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Locked up: regional legal practitioners warn new crime bill will clog already stressed legal system

Locked up: regional legal practitioners warn new crime bill will clog already stressed legal system

By Chris Marchand A group of Kenora lawyers say new crime legislation tabled by the Harper government will place additional stress on the northwest’s already overburdened legal system. Bill C-10, known as The Safe Streets and [...]

Punished for gun registry votes

By Ally Dunham Two NDP Members of Parliament, Bruce Hyer and John Rafferty, have been punished by their party’s interim leader, Nycole Turmel, for voting in favour of Bill C-19, “Ending The Long-Gun Registry Act”. The [...]

Rickford: gun registry a priority

By Ally Dunham A majority government has left the ruling Conservatives in a position to abolish Canada’s long-gun registry. That’s exactly what they intend to do says Kenora MP, Greg Rickford. Rickford says the effort will [...]

First Nations move to dissolve Two Feathers partnership

By Jennifer Thurbide Northern Sun News Partners in the Two Feathers Forest Products (TFFP) initiative were in court last week petitioning to end the partnership that was supposed to establish a new economic stronghold in the [...]

Jack Layton remembered

Jack Layton remembered

Even among his enemies, Jack Layton had a lot friends. Political stripes of all colours faded early this week as the country mourned the death of the federal NDP leader, who demonstrated once again his ability [...]

Premier McGuinty surveys fire damage

Premier Dalton McGuinty arrived in Dryden on Friday, July 22, flying in to the MNR Fire Management Headquarters to survey the fire situation in the North. McGuinty was under fire by many First Nations communities, including [...]

FedNor Minister makes special trip to Dryden

President of the Treasury Board and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario (FedNor), Tony Clement was the first to visit the northwest part of the province to familiarize himself with the state [...]

Back in session

With a new majority government, the Conservative Party have put forward their federal budget for the second time in three months. “We are very pleased to table the budget that we had proposed in March 2011, [...]

Rickford claims new mandate as Kenora MP

Conservative Party candidate and incumbent Member of Parliament Greg Rickford was the clear favourite among Kenora Riding voters in the 2011 Federal Election, May 2. Rickford captured a convincing 46.9 per cent of votes (11,566) in [...]

Candidates face off in forum

A two hour all candidates forum for the Kenora riding delivered exactly what you might expect from a multi-party political discussion — plenty of mud-slinging. Approximately 200 people crowded into Dryden’s Royal Canadian Legion Hall, April [...]