Tuesday, March 16, 2010

New Video on web portal

The City of Kenora is promoting itself through a new video posted on the Kenora.ca web portal.

Economic Development Officer Jennifer Findlay says they followed in the foot steps of other cities and decided to give prospective visitors a taste of Kenora in video form.

Findlay says they'll be tracking how many people watch the video and where the viewers are from.

MNR Minister visits NWO

The province's new Natural Resources Minister says she's nothurt by recent criticism by Grand Council Treaty #3.

The native group has accused the McGuinty Government offailing to consult with them on natural resources issues inthis region.

Linda Jaffrey attended a signing ceremony with Treaty Threeon Friday and says she's not upset with the comments.

Jaffrey admits she's still trying to get up to speed on all thefiles in her ministry and isn't sure when a Co-Operative ForestryLicence for the Whiskey Jack and Kenora forests will be finalized.

Early Fire Season

Spring is just around the corner and so is forest fire season.

The Ministry of Natural Resources says it's monitoring the melting snow and drying forests across the Region.

Debbie MacLean says it's been a dry winter and it could be a dry spring if the trend continues.

She says that could mean an early start to the forest fire season, which officially begins April 1st.

211 Northwestern Ontario

2-1-1 is coming to the Kenora and Rainy River Districts.

It's a phone number residents will be able to call to access information about social, community, health and government services in their community.

Trudy McCormick of the Northwest Community Legal Clinic says her agency will be responsible for keeping that database up-to-date.

211 is expected to be available in the district later this fall.

PUSH on UN agreement

A local handicapped spokesperson says it's about time.

Ron Ross of the lobby group PUSH is happy Canada has now voted in favour of a United Nations agreement on the rights of the disabled.

Ross calls the move great and adds the agreement is a historic moment for disability rights.