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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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American driver charged with impaired in Fort Frances

1 week ago | nwonewswatch.com | Leith Dunick

FORT FRANCES – An OPP officer with a keen eye helped keep an impaired driver off the highway in Fort Frances. According to a release issued on Thursday, an officer in the area witnessed a person displaying an unsteady gait leaving a licensed establishment at midnight on April 14, subsequently getting behind the wheel of a vehicle. The officer stopped the vehicle and demanded a roadside test, which the driver failed.
Impaired charge laid against Thunder Bay woman in Sioux Lookout

1 week ago | nwonewswatch.com | Leith Dunick

SIOUX LOOKOUT – A call for unwanted people at a local hotel led police in Sioux Lookout to lay an impaired charge against a 47-year-old Thunder Bay woman. OPP, in a release issued on Friday, said they arrived at the hotel on April 11, just after 11 a.m., and found an intoxicated individual in the driver’s seat of a motor vehicle.
Brick through church window lands mischief charge

1 week ago | nwonewswatch.com | Leith Dunick

KENORA -- A 22-year-old Kenora woman faces a charge of mischief after she allegedly threw a brick through a church window. Ontario Provincial Police say the received a call at about 7 p.m. on April 15, notified that the accused had thrown a brick through the window of the house of worship and was trying to gain entry. Police located the suspect, who resisted police direction as she was being placed under arrest.
Grassy Narrows grassroots hold rally in Kenora

1 week ago | nwonewswatch.com | Mike Stimpson

KENORA – Grassy Narrows community members hosted a rally Tuesday afternoon in downtown Kenora to send a message to federal politicians: Respect First Nations’ right to say no to nuclear waste disposal. The rally followed an email sent “on behalf of families from Grassy Narrows First Nation” to the members of Parliament for Kenora-Kiiwetinoong, Thunder Bay-Rainy River, Thunder Bay-Superior North and three other northern Ontario ridings.
Fighting Walleye, Ice Dogs to tangle in SIJHL final

1 week ago | nwonewswatch.com | Leith Dunick

THUNDER BAY — Something’s got to give on Saturday. The Kam River Fighting Walleye have won eight straight playoff games to reach the Bill Salonen Cup final, and will put their perfect record on the line against the equally undefeated and top-ranked Dryden Ice Dogs in a best-of-seven final that looks like it could go the distance.
Riverside Health Care launches 'focused fundraising efforts'

2 weeks ago | nwonewswatch.com | Mike Stimpson

FORT FRANCES — The operator of hospitals in Fort Frances, Rainy River and Emo has launched new “focused fundraising efforts aimed at advancing and expanding the future of health care across the Rainy River District.” Instead of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care fundraising for Riverside Health Care, the organization has hired its own fundraising director and “will raise funds through specific projects and targeted campaigns,” said a news release.
Miller departs as Lakers coach after two seasons

2 weeks ago | nwonewswatch.com | Leith Dunick

FORT FRANCES — The Fort Frances Lakers are on the hunt for a new head coach. The Superior International Junior Hockey League team, who were edged in seven games in their first-round quarterfinal series by the Thunder Bay North Stars, announced Tyler Miller has stepped down from the role, which he’s held since the start of the 2023-24 season. He also helped create the Junior Lakers AAA program, featuring 10 youth teams in Fort Frances.
Second nuclear waste repository being considered

2 weeks ago | nwonewswatch.com | Mike Stimpson

IGNACE — This township along the Trans-Canada Highway may be Canada first host municipality for an underground nuclear waste facility, but it might not be the only one – eventually. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization, which plans to build a deep geological repository (DGR) west of Ignace, is in the early stages of planning for a second one. The proposed DGR between Ignace and Wabigoon Lake would be for nuclear power plants’ spent fuel, considered high-level waste.
Ice Dogs edge Miners in double overtime

2 weeks ago | nwonewswatch.com | Leith Dunick

RED LAKE – The Dryden Ice Dogs are hungry for the second-round sweep. The top-ranked team heading into the Superior International Junior Hockey League playoffs, the Ice Dogs needed double overtime on Tuesday night, but prevailed 4-3 over the upset-minded Red Lake Miners when Karson Kerbes slipped the puck past Nick Peters at 4:47 of the second extra frame. The Game 3 win gives Dryden a 3-0 series advantage in the best-of-seven set. Game 4 goes on Wednesday night.
Ontario forest industry and Unifor call for support in wake of new US duties

2 weeks ago | nwonewswatch.com | Gary Rinne

THUNDER BAY — A proposed huge jump in duties imposed by the United States on Canadian softwood lumber has prompted both industry and labour groups to call for government intervention and a change in direction. The U.S. Department of Commerce is poised to increase the combined softwood duty from the current 14.4 per cent to 34 per cent this summer. Unifor, which represents 22,000 forest industry workers, said Tuesday it's time to reduce the industry's reliance on lumber exports.