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This week, I'm echoing the pleas of municipalities, business owners, and tourism operators across the country calling for the government to immediately scrap the required use of the ArriveCan app...
My friend Don Sanders died more than 30 years ago. He was a businessman of integrity and huge influence in Sioux Lookout, as well as a man of marvelous mischief and humor. I admired him immensely...
Blueberry Festival mascot Blueberry Bert is joined by friends Sparky the Fire Dog and Smokey Bear as he celebrates his 40th birthday on July 30.
Edwin Switzer Memorial, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 78 President Kirk Drew and member Leslie West cook steaks for a hungry crowd during a Legion Steak Fry Night on July 29.
This year's Rubber Ducky Race in support of the Sioux Lookout Skating Club was a sell out, with 750 colourful rubber ducks gently making their way down the creek at the Sioux Lookout Golf and Curling Club on race day, August 4...
An experience of a lifetime for 13 international youth.
For the 28th year, the Rotary Club of Sioux Lookout hosted the Rotary District 5550 International Camp which took the international youth on an eight-day, seven-night canoe excursion...
Recently the World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox a global health emergency...
Two local high school students in the Ontario Provincial Police's (OPP) Youth In Policing Initiative program collected data on unsafe driving practices in town over a five-day period in June....
Joe Carbone, Ashley Cassidy, Deanne Kulchyski, and Andy Schardt answer this week's question...
Check out these stories from our archives...
Over the years a number of people have asked about the origin of the Blueberry Festival. The idea of having a festival occurred to me in 1981. Other communities were having summer and fall events. Why couldn't Sioux Lookout?...
Many Sioux Lookouters always talk about the awful economic conditions of Sioux Lookout, where many stores come and shut down, and many businesses fail. It is in my heart that I'll live to see Sioux Lookout prosper....
LSPS Chief Bruno Rossi, accompanied by LSPS Sergeant Philippe Laporte, presented Sioux Lookout OPP Staff Sergeant Jason Spooner as well as Sioux Lookout OPP Detachment Commander Karl Duewel on behalf of the Sioux Lookout OPP, with special plaques...
Kenora MP Eric Melillo, Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa, and Sioux Lookout Mayor Doug Lawrance brought greetings during the opening ceremonies of Sioux Lookout's 40th Annual Blueberry Festival...
Hotdogs, hamburgers, fries and fudge were sold at the Town Beach on July 29 by members of The Sioux Lookout Shrine Club. Proceed will go to the Shrine Travel Transportation Fund...
Members of the Sioux Lookout Skating Club sell Taco in a Bag lunches at the Town Beach on July 29, during the opening ceremonies of the Blueberry Festival, as a club fundraiser...
Hub Collective Roast Master Jesse Hochstetler displays donuts prepared by local residents Susan Hochstedler and Jan Hochstetler, which were for sale along with drinks on a blueberry drink menu, at the Hub Collective for Donut Day on July 29...
Brothers Ron and Eytan Goldstein make a new friend during the opening ceremonies of the Blueberry Festival, Festival mascot Blueberry Bert.
Author John Korobanik, a former Sioux Lookout resident, is joined by childhood friends Peter Morriss and Allan Lago at the Town Beach on July 29...
Visitors browse vendors' wares at the Northwest Farmers' Market on July 29 at the Town Beach, on the first day of the Sioux Lookout Blueberry Festival...
Sponsored by FIREFLY, Here & Now Theatre Arts Collective presented Outdoor Family Theatre on the afternoon of July 28 at Farlinger Park (the Town Beach)....
Two area residents were arrested and charged by Sioux Lookout OPP officers following what police say was an altercation that resulted in life-threatening injuries to two people...
Two Sioux Lookout residents are facing charges after Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers investigated what they say was a suspicious vehicle parked at a local recreation area on Third Avenue North around 11 p.m. on the evening of July 25...
It is with great sadness that the family of John Joseph (JJ, Jack) George born February 5, 1933 announces his peaceful passing. On Saturday June 4, 2022...