Featured Posts News — 20 July 2010

White River Logistics Inc. from Winnipeg is short one truck this week.  Following a blown tire on Thursday, July 15 just east of Wabigoon, the tractor went up in flames at approximately 10:30 pm.   The tractor and trailer had been separated by a few feet before the blaze got going, saving the trailer with minor damage.  The tractor was burnt beyond repair, and the driver was outside the tractor at the time of fire. Wabigoon Fire responded to the blaze with 3 units as well as 10 firefighters and over 6,000 gallons of water, with the OPP on hand for assistance.  The highway was closed for roughly an hour.       Photo by Ally Dunham

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Chris Marchand is a native of Dryden, Ontario. He served his first newspaper internship at The Dryden Observer in 1998 while attending journalism studies at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops B.C. He's worked desks as both reporter and editor at the Fernie Free Press as well as filled the role of sports editor at the Cranbrook Daily Townsman. Marchand was named editor of the Dryden Observer in Aug. 2009.

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