(RED LAKE, ON) – On April 24, 2020 at approximately 3:30 am officers from the Red Lake/Ear Falls Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a motor vehicle collision in Madsen within the Municipality of Red Lake. A motor vehicle left the roadway on Mine Street and came […]
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(KENORA, ON) The Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a 14 year old female from Kenora. On Saturday, April 25, 2020, at approximately 12:30 a.m., police received a report of a missing female, Payton AFFLECK. She was last seen in […]
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The Thunder Bay District Health Unit has confirmed the first death related to COVID-19 in Northwestern Ontario. According to the TBDHU, a man in his 50s passed away on Thursday night at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre from complications of COVID-19. The health unit said the man had […]
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(NIPIGON, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are continuing their search for a missing woman with members of the North West Region’s Crime Unit, Forensic Identification Unit (FIU), Emergency Response Team (ERT), and Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU) under the direction of the Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB). Alyssa […]
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(GREENSTONE, ON) – Ontario Provincial Police have charged a man with failing to comply with the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act related to the COVID-19 pandemic. In recent days, Greenstone OPP received several complaints regarding an individual failing to comply with the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act. The […]
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A second case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Kenora. The Northwestern Health Unit confirmed the new case this morning. According to the NWHU, this second case is a close contact of Kenora’s first case, which is now resolved. The initial case was in self-isolation, with all contacts notified at […]
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(KENORA, ON) Members of the Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police(OPP) are looking to the public to assist in locating a 15 year old male. Mekhi Pelly is described as an aboriginal male with a thin build approximately 6″ tall who was last seen at 5:25 p.m. on April […]
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Many seasonal camps are on the brink of permanent closure, according to representatives from Indigenous Tourism Ontario (ITO), Nature and Outdoor Tourism Ontario (NOTO) and the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO). The three tourism industry groups have appealed to the provincial and federal governments to provide support to all […]
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Megan Walchuk
Megan Walchuk
As news headlines speculate about food shortages and disrupted supply chains, one local business is ramping up to keep Canadian tables full. Since February, Emo Feeds has been working with CN rail, to increase access to the world’s markets for local grain farmers. The farm supply business has secured access […]
Jack Elliott
Rainy River correspondent
Rainy River correspondent
When it comes to Gospel Music, few are more steadfast than Willie and Rodi Longnecker. And while Social Distancing may have curbed their ability to hold their long time Gospel singing gatherings, it certainly has not silenced them. . . just detoured them a little on their journey. The Longneckers, […]
Jamie Mountain
A pair of local sisters are doing their part to help lift the spirits of residents on both sides of the border during these unprecedented times. Cassandra Armstrong, 9, and Callahan Armstrong, 18, are sharing their gifts in music, dance and storytelling over the last three-plus weeks over the internet […]
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(SIOUX LOOKOUT, ON) – Police are hoping time is nearly up for these clever criminals. Members of the Sioux Lookout Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are looking for public assistance in the investigation of a mischief in the community. Signs and infrastructure on Meno Ya Win Way were […]
