The former Thunder Lake Lodge burned down this past weekend. The blaze broke out Sunday afternoon, prompting a response from firefighters in Wabigoon, Dryden and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry…. Read more »
The Monarch is an unusual butterfly by almost any measure. Imagine, if you can, an entire generation of butterflies that undertake a journey en masse covering up to 4,500 km… Read more »
Hit and Run A 22 year old male from Winnipeg, Manitoba has been charged with Failing to Stop at the Scene of an Accident under the Criminal Code after leaving… Read more »
The City of Dryden held a public meeting last Monday to hear from citizens about a proposed crematorium within the city. Dryden Community Funeral Home at 249 Grand Trunk Avenue… Read more »
The Kenora District Services Board (KDSB) and the City of Dryden have finalized the purchase of 113 Albert Street in Dryden, also known as the Dryden Children’s Resource Centre. The… Read more »
The Dryden GM Ice Dogs have re-signed Head Coach and General Manager, Kurt Walsten, to a five-year contract extension seeing him behind the Dryden GM Ice Dogs’ bench until the… Read more »
Perry Bellegarde is Assembly of First Nations national chief again, re-elected during the AFN Special Chiefs Assembly in Vancouver. Bellegarde won 328 of 522 votes in a second ballot after… Read more »
The City of Dryden has brand new signs to greet visitors on both ends of the highway coming into town. The new signs are approximately 12 feet wide and 8… Read more »
Scout’s Canada is looking to return to Dryden and at the end of last month the group hosted a hike within Laura Howe Marsh. The eager kids on the hike… Read more »
This past weekend marked the Eagle Lake First Nation’s 36th Annual Lake of the Eagles Traditional Pow Wow in Migisi Sahgaigan, Ontario. Everyone was welcome to attend and upon arrival… Read more »
Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford is both Minister of Indigenous Affairs and Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, positions that were once held by three separate ministers under the… Read more »
The campaign to save CF-DRD, the well known Norseman Heritage Park icon, recently received a boost from overseas. Participants in the 4th Knowle Sea Scouts Canoe Canada program, from –… Read more »
Back to back SIJHL Bill Salonen Cup Champions Dryden GM Ice Dogs continue to be busy in the off-season signing new players for the 2018/19 season. The Dryden GM Ice… Read more »
The Dryden Genealogical Society hosted their thirteenth annual Spirit Walk at the Dryden Cemetery last week with two separate nights that were both well attended. Around 50 people came out… Read more »
With the nomination process for the municipal elections in Dryden ending on Friday July 27, the race for mayor currently has two candidates. Mayor Greg Wilson will seek a second… Read more »
There were five new fires in the Northwest Region by the afternoon of July 23. Dryden Fire Number 24 is not under control at 0.5 hectares and is located near… Read more »
Indigenous people seeking to join the workforce will have more resources available through the Sioux Lookout Area Aboriginal Employment & Training Board (SLAAMB) and a $5,730,241 project announced July 12… Read more »
Ontario’s newly sworn in government is making changes and announcing plans. Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) and Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa shared concerns with the direction the new Progressive Conservative Ontario… Read more »
Greyhound Canada will discontinue service in Ontario west of Sudbury, alongside pulling out of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and much of British Columbia, the company has announced. The cuts come into… Read more »
Maryn Wrolstad is off to France later this summer with the help of the Dryden Rotary Club and the Rotary Exchange program. “We’re supposed to leave August 27, it all… Read more »
