The Dryden Police Services Board Chair, Bill Hovi and Chief Shayne MacKinnon presented the Business Plan for the Dryden Police Services for 2011-2013 to mayor and council at the Jan. 10 Committee of the [...]

In December, the 2010 Centennial Committee, under guidance of Mary Helie, requested the surplus of funds from the Centennial celebrations of approximately $28,000 be put toward the “Pay It Forward” campaign. A resolution will [...]

The City of Dryden has their planning underway for the 2011 Winterfest celebrations.  Following the success of last year’s celebration, the 2011 Winterfest will be expanded to three days, from February 19 to 21, [...]

Dryden city council announced the retirement of city manager, Arie Hoogenboom at a special meeting called on November 22. Hoogenboom was out of the province at the time of the announcement, and was unable [...]

The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board is tackling some significant student achievement challenges in the year to come. Released in December, the 2010-2011 Strategic Improvement Plan for Student Achievement identified a number of board-wide trends [...]

The Patricia Centre for Children and Youth (PCCY) has sponsored a new program in the community called the Youth Justice Committee (YJC). The program is focused on diverting low risk young offenders away from [...]

Local officials with Patricia Region Senior Services say new funding will help ease wait times for seniors awaiting supportive housing services in Dryden. On Dec. 22, the North West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) [...]

On Mon., Dec. 13, the Dryden Police Service (DPS), with the assistance of the Provincial Weapons Enforcement Unit, executed a public safety warrant for firearms on a home on Park Crescent in Dryden. As [...]

With a shortage of funding, the Kenora District Services Board (KDSB) is struggling to maintain its service for land ambulance calls. With non-emergent patient transfers taking up a large portion of time for Northwest [...]

The Dryden 2010 Centennial Committee is hoping that profits from the summer’s events can be used as seed money for future events, projects and paid forward to worthy local groups. Centennial Chair, Mary Helie, [...]