Archive for 'News'
Centre hosts Mental Health in Schools Awareness Symposium
Photo and story By Lindsey Enns Students from schools across Ontario shared painful stories of hope with other students, teachers, family and friends Monday morning at the Mental Health in Schools Awareness Symposium at The Centre. [...]
MPP vows to continue budget fight
By Lindsey Enns Sarah Campbell, MPP for Kenora-Rainy River wants you to know that the fight for the Ontario budget isn’t over just yet. “I am not giving up on the fight for our tourist information [...]
Fire fighters tackle grass fires
By Dryden Observer Staff A joint effort between the Dryden Fire Service and Ministry of Natural Resources fire fighters protected a Meadows Rd. home from a grass fire, Tuesday, May 1. Dryden 911 received a call [...]
OPP hoping for a safe summer
By Lindsey Enns So it’s almost that time of year again. This week the OPP will be reviewing a few of the summer activities that we all like to part take in order to ensure that [...]
NOMA examines community drug abuse strategies
By Lindsey Enns A panel representing the four pillars, prevention, harm reduction, treatment and enforcement, gathered last Wednesday at the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association’s annual meeting and conference in Kenora to discuss the new ways they [...]
MPP Campbell: fight for Ontario Budget plan isn’t over
By Lindsey Enns Sarah Campbell, MPP for Kenora-Rainy River wants you to know that the fight for the Ontario budget plan isn’t over yet. I am not giving up on the fight for our tourist information [...]
Funding for northern hospitals secured
By Lindsey Enns NDP health critic and MPP for Nickel Belt France Gélinas has managed to secure $20 million in funding for northern and rural health centers that were not included in the original Liberal budget [...]
Eagle Lake hosts NOSM students
Photo and story By Lindsey Enns For the first time, Eagle Lake First Nation is hosting two first year Northern Ontario School of Medicine students, Patrick Legault and Megan Baldwin, as part of a culturally enriching experience. [...]
NEW BUSINESS: A good First Impression
By Chris Marchand The latest in the wave of women entrepreneurs in Dryden’s downtown, Pat Pearson’s First Impression brings a larger city shopping experience to a much smaller city. An artist and jewellery maker, Pearson says [...]
Nickel-Belt MPP proposes ban on indoor tanning for youth
‘No tan worth dying for’ By Lindsey Enns The negative health effects surrounding indoor tanning is the focus of a new bill that was introduced last week by France Gélinas, MPP for Nickel Belt. “This is [...]












