NWOnewswatch

NWOnewswatch.com is an online extension of Dougall Media, a multimedia organization located in Thunder Bay. This company runs two television stations, a weekly newspaper, and several radio stations, along with the website TBnewswatch.com. Our mission is to deliver local news written by local journalists, focusing on the communities we serve. Besides news coverage, our platforms provide information on weather, local events, obituaries, and a variety of community resources. The NWOnewswatch.com newsroom is dedicated to reporting news from various areas in Northwestern Ontario, including Dryden, Kenora, Sioux Lookout, Ignace, Martin, Emo, Fort Frances, Atikokan, Red Lake, Pikangikum, and surrounding regions.

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Lodge owners worry over new fishfinder technology

2 days ago | nwonewswatch.com | Gary Rinne

DRYDEN — A simmering debate over the use of forward-facing sonar (FFS) to catch fish is heating up on Northwestern Ontario's Eagle Lake with its world-class muskie fishery. A group of lodge owners on the lake is urging anglers to voluntarily avoid using the advanced technology, out of fear it's threatening the health of the muskellunge population there.
Pilot escapes injury in helicopter incident in Northwestern Ontario

1 week ago | nwonewswatch.com | Gary Rinne

SANDY LAKE — An investigation is underway into the forced landing of a helicopter during a firefighting operation near Sandy Lake First Nation. No one was seriously injured. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada reports the incident happened late Monday afternoon, and involved a Bell 205A-1 aircraft. Shortly after scooping a load of water into its bucket from a lake, the aircraft's engine stopped producing power.
NAPS raid leads to drug charges against four people

1 week ago | nwonewswatch.com | Leith Dunick

CAT LAKE – Police in Cat Lake First Nation have arrested four people and seized drugs and cash in a recent raid earlier this month. According to a release issued by Nishnawbe Aski Police Service, officers from the intelligence unit and emergency response team, along with officers in the community, executed a search warrant at a residential address in the early hours of June 11.
SPCA/Humane Society seeks help for animals impacted by wildfires

1 week ago | nwonewswatch.com | Gary Rinne

THUNDER BAY — The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society have stepped up to support animals and families displaced by wildfires in Northwestern Ontario. In response to eleven emergency requests coordinated by the government's Provincial Emergency Operations Centre, the SPCA to date has shipped over 37,000 pounds of pet food and supplies to affected communities. On Monday, it issued a call for help from the public.
SIU clears OPP after man fleeing police was injured in takedown

1 week ago | nwonewswatch.com | Katie Nicholls

PIKANGIKUM — It "made sense" for police to take down a feeling detainee, according to a recent report clearing officers of criminal responsibility. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) invoked its mandate for an investigation after a man was injured during the incident in Pikangikum First Nation. On Feb. 19, OPP were called to a home regarding a man who was allegedly breaching domestic assault-related bail conditions.
Last week in numbers: Treaty Three Police Service calls for service

2 weeks ago | nwonewswatch.com | Katie Nicholls

NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO — The Treaty Three Police Service say that in an effort to be more transparent they will release their incident call numbers on a weekly basis. Their first release covers the dates of June 2 to 9, when officers responded to 470 calls for service. The top call reasons include proactive property checks (94 incidents), proactive community services calls (49), and responding to calls for police assistance (37).
'Life's work' of a Northwestern Ontario newspaper editor goes online

2 weeks ago | nwonewswatch.com | Gary Rinne

ATIKOKAN — Whether they still live there or reside far away, people with a connection to Atikokan now have an easy way to learn or reminisce about what life was like in the former mining town decades ago. Every single page of every Issue of the community newspaper published weekly between 1950 and 2006 has been scanned and posted online by the Museum of Atikokan.
Cyclist airlifted to hospital in Thunder Bay

2 weeks ago | nwonewswatch.com | Leith Dunick

FORT FRANCES -- A 50-year-old Fort Frances cyclist was airlifted to Thunder Bay after being struck by a pick-up truck while crossing a roadway in the Northwestern Ontario community. Rainy River Ontario Provincial Police, in a release issued on Monday, said the incident took place on Saturday, June 7 at about 11:40 p.m., while the cyclist was crossing Portage Avenue. The truck was travelling east along Second Street.
Officer discharges less-lethal weapon during interaction

2 weeks ago | nwonewswatch.com | Leith Dunick

ONIGAMING FIRST NATION – The Special Investigations Unit has invoked its mandate following an investigation into an incident involving the discharge of a less-lethal weapon by a police officer in Onigaming First Nation. In a release issued on Monday, the SIU report members of Treaty Three Police Service were called to the community just before 6 a.m. on Sunday, requesting assistance from the OPP’s emergency response team and canine unit.
SIU invokes mandates after individual injured on May 22

2 weeks ago | nwonewswatch.com | Leith Dunick

DRYDEN - The province's police oversight agency has invoked its mandate following an incident last month in Dryden. According to a release issued by the Ontario Provincial Police, officers were dispatched to a disturbance on the Government Road overpass at about 9 p.m. on Thursday, May 22. At the time police issued a notice to the public to avoid the area because of an active investigation.