By Chris Marchand Woven throughout last week’s Kenora District Municipal Association annual general meeting was the theme of creating social and economic dividends through closer ties between the region’s native and non-native residents. City [...]

By Ally Dunham With Mike Wood announcing his resignation as councillor from the City of Dryden, his seat was officially declared vacant at the Feb. 1 special meeting called by council. Acting Clerk, Deb [...]

By Chris Marchand Dryden city council delegates heard a presentation on the dangers of in-camera meetings — a subject they already know a thing or two about, Feb. 2 at the Kenora District Municipal [...]

By Ally Dunham The Dryden Native Friendship Centre has received funding for a new program, focusing on getting urban aboriginals back to work, and on-the-job training. The Apatisiwin (Employment and Training) Program’s main goal [...]

By Ally Dunham Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation (WLON) council authorized a peaceful demonstration in order to reflect their disappointment with the manner that they believe Treasury Metals has dealt with their First Nation. According [...]

By Ally Dunham A delay in submitting the City’s audited financial statements from previous years has resulted in the witholding of provincial funds by the Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund (OMPF). The city of Dryden [...]

By Chris Marchand Residents and businesses could begin getting a preview of the city’s new metered water billing process as soon as April. City of Dryden Director of Engineering Michael Louttit says that consulting [...]

By Ally Dunham The Dryden and Kenora regions of the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) road maintenance contracts will be taken over by Transfield Services as of June 2012.  Transfield came to Dryden on Jan. [...]

By Ally Dunham Dryden Police Service Constable, Terry Menard, has a new position with the detachment.  Menard will now take over the job of the Youth Liaison Officer. “This position is not given away [...]

By Sarah Campbell, MPP Kenora-Rainy River In the last couple of months, my northern caucus colleagues and I have been raising concerns about the standards being used to maintain our highways in the winter. [...]