A sunset swim
May 17, 2012 - 2 CommentsProud parents, pairs of Canada geese swim with their young in tow in the tranquil waters of the Wabigoon River near the Partridge Island Causeway, May 9. A riverside walk shows the water’s edge to be teeming with all manner […]
GALLERY: 2012 DHS Track And Field Invitational
May 15, 2012 - (0) commentsBy Chris Marchand The records were falling at another great year of athletics in the second annual Dryden High School Track and Field Invitational, May 15. The DHS Invitational was used to select the team entry for the NWOSSAA Regional […]
15th Annual Business Excellence Awards
May 07, 2012 - (0) commentsBy Chris Marchand A night of celebration and recognition for Dryden’s business community, May 5 at the Dryden Fairgrounds Agricultural Building, for the Dryden District Chamber of Commerce’s 15th Annual Business Excellence Awards. Over 90 individuals and businesses were nominated […]
Theatre 17 gets saucy
May 05, 2012 - (0) commentsBy Chris Marchand Community theatre group Theatre 17 enjoyed three full houses over three nights of their dinner theatre production of Robert Anderson’s ‘You Know I Can’t Hear You When the Water’s Running’, May 4, 5 and 6 at The […]
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By Dryden Observer Staff The Ontario Ministry of Finance recently released its annual Public Salary Disclosure for 2011, known in popular parlance as The Sunshine List. The Public Sector Salaries Disclosure Act requires organizations [...]
Submitted by Doug Pronger Property sales in Ignace more than doubled from 13 residential sales in 2010 to 27 in 2011, according to the Thunder Bay Real Estate Board. Figures released by the Board’s [...]
The city of Dryden posted the 2011 financial statements for the Dryden Municipal Telephone System and Dryden Mobility, Tuesday morning. Click the links above to navigate to the financial statements. The statements were posted [...]
By Chris Marchand Welcome to Ontario — we’re closed. The Executive Director of the Sunset Country Travel Association says the province has hung a ‘closed’ sign on the tourism industry in Northwestern Ontario in [...]
By Chris Marchand Member of Parliament Greg Rickford says his government’s first budget since gaining a majority is a good one for residents of the Kenora riding. Said to embody the Harper Conservatives’ vision [...]
By Chris Marchand Cst. Terry Menard could hardly believe what he was seeing down at the Government Dock, March 18. Eight year-olds Walker Hazelwood and Karson Bibeau were diligently hauling away and disposing of [...]
By Lisa Dumontier, Northern Sun News It was a week of number crunching for financially conscious Ontarians last week as, just one day prior to the federal budget unveiling on March 28, 2012, the [...]
By Dryden Observer Staff Late last week the provincial government settled the conflict between Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) First Nation and mining exploration company God’s Lake Resources, paying the company $3.5 million to surrender its [...]
By Chris Marchand Concerned taxpayers will soon get what they’ve long been calling for — a chance to look at the financial picture of the Dryden’s Municipal Telephone Service and Mobility Division. And it’s [...]
By Dryden Observer Staff A tragic incident has left four Kenora residents dead. On Sunday, the Kenora detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police, with the assistance of an Underwater Search and Rescue Unit, completed [...]












