City council weighs Miles Street shelter site amid mixed votes
Foulds touted Miles Street as cost effective at 4.5 million, under the 5 million budget, and most likely to succeed while opponents warned of downtown south core business impacts. Agarwal questioned placing the shelter village on that side and Bentz said the neighbourhood opposes it. Council will vote again next Monday to ratify.
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Foulds
Miles Street
South
Agarwal
Fort William
Bentz
Health care model aims to fix rural access and gaps
Dr. Bradley Kyle explains the new All Nations Health Partners Ontario Health Team model in Kenora, targeting better access for mothers and unattached patients. The three year plan reallocates admin duties, funds clinics through partner organizations, and incentivizes rural and First Nations doctors to practice outside Kenora, improving emergency and primary care delivery in the region.
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Bradley Kyle
Kyle
Generalist Council
All Nations Health Partners
Ontario Health Team
Kenora
Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls
Ontario Medical Association
Ontario
Cheryl O’flaherty
Lake of the Woods District Hospital
O’flaherty
Jillie Retson
Kenora Chiefs Advisory
Retson
Kenora Mayor pushes housing study to reveal need for funds
Kenora intends to use a forthcoming third party housing analysis to press senior governments for money. Mayor Andrew Poirier says the completed study by late summer will back claims of a housing shortage with data from employers and social agencies. He notes Kenora’s 2024 denial of federal Housing Accelerator Fund and hopes provincial money plus federal support will follow, urging local development and targeted financial tools.
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Kenora
Andrew Poirier
Poirier
Federal Housing Accelerator Fund
Kenora-Kiiwetinoong
Dorion man charged with impaired driving after missing incident
A 67 year old Dorion area man previously listed missing was located by Ontario Provincial Police and charged with impaired driving and a blood alcohol reading over 80 mg. He was fetched from Nipigon detachment after failing the impairment screening and is to appear in Nipigon court on a future date. None of the charges have been proven in court.
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Dorion-area
Dorion
Black Bay Drive
Nipigon
OPP
Ontario
Highway 17
Marathon
Southgate
Dundalk
Commercial Vehicle Company
Bad driving brings charges in Fort Frances
A 58 year old Winnipeg man was charged with impaired operation of a vehicle after an Ontario Provincial Police officer observed a west bound car traveling in the eastbound lane on Fourth Street West in Fort Frances. He failed a roadside test and was arrested for further testing.
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Fort Frances
Ontario
Fourth Street
Winnipeg
LRCA hosts open house on coastal resilience plan
The Lakehead Region Conservation Authority previews a coastal resilience management plan to run through 2027. The $868000 project includes a $651000 grant from Natural Resources Canada and covers Lake Superior communities from Neebing to Dorion. An open house is today from 3 to 7 p.m. at 1380 Conservation Rd in Thunder Bay.
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Lakehead
Thunder Bay
Conservation Rd
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