Whitedog resident tasered

Treaty Three Police say they had to use a taser in order to de-fuse a domestic situation on the Wabaseemung First Nation.

Police were called out just before midnight on June 18th to a home on Whitedog.

Officers say they witnessed man holding a weapon to a woman's neck.

They entered the house and told the man to drop his weapon.

He refused and as a result, the suspect was tasered.

He was taken into custody without injury.

32 year old William Boyd has been charged with assault with a weapon,
possession of a weapon, uttering threats and forcible confinement.

He's due to appear in Kenora Court later this morning.

Children's Aid Merge proposed

Two northwestern Ontario children's aid agencies are awaiting provincial approval to merge as one.

The proposal would see Kenora-Patricia Child and Family Services and Family and Children Services Rainy River become one agency in April 2011.

Rainy River board chair Bob McGreevy feels the move would be serve the region.

McGreevy says the province is supportive of the concept in principal, but has asked for more information before giving its blessing to the merger.

Farmer's Market Back

The farmer's market its making its annual return to the Kenora Harborfront this morning.

There will be 65 vendors under the big tent each Wednesday during the summer.

Buck Matiowski is the city's special events co-ordinator and says they have been working
to get more artisan's involved in the market.

The farmer's market opens at 9:30 this morning and will run until about 2:30 this
afternoon.

It will run on the Harborfront until the middle of October.

Chiefs of Ontario meet near Fort Frances

The top aboriginal leaders in Ontario have gathered on the Couchiching First Nation near Fort Frances

for their annual meeting.

Grand Chief of Treaty #3, Diane Kelly says she's looking forward to hearing the discussion around
revenue sharing.

The three day Chiefs of Ontario Conference will wrap up tomorrow.

Falcon Lake Accident

Five people were taken to hospital following a head-on collision on Highway #1 near Falcon Lake.


The accident took place yesterday afternoon shortly after 3:00 on the two-lane portion of
the roadway.
The RCMP say a westbound vehicle crossed the center line and crashed into an eastbound car.

Police say three people were in the westbound Chevy Malibu and two people were a Pontiac G-6.

They were taken to Lake of the Woods District Hospital and St. Anne Hospital in Manitoba for
treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

The Trans-Canada at Falcon Lake was closed for about two hours as a result of the collision.