MNR BC

Ontario continues to provide forest firefighting support to British Columbia.

A rotation of Ministry of Natural Resources personnel yesterday saw 91 fireRangers and support staff head to B-C while 120 ended their two-week deployment.

Nearly 300 M-N-R personnel are still working in the west coast.

Pickle Lake House fire update

A post-mortem will be conducted today on the body of a man pulledfrom a house fire in Pickle Lake over the weekend.

The OPP say the identity of the victim still has not been confirmed.

In the meantime, police have arrested a 19 year old woman who wasat the scene of the fire Saturday night.

Stephanie Measakeyash from the New Osnaburgh First Nation has beencharged with breach of an undertaking.

Tower Motel Murder

A preliminary hearing for the two people charged in the death of a 43 year old man in March has started in Kenora.

Kenneth Ivall and Angela Duschene are facing second degree murder charges in connection with the death of Edward Wilson.

The duo is also charged with attempt to obstruct justice and mischief.

The body of the 43 year old Wilson was discovered by CP Rail employees on the tracks behind the Tower motel in the early morning hours of March 21.

Four days have been set aside for the hearing.

Waterline Work

Sections of a new submarine waterline between downtown Kenora and Norman are starting to be pieced together.

Galcon Marine has been working on the project for a couple of months.

Operations manager, Rick Perchuck says the company has been usingthe Kenora Forest
Products mill yards as its base of operations.

Perchuck says the new submarine water line should be in place byOctober 1st.

The total project is expected to cost about two million dolllars to complete.