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POLL: A mountain lion in northwestern Ontario?

POLL: A mountain lion in northwestern Ontario?

The latest in the ongoing search to confirm the existence of the eastern mountain lion in Northwestern Ontario comes from Ear Falls area resident David Beaudry who captured this image on a trail cam, Aug. 31. [...]

How ‘The Trout’ got its groove back

How ‘The Trout’ got its groove back

Without the bitterness, the sweet just ain’t as sweet. Those unacquainted with the recent history of the Trout Forest Music Festival may have missed the significance of those meaningful glances passing between the festival’s die hard [...]

Reliving a nightmare — researcher strives for definitive account of 1958 Ear Falls murders

Perhaps the most shocking headline to appear on the front page of the Dryden Observer in over 100 years of publication. Tom Young’s murderous rampage in Ear Falls coincided with the accidental death of Alex Notte [...]

Informed and Willing: Parts 1 and 2 of a series on the search for a site for Canada’s deep geological nuclear waste repository

Part Two – Inside the Deep Geological Repository concept Two area communities (Ignace and Ear Falls) are involved in the early stages of a site selection process for a deep geological repository to store Canada’s nuclear [...]

Observer Poll Results: Nuclear Waste in the Northwest

The results of the weekly Dryden Observer online poll, from March 16-21. [...]

Observer Poll #4 Nuclear waste disposal in the Northwest

This week’s Dryden Observer Community Poll is hoping to draw out some local opinions on the issue of burying nuclear waste in Northwestern Ontario, a topic that has occupied newspaper pages in the Northwest for over [...]

Nuclear waste concerns posed to area residents

A North Bay-based environmental group is voicing concerns with Ear Falls’ and Ignace’s recent interest in hosting a deep geological repository for the nation’s nuclear waste. In late October, Northwatch posted an open letter to residents [...]

GALLERY: 2010 Trout Forest Music Festival

GALLERY: 2010 Trout Forest Music Festival

For the second year in a row, patrons of the annual Trout Forest Music Festival in Ear Falls endured some very nasty weather, Aug. 13-15,  that all but shut down the main stage and crammed the [...]

Nuclear waste information kiosks in Ignace

The Ignace Visitor’s Centre is playing host to an information kiosk on the long-term management of nuclear waste. Both the neighbouring communities of Ignace and Ear Falls are exploring the possibility of becoming the site of [...]

Restart likely for Ear Falls sawmill

With new ownership at the Ear Falls Sawmill, many are wondering what the future holds for the mill and their future employment. At the end of March, Eacom Timber Corporation, under a definitive purchase agreement, acquired [...]