Kenora

After 170 days, an agreement has been made between the Canadian Union of Public Employees and the province in regard to labour negotiations.  

The Union represents about 55,000 education workers across the province, where 73 per cent of members voted in favour of the province's most recent deal.

The four year deal would see a $1 per hour raise for lowest paid education workers, which adds up to 3.9 per cent annually. 

UPDATE: The male was located safe.

Members of the Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are looking to the public to assist in locating a 51-year-old male.

Larry Bird is described as an aboriginal male with a medium build approximately 5' 11" tall and 200lbs who was last seen on November 30, 2022.

Anyone with information about the missing male is asked to call the Kenora OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or 548-5534.

November 30, 1960 – November 30, 2022
 
John Barry Wapioke was born November 30, 1960 and began his journey into the spirit world on November 30, 2022; his 62nd birthday. John will be missed dearly by his siblings, Lorraine, Lorne (Lisa), Earl (Shona), Eleanor, Isabel, Debbie (Jeff) and Patricia; his children Kelly (Troy), Jeannine (Dave), Jenna, John (Nadine), Desiree, Myles, Travis and Michael; his grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews as well as countless friends.  John will also be missed by his Anishnaabeo’maamaayin Viola.  

I am greatly saddened to say that Lorne Clifton has passed away November 2, 2022 at Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora.

But he had a great life he'd worked on the railroad in the 1970's and he'd survived the train wreck 1977 he went from there too being psychiatric nurse at the old  McKellar in Thunder Bay for 10 years.

Mikael (Longe) Baranyi 
August 13, 1991 - November 26, 2022
 
It is with the heaviest of hearts we share that Mikael passed away on November 26th after a long, hard-fought battle with addiction.  

Sonya Cowley-Smith, a resident of Whitefish Bay First Nation passed away on Monday, November 28, 2022 at the Lake of the Woods District Hospital.

She was predeceased by her common-law spouse Beaver Cowley, her uncle Jonathon Cowley and her grandmother Susan Cowley.

Surgical services have expanded at the Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora.

Hospital staff say they can now offer urology services, which is a branch of medicine that focuses on the urinary-tract system and the reproductive organs. It’s a partnership with the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Regional Surgical Services and Superior Urology surgeons.

Over 500 community members in Sachigo Lake First Nation have clean water in their homes for the first time since 2018, and the local Chief and Council are thanking the federal government.

Ottawa says the long-term boil water advisory affecting the community for over four years now ended in October, after $29 million worth of upgrades and expansions made to the community’s water treatment plant and distribution system over the last five years.

Rick Bowness may have liked the final score, but the coach wasn't happy with the way the Winnipeg Jets started their 5-2 comeback victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday.

“It's just not right to start a game like that,” said Bowness, whose team was outshot 18-7 in the first period and was down 2-0 early in the second.

Highway 1, just west of the Manitoba/Ontario border has reopened. 

The highway was closed around 2:00 p.m. following an incident with a tractor-trailer. 

Drivers are advised to proceed with caution if highway travel is necessary. 

Falcon Lake to the Ontario border is currently reported as snow covered with drifting snow. 

No injuries have been reported.