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City offices closed While closed to the public, City staff are still here to serve you by phone or e-mail. Contact today Twinning of Highway 17 to begin this fall after historic ceremony Written by Ryan Forbes Monday, May 03 2021, 5:00 AM Shoal Lake #40 Chief Erwin Redsky (left), Washagamis Bay Chief Marilyn Sinclair (second left), Wauzhushk Onigum Chief Chris Skead (second right) and Dalles Chief Lorraine Cobiness (right) of the Four Winds partnership. Picture taken prior to the pandemic. Article continues below advertisement ↴ The twinning of Highway 17 from Kenora to the M...

  WINNIPEG -- A virtual sacred ceremony Friday between four First Nations and the Ontario government confirmed consent for the twinning of the Trans Canada Highway from the Manitoba-Ontario border to Highway 673. The four First Nations involved formed the Niiwin Wendaanimok Partnership in 2018, and include Wauzhushk Onigum First Nation, Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, Niisaachewan Anishinaabe Nation, and Washagamis Bay First Nation. “Today is a historic event, using Manito Aki Inakonigaawin as an essential part of the process,” said Grand Chief Francis Kavanaugh of the Ogichidaa Grand Co...

Kenora-area First Nations agree to allow Highway 17 twinning to start Community leaders say the project will create hundreds of jobs. Apr 8, 2021 10:57 AM By: TbNewsWatch.com Staff Two provincial ministers and leaders from four Kenora-area First Nations signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Feb. 5, 2020 (Government of Ontario) KENORA, Ont. — The leadership of four First Nations say they conditionally agree to allow the Government of Ontario to begin the twinning of the Trans-Canada Highway between Kenora and the Manitoba boundary. Wauzhushk Onigum, Shoal Lak...

Chief Marilyn Sinclair, Obashkaandagaang First Nation. The federal government is spending 770 to create or retain Economic Development positions in Washagmis Bay, Dryden and Machin. The money comes from FedNor. Chief Marilyn Sinclair of Washagamis Bay says the money will help the community with a couple of economic opportunities they are pursuing. “It will create a lot of opportunities, especially the internet,” states Sinclair. “Our people…some are without the internet.  So that’s going to be a good investment for us.  This is the way to go new in terms of the pandemic going on h...