus routes.

The following routes have cancelled stops or delays on Monday, May 30.

Kenora

• KN13, KN15, & KN88 – all stops north of the Kenora By-pass (Hwy. 17A) will be cancelled due to road closures.
• Kenora - KN14 will be cancelled on Monday, May 30 due to driver shortage. 

Red Lake

• RL6 – stops on Dupont Drive and Young Street east of Chelsea Street will be cancelled due to conditions on Young Street.

Dryden/Vermilion Bay

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Power has been restored to residents north and south of Longbow Lake.

Restoration of power to Grassy Narrows First Nation is now estimated to be done by 8:00 p.m.

Fewer than 20 customers are without power in the Duffus Road area. Power is expected to be restored by 7:00 p.m.

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The number of customers without power in the region has doubled.

According to Hydro One, there are currently four outages in the area affecting roughly 982 customers.

The level of Black Sturgeon Lake continues to fall and remains higher than the Winnipeg River.

Howard Vanachte says the rollers are still flowing with about 14 inches higher than the river.

The Lake of the Woods Control Board says the level of the Winnipeg River is expected to rise between one and two inches over the next seven days.

Upstream from the entrance to the Winnipeg River, the lake is down three inches at Beauty Bay since Friday according to Mark Mulski who has been providing water level updates on the East Melick Area Flood 2022 Facebook page.

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The rainfall forecast has been updated to reflect the changing track of the storm. Now 20-40 mm of rain is expected to fall, up from the original 15-30 mm forecasters predicted earlier Sunday morning.

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A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for the region.

Environment Canada says conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing heavy rain.

Severe thunderstorms may move in from Northern Minnesota later this morning.

Water levels across the region remain high. Lake of the Woods has exceeded its 2014 peak and the Lake of the Woods Control Boards says the lake could break the all-time high water mark.

The pictures below were taken on May 14 and May 28 and show how much the water has risen on Laurenson's Creek.

Friday evening, the graduating class of 2022 at St. Thomas Aquinas High School attended their prom.

Prior to the big evening, the class embarked on the annual tradition of heading to the harbourfront for their prom pictures.

Shaye Symonds reflected on the past couple of years.

"We didn't really get in-school experience will all of our friends," said Symonds noting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"If we wanted to see our friends it was over a phone call or video chat. Some of us kinda lost the opportunity to be social," added Symonds.

Around 467 customers are without power in the Kenora area today.

Hydro One reports there are 349 customers without power south of Longbow Lake and estimates that power will be restored by 4:00 p.m. this afternoon.

There is an additional 118 customers without power northeast of Laclu. Hydro One says power should be restored for those homes by 2:15 p.m.