Three local soccer teams at All-Ontario's

Three local high school soccer teams are in action today at the all-Ontario

championships.

The Thomas Aquinas boys are in Windsor for the start of the OFSAA single A championships.

The Saints face Smithville District Secondary School at 10 this morning in their first round robin game.

Meanwhile, the T.A. girls team are in Sudbury for the provincial single "a" championships.

They play their first game at 8:00 this morning against Guido de Bres.

In Sarnia, the girls double "a" championships are taking place and Beaver Brae

is representing NWOSSA there.

The Broncos play their first game at 11:00 this morning against St. Thomas Aquinas from Oakville.

All the provincial championships wrap up on Saturday.

Wet May weather

A year-long trend towards warmer weather came to a halt last month.


Environment Canada says temperatures in the Kenora area were pretty much
normal for this time of year.

The average daily mean temperature was 11.9 degrees.

Meteorologist, Chantal Cerny says unfortunately it was a much wetter month
than usual.

Kenora had just over 144 millimeters of rain last month, which is 80
millimeters more than normal.

Coronor Investigating Child's death

The Regional Coroner's office is investigating the death of a four year old Thunder Bay kindergarten student.


Willow Scott Hannam was on a field trip to Fort William Historical Park on Monday when the accident involving horses and a wagon occurred.

Dr. Michael Wilson says the investigation has begun and could take several months to complete.

Wilson says after the investigation concludes they will decide whether or not to launch an inquiry into the death.

Four arrested in brutal assault

Four men are in custody following a brutal beating on a remote first
nation in northwestern Ontario.

The Nishinabe Aski Police says 25 year old Brian Bluecoat was attacked on the
Fort Severn First Nation over the weekend.

Police say he suffered a fractured skull, a damaged windpipe, a punctured leg, bruising to his body, and a partially amputated figner.

The four men are being charged with aggravated assualt.

The accused include 18 year old Terrence Childsforever, a 16 male and two 14-year-old youths.

All four appeared in Kenora Court yesterday for a bail hearing.

MNR conducting Lake Surveys

The Ministry of Natural Resources says it will have staff out on area lakes once again

this summer conducting fish surveys.

This year, the MNR says it will be concentrating on lakes in the areas south of Kenora
to Fort Frances and over towards Dryden.

MNR spokesperson Bill Towill says they usually try to study the lakes on a five year
cycle.

Towill says they use the information collected for the Ministry of the Environment's
guide to sports fishing, and also to make any changes to fishing regulations in the
region.

(Photo courtesy of the MNR)