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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 [...]

Observer Poll #6 Measuring the mood of voters

This week’s Observer Community Poll is a simple one that aims to measure the mood of voters in the Northwest as we enter a federal election. Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey, the world’s leading [...]

Election called

Friday, March 25 was a day for the history books of Canada.  In unprecedented fashion, the 40th Government was brought down with a non-confidence vote of 156 for and 145 against. Following the unveiling of the [...]

Local youth off to Ottawa for national conference

Five students and two youth centre staff are off to Ottawa to attend the four-day Unite and Ignite Annual Conference hosted by Youth Centres Canada with other students from all over the country. Dryden Youth Centre [...]

FedNor bill proceeds despite opposition from Kenora MP

Kenora-area MP Greg Rickford is on the defensive this week for opposing a bill that would establish FedNor as a permanent regional economic development agency for Northern Ontario. The private member’s bill C-309, tabled by Nipissing-Timiskaming [...]