Volume 30 - No. 15 - February 10, 2021
Read this weeks articles below.
If I have made one person change their mind, I would have been successful, said Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa, who is encouraging his constituents to accept COVID-19 vaccinations. Mamakwa rolled up his sleeve on Feb. 1 in Muskrat Dam First Nation to...
As part of their Family Literacy Week, Sacred Heart School offered its students and community members an opportunity to go for a Story Walk along the Cedar Bay trail last week. The Story Walk will remain open until after the Family Day long weekend...
Further details have been released by the Ontario Provincial Police regarding a set of circumstances police have been investigating in Dinorwic.
Shortly after 6:00 pm on Thursday November 5, 2020 members of the Dryden detachment of the Ontario...
A 47-year-old Sioux Lookout resident was declared deceased at the scene following a head on collision on Hwy 17, approximately four kilometres west of Upsala on the afternoon of Feb. 3.
According to Ontario Provincial Police, Police attended the...
On Monday, the Provincial Government announced it would be maintaining the provincial shutdown in the majority of public health regions in Ontario, including the stay-at-home order and all existing public health and workplace safety measures.
The...
Kirsten Barrett, Kayla Bonello, Savannah D Gray and Sherry Wills Baum answer this week s Question of the Week!
The Sioux Lookout Train Station was looking glamorous for the arrival of the King and Queen on Sunday, June 4th, 1939.
Pictures submitted by the Sioux Lookout Museum From February 9, 2011 Edition
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I was very excited to welcome our Conservative Leader Erin O Toole to Northern Ontario for his virtual tour of the region on Friday.
Erin O Toole met virtually with a wide variety of business and community leaders from across Northern Ontario...
This winter has brought relatively warm temperatures to the Sioux Lookout area, marking this past January as the third warmest recorded since 1939. Warning Preparedness Meteorologist with Environment Canada, Gerald Cheng said last week, Winter took a...
This past weekend was chilly in the Sioux Lookout area with temperatures plunging lower than -30 C at times. Shannon Brody (pictured) and others who bundled up to go for a walk on the weekend were treated to a winter wonderland ripe for discovery.
A milder winter in the latter months of 2020 appears to have had an impact on the Municipality of Sioux Lookout s winter control budget.
Municipal Public Works Manager Andrew Jewell shared that the Municipality s operational budget encompasses a...
With the widespread use of seasonal ice roads, officers from the Pickle Lake Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment would like to remind drivers using these roadways that all driving restrictions set out in the Highway Traffic Act and Criminal Code...
Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler welcomes support for air carriers serving remote First Nation communities after an announcement made by Ontario and Canada:
I am pleased to hear of Ontario s recent announcement in partnership...
It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to our beautiful mom and grandma, Shirley Helen Grace Lelonde (née Baverstock). She was born May 8th, 1927 in Sioux Lookout to Harold (Baver) and Isabel Baverstock and passed away peacefully in her sleep on...
It is with deepest sorrow that we have to announce the passing of our beautiful daughter Jill. She was born in Thunder Bay and moved to Sioux Lookout in 1990.
She loved spending time at the lake swimming, water sports, fishing and booting around the...
Sioux Area Seniors Activity Centre member Charron Sippola, with assistance from fellow members Sandra Lockhart and Joan Kydd, has created a Valentine s Day themed display on the centre s windows for the month of February.
Sippola shared, Its...
I spent a long time in the Palace today. It wasn t a perfect spring afternoon, but for early February it was a nice day to hang around outside.
On the barbeque were some shishkebob baskets with treats of bacon wrapped steak bits and chunks of hot dogs.
The Sioux Lookout Skating Trail has served as a great source of outdoor recreation for the community throughout the lockdown.
Dr. Ruben Hummelen, who first started the trail, said, It s much to my surprise as well that we still have a trail. I...