Kenora

The Royal Canadian Mint is issuing a new black-ringed toonie to honour Queen Elizabeth II. 

The mint says the coin's black outer ring is intended to evoke a "mourning armband" to honour the queen, who died in September after 70 years on the throne.  

The mint says it will start to circulate nearly five million of the coins this month, and they will gradually appear as banks restock inventories. 

Aside from the black ring, the mint says the coin retains the same design elements of the standard toonie. 

Edit 10:33 a.m.: The extreme cold warning has ended. Stay warm! 


Northwestern Ontarians are waking up to the coldest morning the region has seen so far this season. 

An extreme cold warning has been issued by Environment Canada and windchill values are nearing the -40 Celcius mark. 

Milder temperatures and more moderate wind chills are forecast for tonight, with some relief going into our weekend as Friday's high will hover around -5. 

Kyle Connor scored twice and added an assist to help the Jets spoil Paul Maurice's return to Winnipeg with a 5-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.  

The game marked the first time Maurice faced his former team. After coaching the Jets for parts of nine seasons, the 55-year-old left abruptly midway through last year's campaign. He signed on as Florida's bench boss in June. 

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) is looking for the public’s help with identifying who is responsible for shooting and killing a white-tailed deer in the region. 

On November 13, 2022, Conservation Officers were alerted to a kill site of a deer that was shot on private property on the Ostersund Road off Highway 641. It is believed that the deer was shot on November 12, 2022.

The ministry takes this situation very seriously and is looking to identify those responsible.

Leadership with the Kenora OPP is continuing to lobby the province to make security changes at northwestern Ontario LCBO locations to better protect employees, officers and those in need of help.

“What we’re looking for across the region - because we all have the same issues whether it be Kenora, Red Lake, Dryden, Sioux Lookout…we’re looking for the LCBO to go to more of a Manitoba model,” explains Inspector and Detachment Commander, Jeff Duggan.

A new leader of the Ontario NDP has been acclaimed after Deputy Leader and Kiiwetinoong MPP, Sol Mamakwa, bowed out last week.

On December 2, Mamakwa announced that he would not be pursuing the role as his top priority is to ‘continue being a voice for Kiiwetinoong and First Nations people across Ontario.’

After nearly 50 years, a favourite Kenora butcher shop will be closing its doors. 

Consumers Frosted Foods has announced that they will be closing permanently. This comes following the passing of founder and owner Doug Johnson on November 15. 

The Frosted Foods family is advising people with outstanding gift cards to use them in full before December 24. All persons with accounts must pay in full by December 31. Flash sales on all stock can be expected throughout the coming weeks. 

Today is National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada and a number of local organizations have partnered to put on a vigil in recognition. 

Women's Shelter, Saakaate House, Ontario Native Women's Association, Women's Place Kenora and the Ne-Chee Friendship Centre invited all to Market Square today to support. 

By Sidhartha Banerjee and Marisela Amador in Montreal

A solemn wreath-laying ceremony was held Tuesday to mark the 33rd anniversary of the École Polytechnique mass shooting, one of a handful of tributes planned throughout the day.

On Dec. 6, 1989, a man motivated by a hatred of feminists shot and killed 14 female students and injured 13 other people at the Montreal engineering school.

A 52-year-old snow plow operator is dead after a collision on Highway 102. 

On Friday, December 2, 2022 at approximately 9:55 p.m., Thunder Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call of a motor vehicle collision involving a tractor-trailer unit and a snowplow on the highway near Sistonen's Corner.