A gold medal for Beaver Brae's girls soccer team.
The Broncos downed Fort Frances 4-1 yesterday in the
NorWOSSA gold medal game in Dryden.
Maddie Trudeau, Jade Melillo, Manon Magnan, and Sam Smith
all scored for Beaver Brae.
They are now off to the provincial championships next week in Sarnia.
Meanwhile, the Thomas Aquinas girls soccer team is in Terrace
Bay today for the start of the NWOSSA single "a" championships.
The first two games of the best-of-three series will be held today.
The Saints boys team is hosting Marathon in the NWOSSA finals
tomorrow at T.A.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Stanley Cup Wager
counterpart.
Mayor Sam Katz contacted Compton this morning and asked him to put a bet on the
Stanley Cup Play-offs.
Winnipeg is the home of Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews, while Kenora
is home to Philadelpia Flyers Captain Mike Richards.
Katz says he'll take Compton for a fishing trip on Lake Winnipeg if Philadelphia wins,
while Compton promised Katz a day of fishing on Lake of the Woods if Chicago claims the cup.
The Stanley Cup Final begins Saturday night in Chicago.
Aboriginal Education Bursary
Northwestern Ontario's aboriginal students will now have access to a quarter million dollar endowment fund for post secondary education.
The fund was created by Ontario's transport medicine group "ORNGE" and the aviation company AgustaWestland.
Confederation College President Pat Lang is happy first nation students will have the extra funds to take part in their aviation courses.
The community endowment fund was announced at the College's Aviation Day and fly by demonstration of the Snow birds.
The fund was created by Ontario's transport medicine group "ORNGE" and the aviation company AgustaWestland.
Confederation College President Pat Lang is happy first nation students will have the extra funds to take part in their aviation courses.
The community endowment fund was announced at the College's Aviation Day and fly by demonstration of the Snow birds.
Policing Statistics released
The OPP says it will take about a year to see if their policing plan for the
City of Kenora is working.
Inspector Dave Lucas presented his monthly statistics to the police services
board yesterday.
He says there were just over 12 hundred calls for service in April, up slightly
from the month before.
He says much of the crime they see is still tied to local youths and also to
drug use.
He says these are areas they have specifically targeted in their 2010 business
plan.
City of Kenora is working.
Inspector Dave Lucas presented his monthly statistics to the police services
board yesterday.
He says there were just over 12 hundred calls for service in April, up slightly
from the month before.
He says much of the crime they see is still tied to local youths and also to
drug use.
He says these are areas they have specifically targeted in their 2010 business
plan.
Summer Jobs Funding
Employers looking to hire students this summer should have access to a bit more
funding.
The federal government says it will be making 198 thousand dollars available
this year in the Kenora Riding.
Kenora M.P. Greg Rickford says the goal is to create more than 70 summer
jobs in the riding.
Rickford says the government has committed about 20 thousand dollars
more to the summer jobs program this year, which translates to about
eight jobs.
funding.
The federal government says it will be making 198 thousand dollars available
this year in the Kenora Riding.
Kenora M.P. Greg Rickford says the goal is to create more than 70 summer
jobs in the riding.
Rickford says the government has committed about 20 thousand dollars
more to the summer jobs program this year, which translates to about
eight jobs.