Kenora

Kenora residents are warned of more construction work and delays in the Lakeside area today.

The City of Kenora says Titan Contractors will be completing water work on Seventh Avenue South and Eighth Street South today, closing Eighth Street South until 5 p.m.

Until then, residents are asked to detour through Ninth Street South and Sixth Avenue South.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says September 19th won’t be considered a provincial holiday, but there will be time to honour Queen Elizabeth II’s passing on Monday.

Earlier this week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the day would be considered a federal holiday for Canadians to mourn the queen.

The Canadian Mental Health Association is holding a Sam's Wear Art Contest in memory of Sam Bush and in honour of Suicide Awareness Month.

Sam Bush was a Kenora resident who passed away by suicide in June of 2019 at the age of 21. Sam loved camping, fishing, hunting and was a large part in Kenora's skateboard community. Sam is also remembered for his heartwarming generosity throughout his short life.

Sam's Wear has been available for purchase with proceeds going towards CMHA - and now they would like to add to it. 

This year's Terry Fox Run in Kenora is coming up Sunday, September 18 and organizers are encouraging the community to lace up and run for a great cause. 

The run, in support of cancer research, will begin at 8:00am at Valleyview School with registration followed by the run at 9:00am. Runners will take off from Valleyview and go down and around Rabbit Lake where water stations and restrooms will be available. 

Queen Elizabeth II will be laid to rest on Monday, Sept. 19, and some people in Canada will have a paid day off while others will not.

On Tuesday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the day would be a federal holiday to mourn the Queen. "Declaring an opportunity for Canadians to mourn on Monday is going to be important," the Prime Minister said at a caucus retreat in New Brunswick.

Pierre Poilievre's crushing win to become leader of the Conservative Party of Canada raises questions about the status and power of the party's social conservatives. 

That well-mobilized part of the party's base has played an important role in helping previous leaders achieve power, with some calling them "kingmakers." 

Some Indigenous leaders and community members say they're concerned about making progress on reconciliation with King Charles III.

Treaty 8 Grand Chief Arthur Noskey says the Queen's death last week wasn't good timing, as First Nations were making progress in working with the Crown toward upholding treaty agreements. 

"We were building up not only the momentum, but letting (the Queen) know that the Crown and the relationship understood by our people is not what's being delivered by administrators," Noskey said from his office in Edmonton.

The City of Kenora has issued a precautionary boil water advisory for some of the Lakeside area.

Due to a negative pressure event at the Titan Construction project the City says the safety of the drinking water cannot be guaranteed in the following locations: 

After a summer of negotiations, the City of Kenora is proposing a five-year lease to doctors of the Keewatin Medical Clinic to stay in their building at 904 Ottawa Street.

In June, the City of Kenora explored selling the Keewatin Medical Clinic property to a new buyer, but physicians warned that the privatization of the building could lead to a loss of the clinic.

Ontario’s most vulnerable populations now have access to a new type of vaccine that aims to protect against the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

The provincial government is now rolling out a bivalent COVID-19 booster to all Ontarians over the age of 18, if it's been at least six months since their last vaccine dose, beginning with those who are:

- 70 years and older,
- residents of long-term care homes, retirement homes, etc
- Indigenous individuals and their household members 18 and over,