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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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Woman charged in knife attack

3 days ago | nwonewswatch.com | Leith Dunick

SEINE RIVER FIRST NATION – Treat Three Police Service officers have charged two women with assault, after a May 31 knife incident in the Northwestern Ontario community of Seine River First Nation. Police, in a release, said they arrived on scene to find an injured individual who had to be transported to hospital by emergency medical services. The victim was later released.
OPP investigating incident in Dryden, overpass closed

5 days ago | nwonewswatch.com | Leith Dunick

DRYDEN – OPP in Dryden say they are part of an active investigation scene in the area of Duke Street and Memorial Avenue. As a result of the investigation, the Duke Street overpass will be closed for the time being, according to a post on the OPP North West Region’s Facebook page. Motorists and pedestrians are being asked to use the King Street underpass instead. No details of what’s being investigated have been made public.
Man charged after stealing vessel, refusing to stop for police

1 week ago | nwonewswatch.com | Leith Dunick

WABAUSKANG FIRST NATION – Reports of a stolen, community owned vessel on Waubaskang Lake, led to the arrest of a 32-year-old man on theft and impaired charges. Treaty Three Police, in a release issued on Thursday, said the incident occurred on May 27, with witnesses reporting the accused allegedly had taken to jerry cans of gasoline from a private residence and used them to operate the vessel without authorization.
Huge forest fire northwest of Kenora has grown

1 week ago | nwonewswatch.com | Mike Stimpson

KENORA – The wildfire north of Wabaseemoong Independent Nations is “being held” while the giant blaze west of the community is still a growing concern, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources. An evacuation order for the area, including Wabaseemoong, remains in place.
Last week in numbers: OPP Northwest calls for service

1 week ago | nwonewswatch.com | Katie Nicholls

NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO — The OPP reported a increase of just over 10 per cent in calls were made to police in Northwestern Ontario. During last week's reporting period, from May 19 to 25, police logged 1,720 incidents for detachments in Dryden, Kenora, Sioux Lookout, Red Lake, and Rainy River, compared to the previous week. Across all five detachments, there were 415 charges, including both criminal charges and incidents under the Highway Traffic Act.
NAPS officers cleared in broken bone incident

1 week ago | nwonewswatch.com | Katie Nicholls

NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO — An officer with the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service has been cleared of any wrongdoing after an investigation by the Special Investigations Unit. SIU was informed on Feb. 3 of an incident that occurred on Dec. 28, 2024, of police responding to a weapons call. During the incident, NAPS officers attended a call for reports of a person brandishing a knife. During the incident, the suspect was told to drop the knife and refused, according to police.
Multiple motorists charged with dangerous driving on Highway 17

1 week ago | nwonewswatch.com | Gary Rinne

DRYDEN — Ontario Provincial Police laid criminal charges against three drivers in the last month for dangerous driving on Highway 17. OPP said all the incidents involved motorists executing what they described as high-risk passing manoeuvres.
LU athletes' visit to Grassy Narrows documented

1 week ago | nwonewswatch.com | Mike Stimpson

GRASSY NARROWS – Lakehead University athletes came to this Treaty 3 community northeast of Kenora in March, met with local children and youth, and ran clinics in volleyball, soccer and hockey. The athletes’ trip is captured in two documentaries that were screened Wednesday at the university’s Thunder Bay campus.
'Significant amount of work' to be done planning new hospital

2 weeks ago | nwonewswatch.com | Mike Stimpson

KENORA — A new All Nations Hospital to replace the Lake of the Woods District Hospital will be completed in 6-8 years and cost over $800 million to design and build, hospital officials told reporters Thursday. A key feature of the new hospital will be an “expansion in traditional healing, traditional medicines (and) cultural practices” for Indigenous patients, said Cheryl O’Flaherty, CEO of the district hospital.
Last week in numbers: OPP Northwest calls for service

2 weeks ago | nwonewswatch.com | Katie Nicholls

NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO — A small change in call volume for provincial police in the Northwest region. Officers with OPP detachments across Dryden, Kenora, Sioux Lookout, Red Lake and Rainy River answered 1,554 calls during their most recent reporting period of May 12 to 18. That's a decline of less than a 10 per cent compared to the week of April 21. Due to staff availability, complete data was not made available by the OPP for the period between April 28 to May 11.