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A local resident and the Sioux Lookout Chamber of Commerce are partnering together to put on a snow sculpture building contest this week.
The contest began on Jan. 20 and will run to Jan. 30 at 4 p.m...
Another draw, another lucky winner. The first Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre (SLMHC) Foundation 50 50 draw prize of 2022 has been drawn and Lori Butler of Longbow Lake was the lucky recipient of $20,395 in the draw, which took place on Jan 14...
Members of the Ontario Provincial Police Sioux Lookout Detachment (OPP) are looking for assistance to identify a suspect in a break and enter incident at a downtown business...
Maybe you have seen the for hire flyers in your mailbox, or the want ads online. You may have even had your child s school bus run late or be cancelled altogether. It all comes down to the same problem: there is a shortage of school bus drivers...
With the white stuff piling up, snow lovers are having a winter to remember...
In memory of Arlene Samuel
Eighteen or 20 years ago I created a website called Fairbanks Friends. It attracted people with an interest in Fairbanks, Alaska - a place where I had lived for a couple years in the mid 1960s...
The numbers are in, and they are looking good.
The Sioux Looks Out for Paws pet rescue received a total of $2420 in donations in honour of actress Betty White, who passed on Dec 31 just shy of her 100th birthday.
Some relief for hydro customers.
In a Jan. 7 news release, the Government of Ontario announced that it is, providing electricity-rate relief to support small businesses, as well as workers and families spending more time at home...
The Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) has made some changes to the way it is now reporting COVID-19 local data to include more information about hospitalizations and local hospital capacity, as well as the NWHU area percent positivity rate...
A silver lining for the Sioux Hudson Entertainment Series (SHES).
As Alyson Martin, Chairperson of SHES explained, The good news is that two of the four shows that are the last part of our season were just postponed...
The Kenora District Services Board (KDSB) announced that it, in partnership with The First Step Women s Shelter and The Municipality of Sioux Lookout, will be operating a Cold Weather Drop-in Centre at 66A Front Street starting on January 17...
Leadership of Sandy Lake First Nation confirmed that a house fire in the community which broke out just after 11 p.m. on Jan. 13 claimed the lives of three children. Chief Delores Kakegamic is calling for adequate resources for fire and emergency services
The Kenora District Services Board (KDSB) has completed its second homelessness enumeration for the communities it services. The results of this survey will be compared to the previous enumeration which took place in 2018...
A Whitefish Bay resident is facing several firearms charges after members of the Lac Seul Police Service were dispatched on Jan. 9 to a report of a firearm being discharged near a residence in Whitefish Bay, Lac Seul...
Municipal Council Notes: December 15, 2021
Nigam Parikh, Joyce Latag, Louis Melanson, and Irene Hutchinson answer this week s question.
Carmen Elliot when he first came to Sioux Lookout.
Check out these stories from our archives...
Key Word for 2022 and beyond: Adaptability
COVID has taught us some aspects of the theme, Adapt.
We now see climate sequences ramping up. Adapt! Living in a boreal forest; large fires make me nervous. How do I adapt?...
I d like to start out this column by congratulating local educators Cheri Grandbois and Michelle Parrish, who have been honoured with the Prime Minister s Award for their contributions to education...
Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Kit Young Hoon is in full support of the province s decision for elementary and high school students to return to in-person learning this past Monday...