Kenora

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for political leaders to take a united stance against threats of violence and intimidation on Sunday, days after his deputy was confronted in Alberta by a man who repeatedly yelled profanity at her and called her a traitor.

A video circulating online over the weekend shows Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland arriving inside City Hall in Grande Prairie, Alta., on Friday, and then being confronted by the man while she approached and entered an elevator.

The season track points champions were crowned Sunday afternoon at Lake of the Woods Speedway. 

Winning the feature race in the Q104 WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds was the 4b of Brandon Rehill, who had a dominant season. 

Alex Mira took home the hardware with a feature win and season points lead in the WISSOTA Pure Stocks. 

The last time humans went to the moon, it was a destination.

But when NASA's Artemis 1 mission launches Monday, the moon will be more of a way station.

"It's really to learn how we can go further," said Isabelle Tremblay of the Canadian Space Agency, which is playing a big role in the Artemis missions. "It's really to learn how we can go to Mars."

Current and former politicians from across the Canadian political spectrum have condemned an incident in Alberta during which a man appeared to verbally accost Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland on Friday.

A 14-second video posted on Twitter by an account that voices opposition to COVID-19 public health measures shows Freeland entering an elevator while a large man approaches her, hurling profanities and calling her a "traitor."

A unit in Kenora’s Pinecrest Home for the Aged is under COVID-19 restrictions after an outbreak.

Michelle Spencer, Assistant Administrator and Human Resources Manager with Kenora District Home for the Aged, says the COVID-19 outbreak was declared on August 22.

It came after one resident on Unit 1 presented with COVID-19 symptoms and tested positive. Then, after additional surveillance testing throughout the entire unit, two additional asymptomatic positives were discovered – resulting in a total of 3 positive residents as of August 22.

Kenora's Jeff 'Gussy' Gustafson is at it again. He's in day one of the 2022 Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Mississippi River in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Gussy is coming off a 21st place finish last weekend on Lake Oahe. Weigh-ins will go at 3 this afternoon. This is his last derby of the season. 

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers made their return to the win column with a 31-29 win over the Calgary Stampeders last night. Winnipeg also
made history being the first CFL team to win 400 home games. Zach Collaros threw for two touchdowns in the win.

Mike O’Shea was glad the Blue Bombers provided fans with an exciting see-saw battle against the Calgary Stampeders on Thursday, especially when it was Winnipeg who came away with a historic 31-29 victory.

The Bombers (10-1) became the first team in CFL history to record 400 home victories (Calgary sits at 399). They did it in front of 30,062 fans at IG Field, who were also treated to some highlights by the Stampeders.

The well-being of physicians across Canada has significantly decreased with many doctors reporting poorer mental health than before the COVID-19 pandemic, a new survey suggests.

The Canadian Medical Association's national physician health survey, released Thursday, indicates that 53 per cent of respondents reported symptoms of burnout, including emotional exhaustion.

The reported burnout rate among doctors was 1.7 times higher than it was in the association's previous survey in 2017.

A boundary change could be in the future for the federal Kenora riding, splitting the riding into two.

Every ten years, the Constitution of Canada requires that federal electoral districts be reviewed to reflect changes and movements in Canada's population. That process has begun and could see the creation of the Kenora - Thunder Bay - Rainy River riding and the Kiiwetinoong - Mushkegowuk riding.

Wataynikaneyap Power is celebrating a major milestone.

The power utility has completed and energized a 230kV line, which runs approximately 300-kilometresection, between Dinorwic and Pickle Lake. This marks the completion of the first part of the 1,800-kilometre Wataynikaneyap Power Transmission Project that is being built to connect 17 remote First Nations to the Ontario power grid.