Friday, July 29, 2022

Cathy Morriss is this year's recipient of the John Alexander "Jack" McKenzie Memorial Award.
Presented annually by the Rotary Club of Sioux Lookout, the award recognizes outstanding volunteerism, as exemplified by the award's namesake...

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

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...

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Recently the World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox a global health emergency...

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

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....

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Joe Carbone, Ashley Cassidy, Deanne Kulchyski, and Andy Schardt answer this week's question...

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Check out these stories from our archives...

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

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?...

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

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....

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

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...

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

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...

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

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...

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

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...

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

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...

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Brothers Ron and Eytan Goldstein make a new friend during the opening ceremonies of the Blueberry Festival, Festival mascot Blueberry Bert.

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

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...

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

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...

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Sponsored by FIREFLY, Here & Now Theatre Arts Collective presented Outdoor Family Theatre on the afternoon of July 28 at Farlinger Park (the Town Beach)....

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

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...

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

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...

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

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...

Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Independent Watkins Consultant Ingrid Cummings displays the quilt she created and is auctioning off to help raise funds to support those impacted by war in Ukraine...

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Promoting local health services in the community and exposing children to them in a fun way was the idea behind a Teddy Bear Picnic held on July 12 at Centennial Park....