The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) and Associated Medical Services (AMS) are pleased to announce the historic appointment of Dr. Darrel Manitowabi as the NOSM-AMS Hannah Chair in the History of Indigenous Health and Indigenous Traditional Medicine for a five year renewable term effective July 1, 2020. “The Northern […]
District News
Ken Kellar
A significant amount of money is coming to Riverside Health Care facilities to help them realize a dream that’s been years in the making. During a stop in Fort Frances on Wednesday, Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford announced that Riverside Health Care would be receiving two funding packages in the […]
Press Release
A 25-year-old Fort Frances man is in custody facing a number of charges in connection with a serious assault that occurred on June 11, 2020 in the city’s south side, according to Thunder Bay Police Services A James Street resident had been discovered with serious injuries by Uniform Patrol officers […]
Press Release
(KENORA, ON) Members of the Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police(OPP) are looking to the public for information regarding an incident that occurred in the East end of Kenora. Police were dispatched to a weapons call on the morning of Thursday June 11, 2020 at 1:33 a.m. to a […]
Press Release
TORONTO — In consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the Ontario government announced the gradual resumption of visits to long-term care homes, retirement homes, and other residential care settings. Family and friends will be allowed access to these settings beginning June 18, 2020. Long-term care homes will allow […]
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FORT FRANCES – The Ontario government is investing more than $1 million through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) in two Rainy River agricultural projects, creating three jobs. Rainy River Future Development Corporation is receiving $1 million to begin a two-year tile drainage program in the Rainy River district. […]
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At a recent event, the Minister of Colleges and Universities, Ross Romano, said that the situation surrounding the pandemic is changing daily, making it hard to offer a definitive vision of what campuses in the province will look like in September. In an effort to establish clarity and direction for […]
Merna Emara
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Yesterday, the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) announced through a press release that a possible risk of exposure to COVID-19 in two Kenora stores. These two individuals are from the same household, which Dr. Ian Gemmill, acting medical officer of health at the NWHU, said makes sense because the most important […]
Drug charges (SIOUX LOOKOUT, ON) – On Wednesday, June 3, Officers from the Sioux Lookout Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) and the Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) conducted a Controlled Drug and Substances Act (CDSA) warrant in the area of Third Avenue and Curtis Street in […]
Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) is advising people who shopped at Walmart and No Frills grocery store in Kenora between 2 and 4 p.m. on Thursday June 4 that there is a very small chance that they may have been exposed to COVID-19. “From the information gathered from cases the risk […]
Megan Walchuk
The family is safe, but their lives are forever changed. On Sunday afternoon, the home of Brian and Diane Major of Morson filled silently with thick, black smoke. It took only 20 minutes for the home to be reduced to ash. In that 20 minutes, the family lost everything – […]
Press Release
Northwestern Health Unit has received a report of two new COVID-19 cases in the Kenora health hub area. Cases and their contacts are being followed up as per protocol. We recommend that all persons assume COVID-19 is in your community and practice preventive measures like physical distancing and hand hygiene. […]
