Author Archives: Ryan Forbes

Fuel prices are creeping back up in northwestern Ontario - while the rest of the province gets a break. After prices fell from 159.9 to 155.9 per litre in Kenora earlier this month, the price at the p...

The City of Dryden's Senior Leadership team is working to address fire safety and emergency risks in the community. Councillors will take in a presentation from the Loomex Group tonight at their Commi...

Conservation Officers with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry are reminding ice hut owners to remove them while it's still safe to do so - to avoid facing fines or charges. The MNRF doesn'...

33-year-old education worker Jessica Shabaquay is $75,000 richer after winning big on an Instant Winner's Circle. The Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation woman says she's been playing the lottery since she t...

The Dryden Eagles are off to OFSAA after taking home the gold medal against the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints. The Eagles girls won the best of 3 final series in 2 games. In the final, Caity Sapay opened ...

The Ontario government and Northern Development Minister Greg Rickford have announced a $180,000 investment for recreation upgrades in Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls. "Our government is improving access t...

It's been 34 years since the crash of Air Ontario 1363 - which claimed the lives of 24 passengers and crew members near the Dryden Regional Airport in 1989. On March 10 of 1989, Captain George John Mo...

An elder in northwestern Ontario is facing charges of sexual assault, after an investigation by the OPP. On Wednesday, police confirmed the 73-year-old man from Wauzhushk Onigum is facing one charge o...

The Northwestern Health Unit says the odds of catching syphilis in the region continue to grow year-over-year. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection spread through direct contact with a syphili...

Highway 17 is once again open after being shut down for about 8 hours last night. The highway was closed all the way from the east entrance of the Kenora By-pass to Vermillion Bay. The MTO says the cl...