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==Infrastructure== ===Transportation=== [[File:Kenora ON 1.JPG|thumb|Main Street/Highway 17 in Kenora]] [[Via Rail]] offers passenger service to [[Redditt, Ontario|Redditt]] on the [[Canadian National Railway|CN]] transcontinental rail line, approximately 30 minutes and {{convert|20|km|0|abbr=on}} north of Kenora. The [[Canadian Pacific Railway|CP]] transcontinental rail line passes directly through town. [[Kenora Airport]] is located {{convert|5|NM|lk=in}} east northeast of the city centre.<ref>{{CFS}}</ref> [[M.S. Kenora]] is a cruise located at the waterfront. [[Ontario Highway 17|Highway 17]] passes through Kenora's urban core, and the [[Ontario Highway 17A|Highway 17A]] Kenora By-Pass goes around the city. Both routes are designated as part of the [[Trans-Canada Highway]]. [[Ontario Highway 658|Highway 658]] extends northerly from Kenora to Redditt. [[Kenora Transit]] operates three routes, from Monday to Saturday, 7:00am to 6:30pm.<ref>[http://www.kenora.ca/portal/living/public/transport.aspx?id=1223&TierSlicer1_TSMenuTargetID=1223&TierSlicer1_TSMenuTargetType=1&TierSlicer1_TSMenuID=238 Kenora Transit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229045713/http://www.kenora.ca/portal/living/public/transport.aspx?id=1223&TierSlicer1_TSMenuTargetID=1223&TierSlicer1_TSMenuTargetType=1&TierSlicer1_TSMenuID=238 |date=2008-02-29 }}. Accessed 14 January 2008.</ref> ===Health care=== Kenora's hospital, Lake of the Woods District Hospital, has three facilities in the city: the hospital itself, Morningstar Rehabilitation Centre, and Mental Health and Addictions services, located in St. Joseph's Health Centre.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} === Housing === Since Kenora is one of two judicial districts in [[Northwestern Ontario]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.lawtimesnews.com/201304082121/headline-news/cdlpa-head-worried-about-northern-ontario-justice-system|title=CDLPA head worried about northern Ontario justice system|last=Bruineman|first=Marg.|date=April 8, 2013|work=Law Times|access-date=January 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105175815/http://www.lawtimesnews.com/201304082121/headline-news/cdlpa-head-worried-about-northern-ontario-justice-system|archive-date=January 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> it has disproportionate housing shortage as people from across the region with little to no social support in Kenora are unable to find places to stay after release from prison or while waiting in the city before their court dates.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/kenora-homelessness-1.3691554|title='Ovewhelmed' courts and 'unsustainable' policing costs cause for concern in Kenora district|date=July 25, 2016|newspaper=[[CBC News]]|access-date=January 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105084306/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/kenora-homelessness-1.3691554|archive-date=January 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The situation worsened in 2013, when the judge in the [[Rainy River District]] moved and the position and its responsibilities was transferred to Kenora.<ref name=":0" /> === Military === The federal government maintains an armoury (Kenora Armoury at 800-11th Avenue North) in Kenora for the [[116th Independent Field Battery, RCA]].
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