Dryden Observer Staff When Ear Falls resident Steven Smith started a Facebook group to tackle local road conditions just over a week ago, he never dreamed it would have this kind of traction. At [...]

By Dryden Observer Staff Local gunsmith Robert MacGillivray received some good news in court this past week in Brandon, Manitoba. The 74 year-old local gunsmith had charges of possession of prohibited weapons discharged by [...]

By Jon Thompson Treaty 3 leaders are supporting their counterparts across the province in calling for the federal government to cease implementation plans for the First Nations Education Act but the uniqueness of the [...]

By Chris Marchand Those who have done it say the sensation is not unlike being stabbed with a thousand icy needles. The breath is suddenly caught in your throat and every pore contracts into [...]

  By Jon Thompson The day after Northwestern Ontario’s municipal leaders took to Queen’s Park over concerns regarding the jurisdiction of urban wildlife, a wolf took down a deer in a Dryden residential neighbourhood. [...]

By Lindsay Briscoe and Jon Thompson Ignace has advanced with a group of four communities who are under evaluation for burying Ontario’s nuclear waste and development spinoffs could impact Dryden. Mayor Craig Nuttall is [...]

By Jon Thompson The company in the center of the proposed Ring of Fire development is stepping out of the loop. Cliffs Natural Resources announced it would cease its work leading up to mining [...]

By Chris Marchand Three members of Dryden Police Service received the Ontario Medal for Police Bravery last week — the highest award given to officers for bravery in the line of duty. Detective Constable [...]

By Jon Thompson Kenora-Rainy River MPP Sarah Campbell has introduced her first-ever Private Member’s Bill, which will put an end to private energy retail in Ontario. Bill 132, the Energy Consumer Protection Amendment Act, [...]

By Jon Thompson The Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA) and the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce (NOACC) are in Queen’s Park this week, lobbying on energy, mill valuations, the Ring of Fire and [...]