Kenora MP Greg Rickford expressed disappointment this past week as a bill to abolish the federal long-gun registry was scrapped, Sept. 22. Following a vote at the House of Commons, the results came back [...]

Despite no shortage of regional opposition, the province of Ontario passed Bill 191, the Far North Act on Sept. 23. Focused on northern land development, the Act has been passed in Ontario legislature despite [...]

The City of Dryden’s Community Services Department is promoting a new initiative called Alternative Transportation Project.  Funded by the provinces Ontario Transportation Demand Management Municipal Grant Program, the city has received funding for a [...]

Bearskin Airlines, one of the elite commercial airlines of northwestern Ontario, has signed a letter of intent to sell its assets and operations to Exchange Income Corporation (EIC). The acquisition is valued at $32.5 [...]

Construction continues on the Duke Street overpass with a completion date of mid-October. According to Blake Poole, Manager of Capital Planning and Technology for the City of Dryden, the construction is proceeding on schedule, [...]

Two local residents are partnering together to start a therapeutic riding centre for people with disabilities.  Val Artimowich and Tara Breeze will be open for business within the next few weeks, and have already [...]

Roughly fifteen people came to the Dryden Recreation Complex on Thursday, September 16 to discuss the future of tennis in Dryden. With Dryden’s only tennis court being demolished due to the new subdivision that [...]

It’s with both pleasure and disappointment I see we are fighting with Windsor/Essex for $100,000 from Pepsi.  Pleasure that we are in the same ‘league’ as them and disappointment that sometimes I see we [...]

Local business owners Bryan Tardiff and Louie Ricci are partnering with German owned Lambion Energy Solutions, to create a direct energy system in Dryden. Lambion Energy, a global expert in converting biomass to energy, [...]

Members of the Lac Seul First Nation voted to approve a $27 million settlement with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) over a timber claim  dating back to 1919. The First Nation completed their [...]