Monday, March 1, 2010

Local Hockey Results

The St. Thomas Aquinas Saints girls have evened their best of 3 series with a 3-1 win over the Dryden Eagles at the Keewatin arena last night.

Robyn Houle scored a hat trick to lead the Saints to the win.

The deciding game is in Dryden Tuesday night with the puck dropping at 6:30.

Meanwhile, the Beaver Brae Boys team fell to the Dryden Eagles 2 to 1 last night.

The Beaver Brae Girls hockey team beat Fort Frances 6 to 5 last night in overtime.

They'll play the winner of the Dryden/T.A. series.

Parliment Resumes Wednesday

The Member of Parliament for Kenora Riding isn't making any apologies for the government's decision to prorogue parliament.

A new session of the House of Commons is expected to begin this week.

Greg Rickford says he was able to spend his time wisely and visit most communities in the riding.

Rickford says he was able to make a number of funding announcements in remote communities in the far north.

The speech from the Throne is scheduled to take place Wednesday with the budget slated for Thursday.

Montague Update

Former Dryden gunsmith, Bruce Montague is starting to run out of appeals.

The Ontario Court of Appeal upheld his conviction on 26 firearm related charges last week in Toronto.

The three member panel also upheld his 18 month jail term.

The judges ruled that unlike Americans, Canadians do not have a constitutional right to bear arms and possession of firearms is not something that is guaranteed under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Montague has indicated that he will take his case to the Supreme Court of Canada if he has to.

I-Level Timberstrand Mill

I-Level Timberstrand Mill on the Jones Road is starting to move towards a five day a week production schedule.

Wayne Roznowski is a spokesperson for Weyerhaeuser, the company that owns the mill, and says they expect market conditions to improve this spring.

Roznowski says they are in the process of hiring and training about a dozen new associates for the timberstrand mill.