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Old Posted Oct 4, 2017, 5:52 PM
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Originally Posted by OTA in Winnipeg View Post
Turned Kenora, Ontario into a ghost town on the overnights. Used to be 24 hour diners all along the highway as it run through the town. Not so much anymore. I think there might be 1 Tim's that's open 24 hours. The rest are all gone.
The loss of the town's major employer Abitibi pulp and paper mill had more to do with that, semi's zig zagging through Kenora wasn't ideal and the leak of PCB's in downtown kenora from a truck along that route in the 80's became the final straw for the needed bypass to be built!
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