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Bending Lake still waiting for city support

By Ally Dunham Henry Wetelainen and some of his board presented an update to Dryden City Council on the October 11 Committee of the Whole meeting, and asked council to offer a resolution of support for [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Marion defends Dryden Strongman title

Mike Marion captured the title of Dryden strongman for the second year in a row at the 2010 Strongman Competition on Saturday, July 31. After a successful trial run last year, involving numerous participants from all [...]

New MNR fire engine, rain helps put out area fires

A new forest fire engine was delivered to the Thunder Bay Fire Management Headquarters on May 19 as a new tool to fight road accessible forest fires in the region. The brand-new engine, manufactured by Holland [...]

Eagles qualify for NorWOSSA championships

The DHS?Eagles’ badminton teams hosted area high schools for the NorWOSSA qualifiers on April 14. Teams finishing in the top three in each division  moved on to the NorWOSSA championships in Kenora on April 21. The [...]

Legion hosts fundraiser for Children’s Wish

The Legion Branch #63 in Dryden hosted their first annual Children’s Wish Foundation Mixed Doubles dart tournament March 14 to help raise money for the charity. Players from Fort Frances, Ignace, Oxdrift, Dryden and Wabigoon competed [...]