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{Sioux Lookout films show at Thunder Bay festival}

Sioux Lookout films show at Thunder Bay festival

Two area filmmakers had their works shown on the big screen during Thunder Bay s Bay Street Film Festival. Nadine Arpin s Anna Lisa and Doug LeConte s Fire of the Final Days screened on the opening night of the festival, September 15. LeConte s film...
{Stem cell registration drive coming to Sioux Lookout}

Stem cell registration drive coming to Sioux Lookout

A simple cheek swab can save a life. Cherry Lawrance and Karen Parent have worked to bring Canadian Blood Services (CBS) stem cell registration events to Sioux Lookout September 23 and 24, in honour of childhood cancer awareness month. They are asking...
{Art project intended to bring community together}

Art project intended to bring community together

From September 17 to 24, Sioux Lookout and area residents will have an opportunity to collaboratively see their home in ways they may never have imagined. Jumblies Theatre, a Toronto-based art company, is partnering with the Municipality of Sioux...
{Fighting diabetes }

Fighting diabetes

Mary MacKenzie, chair of Northern Lights Community Theatre (NLCT), presented members of the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre (SLMHC) Foundation with a cheque for $800 on September 14. The donation was made from proceeds of the theatre group s...
{ Supporting SLMHC }

Supporting SLMHC

Sioux Lookout Shrine Club members presented members of the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre (SLMHC) Foundation with a cheque for $7136.51 September 14. The Shriners raised the money through their jail n bail fundraiser and a charity golf...
{Sioux Lookout residents discuss electoral reform}

Sioux Lookout residents discuss electoral reform

A special committee on electoral reform, which includes representation from all the major political parties at the federal level, is hoping to hear from Canadians by 11:59 p.m. (EST) on October 7. Created by the House of Commons, the committee...

Lawrance, Campbell, react to throne speech

Sioux Lookout Mayor Doug Lawrance is happy about possible relief for residents on their electricity bills; however Kenora-Rainy River MPP Sarah Campbell said that possible relief still lets northerners down. In its September 12 throne speech, the...
{Cookie party}

Cookie party

School classes joined in the Tim Hortons Smile Cookie campaign in support of the Friends of Cedar Bay. Local students ordered cookies for their schools, with the classes who bought the most winning a wagon ride as a prize.

QEDHS Athlete of the Week: September 21, 2016

Katie Gervasi and Cortez Favot are featured QEDHS athletes of the week.
{Back in Action - Highschool Basketball}

Back in Action - Highschool Basketball

Students at Queen Elizabeth District High School (the Warriors) and Pelican Falls First Nations High School (the Timberwolves) returned to the hardwood on September 15 for girls basketball and boys volleyball. At QEDHS, the Warriors beat the...
{Community Corner: 10th annual charity golf raises money for fire victims }

Community Corner: 10th annual charity golf raises money for fire victims

Tikinagan Child and Family Services 10th annual Charity Golf Tournament raised more than $10,000 for the Mamow Oshki Pimagihowin Fire Relief Fund and families in need. Twenty-two teams participated in the event, which took place Friday, September 2...

Report from Parliament Hill: Different levels of government working together help support northerners

Different levels of government working together help support northernersDifferent levels of government working together help support northerners As your Member of Parliament, I strongly believe that working in collaboration with all levels of...
{Question of the Week: Students will be participating in the Terry Fox Run this month. What would you like to say to students as they fundraise and walk to fight cancer in Fox’s memory? }

Question of the Week: Students will be participating in the Terry Fox Run this month. What would you like to say to students as they fundraise and walk to fight cancer in Fox’s memory?

John Ash, Collin Hochstedler, Sam Kurytnik-Hildebrand and Wendy Espana answer question of the week.
{Pic of the Past: September 21, 2016}

Pic of the Past: September 21, 2016

A black and white photograph of a large white building. The front has a large, open door and a row of large windows on the right-hand side. Handwritten on the back of the photograph in blue ballpoint pen it reads Central Motors (Ford Garage), Sioux...
{Memories & Celebration of Life: Memoriam - Trevor Jonasson}

Memories & Celebration of Life: Memoriam - Trevor Jonasson

Five years ago our hearts were broken Without a warning no words unspoken You were taken away On that fateful June day...
{Memories & Celebration of Life: Memoriam - Ray Lacroix}

Memories & Celebration of Life: Memoriam - Ray Lacroix

He was taken away so quickly that day There was no time to say goodbye. I ll hold him in my heart forever And will miss him until our eternal spirits are joined again. In all our together years, there were no tears Without him now, it is often I cr