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Dryden Police stop a vehicle at King Street and Earl Avenue.
Officers searched the vehicle and found 120-grams of magic mushrooms and 6.5-pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $60,000.
Two B.C. residents were charged.
See CKDR News for more information.

(September 23rd; Dryden Police Service.)

Great Pumpkin Weigh-Off host Bob Nelson reads the scale while 10 year old Miah Woods looks on. Miah's pumpkin ended up in 4th place, with a huge 149lb pumpkin! That will make one mighty Jack-O-Lantern!!
[M. Pihulak photo]

These pumpkins are no lightweights! A group of strapping young men gather around this Sumo-sized squash to heft it over the the scales in Dryden's annual Great Pumpkin weigh-off, hosted by Bob and Karen Nelson. The winning weight on Saturday afternoon was 250.5lbs, from 13 year old Dylan Woods.
[M. Pihulak photo]

A Pine Crescent family was wondering who was knocking their garbage over.
They launched their own investigation and found the culprit.
(Sept.14; Wilson)

Joe Barron and Lonnie Lundmark were crowned the 2010 Red Lake Fall Classic champions Sunday evening, with a two day total weight of 27.92lbs. They secured the win by just over a half pound. The win is the second major tournament win this year for Lonnie - who was also half of the winning team at the Dryden Walleye Masters in June. Congratulations!

Four area fire brigades - Machin, Dryden, Wabigoon and Oxdrift - responded to the Labour Day fire early Labour Day morning at the Village Corner in Vermilion Bay (see CKDR News) (walchuk)

Fire fighters in front of the Village Corner are almost obscurred by clouds of smoke as they pour water into the fire, which was three hours old when this photo was taken at about 9 AM Labour Day (walchuk)

Fire fighters on the roof of the Village Corner during the Labour Day Fire that destroyed the popular Vermilion Bay business (walchuk)

Fire fighters are forced off the roof of the Village Corner - attempts to cut holes in the roof to get water through to the fire burning under the roof proved fruitless. (walchuk)

Fire fighters struggle to control stubborn flames that are between the roof joists on the Village Corner. The structure had a second roof installed over the original and when the fire spread between the two, it proved difficult to bring under control (Labour Day Monday) (walchuk)

Double-roof contstuction forced fire fighters to bring in heavy equipment to peel open the roof on the Village Corner in Vermlion Bay during the Labour Day fire that destroyed the popular business on the corner of Highway 17 and 105 (walchuk)

Aftermath of the Labour Day fire at the Village Corner in Vermilion Bay (Walchuk)