The Senior Companion Project began matching seniors with volunteers for the friendly phone call program after COVID-19 prevented both volunteers and seniors to meet in person. Andrea Avis, coordinator of the Senior Companion Project, said the friendly phone call program is to alleviate some people’s feeling of loneliness and isolation […]
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Press Release
OFA’s 2020 Regional Meeting for members in Thunder Bay, Rainy River, Dryden/Kenora is fast approaching. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, OFA is conducting this year’s regional meeting in a virtual format. The virtual meeting will be hosted on Thursday, October 15 at 8:00 pm EST. OFA regional meetings offer the opportunity to engage in discussions about the […]
Merna Emara
According to the Ontario Dental Association’s (ODA) most recent survey, one in 10 dental clinics charge for additional personal protective equipment (PPE) levied on patients as a result of extended COVID-19 precautions. After COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, dental services were limited to emergencies. But […]
Merna Emara
With a total of 10 active COVID-19 cases in Kenora in schools and a long-term care home, Dr. Kit Young-Hoon, medical officer of health at the Northwestern Health Unit, said they cannot rule out the possibility of community transmission. “Considering the number of cases in the Kenora area and that […]
Vicki Gilhula
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Indigenous inventions will be the subject of a Science North exhibition visiting Northern Ontario communities in 2021 and 2022. Beginning in March 2021, Science North will host an interactive exhibition called Indigenous Ingenuity, Timeless Inventions, detailing inventions of Canada’s Indigenous people such as the canoe, the igloo and effective fishing […]
Merna Emara
About 50 people attended the Life Chain witness held on the north side of Scott St. to silently demonstrate their opposition to abortion, Sunday afternoon. This annual event is held the first Sunday of October. Helen Andrusco, 73, came to the witness with her husband, Mike. She said they have […]
Merna Emara
As Thanksgiving Day is approaching, Ontario public health officials including Premier Doug Ford, are advising all residents of Ontario to be mindful of the gathering limits while hosting Thanksgiving dinners. Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health, said Tuesday afternoon that Ontario residents are advised to limit […]
Merna Emara
The Township of Alberton’s Volunteer Fire Department is working with Enbridge Gas to improve home safety and bring fire and carbon monoxide-related deaths down to zero. Carbon monoxide is a toxic, odourless gas that is a byproduct of incomplete combustion of many types of common fuels. As a result of […]
The Manitouwadge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is requesting the public’s assistance regarding a break and enter as well as theft of several items at a residence in Manitouwadge, ON. Sometime over the weekend of October 2 and 3, 2020 unknown party(s) kicked open the door of 80B Matachewan Rd. Manitowadge […]
Press Release
The Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU), Sioux Lookout Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (SLFNHA) and Canadian Mental Health Association, Kenora Branch (CMHA) will be working together on a Crisis Response and Harm Reduction Mobile Outreach Team for Sioux Lookout Ontario, with funding support from Health Canada’s […]
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UPDATE – CHILD HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE The OPP thanks the public for its assistance. THUNDER BAY OPP SEARCHING FOR MISSING CHILD (THUNDER BAY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Thunder Bay Detachment is actively searching for a missing child in the Ilkka Drive area, off of Hwy 11/17, Conmee Township, […]
Merna Emara
The Birchwood Terrace long-term care home in Kenora is in an active COVID-19 outbreak after the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) reported a total of 10 positive COVID-19 cases across Kenora schools, care homes and in the general public, at the end of last week. The Birchwood Terrace long-term care home […]
