UPDATE — Ontario Provincial Police (Jan.13) (THUNDER BAY, ON.) – On Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at approximately 11:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was notified by the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre [...]

By Ally Dunham With Ministry of Transportation (MTO) services changing in the Dryden region this upcoming June, the area will see job loss but the same level of service according to the Ministry. Currently, [...]

By Ally Dunham With the resignation of city councillor, Mike Wood drawing near, the council now has the difficult decision placed in their hands of the appropriate way to replace the longtime councillor. Wood’s [...]

By Ally Dunham Losses of revenue from the large industrial class tax base and DMTS (Dryden Municipal Telephone Service) have the city of Dryden projecting a tax increase of up to 10 per cent [...]

By Dryden Observer Staff Part of a 12,000 kilometre journey, recreating Rick Hansen’s inspiring effort to bring awareness of spinal cord injuries in his Man In Motion 25 years ago will come to Dryden [...]

By Ally Dunham The new detachment for the Dryden OPP is right on schedule, as well as on budget, according to Staff Sergeant, Detachment Commander Chuck Wesley. A walk through the new building shows [...]

By Dryden Observer Staff Following suit with hospitals across the province, Dryden Regional Health Centre (DRHC) has recently published the details of their contracts with executive staff. While DRHC salary details were previously available [...]

By Ally Dunham The District of Kenora Areas Unincorporated Ratepayers Association (DOKURA) has submitted a resolution to Kenora District Services Board (KDSB) and the Machin municipal council, to request an ambulance base be built [...]

By Ally Dunham Kenora District Services Board (KDSB) has been working diligently toward installing roof-top, solar, MicroFit systems on nine of their buildings, through the Province of Ontario’s Green Energy initiative. There are three [...]

By Chris Marchand Area resident Jane Snider was thankful last week for the kind treatment she received in the care of the Oxdrift and Dryden Volunteer Fire Services after a close call at her [...]