Land Ambulance Base Kenora

The Kenora District Services Board is defending its decision to put a land ambulence base on Railway Street.

A special zoning meeting was held yesterday to get feedback abouta proposal to build a new training facility and ambulence base beside Chrstal Clean Car Wash.

Peter Marshall is the manager of Emergency Services for the District Services Board and says they wanted a location closest to where they get the most emergency calls.

Superior Propane was the only local business to object to the zoning application.

Its concerned the land ambulence base could jeopardize its operations in the area, due to chance under the Hazardous Materials act.

Council is expected to decide on the re-zoning application next month.

Parking Kenora

Kenora City Council is having a hard time deciding how to accomodate vehicles that park in the Harborfront parking lot this summer.

The big tent is expected to be up for much of the summer and fall, displacing about 30 vehicles.

Operations Manager Rick Perchuck says they should be able to find space for 28 vehicles in the lot on the north side of Lakeview Drive.

Council has rejected the idea allowing parking on the south side of Lakeview Drive along the greenbelt.

Mayor Len Compton says it would block the view of the lake for people driving into the city.

Dufresne Furniture Award

For the 11th year in a row, Dufresne Furniture has been named one of the 50best managed companies in Canada.

In the past year, the company has opened two new stores in Ottawa and nowhas 11 stores across the country.

Debra Jonasson-Young is the company's vice-president and says theyare always looking at expansion opportunities.

Dufresne Furniture started out in Kenora 24 years ago andnow has outlets in Winnipeg, Dryden, Thunder Bay and Brandon.