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Winnipeg Jets centre Adam Lowry figured that teammate Kyle Connor would bounce back from having his first 10 shots stopped.

Connor scored the game-winning goal 3:31 into overtime to lift the Jets to a 2-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Thursday. 

“I think, even early on in the year, he was a little snakebit, but he was getting seven, eight chances, real good chances to score,” said Lowry, who assisted on the winner. “You had the feeling that eventually, one of those is gonna go in." 

A new indoor playground is coming to Kenora!

The Kenora SportsPlex, formerly known as the J&M Arena on Bunny Street, has received $145,938 to build a state-of-the-art indoor playground at the facility, named the Lakelife Playroom, with areas for different age groups and a seating area for adults.

Your local broadcasters are thanking you for all of your support.

Each year, Q104, KenoraOnline and DrydenNow ask northwestern Ontario for its continued generosity as we collect as many donations of new, unwrapped toys and cash as we can to support women’s shelters in Kenora, Dryden and Sioux Lookout with Toys and Toonies. 

And once again, our communities have really stepped up to the plate.

The Northwestern Health Unit says residents between the ages of 5 and 11 won’t be able to receive their dose of the new bivalent COVID-19 vaccine until the new year.

The Ontario government announced earlier this week that doses of the bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, which targets specific strains of the illness, would be available for all Ontarians over the age of 5 as of December 21.

Northwestern Ontario residents are warned of an ongoing scam involving gift cards ahead of the holiday season.

Front Store Manager at Kenora’s Shoppers Drug Mart, Tina Desaulniers, warns that while gift cards are an easy and popular choice over the holidays, residents should take extra time to ensure they are actually purchasing a valid gift card due to an ongoing scam across Canada.

Members of the Kenora Aerialettes are back from Red Lake after an impressive showing. Alexandrea Spivey took first in all events, with Emerson Rose coming in second overall. Reese Tivy took third overall, and Avase Tsevende placed first in all events in her age category. 

Four Canadian teams hit the ice tonight in NHL action. The Toronto Maple Leafs head to New York to face the Rangers, the Canadiens host the Ducks in Montreal, the Jets welcome the Predators to Winnipeg and the Oilers meet the Blues at Rogers Place.

Rotarians in Dryden are donating $40,000 back to the community they love.

Through the Dryden Rotary Charity Foundation, Dryden Rotary Club, with help from the Rotary Club of Sioux Lookout and with funding through radio bingo, a number of donations are being made to meet the club’s youth, poverty, health and community initiatives.

Volunteers with the Mount Evergreen Ski Club say the hill will be open over the holiday season!

Past President at the ski hill, Blair McCallum, is inviting skiers, snowboarders and tubers to come down for the 2023 winter season.

“We’re super excited. We’ve done our snowmaking. We’re in the process of pushing it around and getting the lifts ready. We’ll be open and ready to go on Monday.”

The Ministry of Transportation is reporting that one lane of Highway 17 has reopened near Vermilion Bay after a collision earlier this morning.

The collision was reported to police shortly before 12 p.m., just west of Vermilion Bay, which shut down the TransCanada at the Highway 71 and Highway 105 Junction.

Logging truck driver Troy Mineault was one of the many residents caught in the highway's lineup. He says the incident involved two tractor-trailer units, with one of the vehicles driving through the trailer of the second.

Officers with the Dryden and Ignace OPP have seized over $50,000 worth of cocaine after a traffic stop on Highway 17 earlier this week.

Police say on December 12 around 5 p.m., officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle travelling west on Highway 17 in Ignace, where officers found and seized 360 grams of cocaine worth an estimated $54,000.

As a result, 32-year-old Kristopher Lindsay of Thunder Bay, ON is facing charges of:

- Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the purpose of Trafficking,