Accident closes Trans-Canada east of Dryden

OPP are investigating a collision on Highway 17 between Dryden and Ignace.


A collision between a semi-tractor trailor unit and a pick-up about 3 kilometers west of
Baskett Lake closed the Trans-Canada down for several hours yesterday.

When fire and rescue crews arrived at the scene, they found the tractor unit rolled over in the ditch, and the trailer partially across one lane of the highway.

The driver was removed from the vehicle with unspecified injuries.

The second vehicle involved in the head-on collision was a half ton truck that was cut in half on impact.

The driver was rescued from the burning halfton and transported to Dryden Regional Health Center.

Municipal Insurance tender approved

The City of Kenora will be staying with the Standard Insurance Brokers for its
municipal insurance policy.

Council held a special meeting Tuesday to approve insurance coverage for the next
year, starting July 1st.

The Standard came in with a price of 303 thousand dollars this year.

That's down slightly from last year's rate, which came in at 308 thousand
dollars.

Body located in Rainy Lake

The OPP in Fort Frances say the body of a 24 year old man who disappeared in Rainy Lake over
the weekend has been found.

The Underwater Search and Recovery Unit located the body of Clayton Windigo, no far from
where he disappeared on Sunday night.

Windigo had been diving off the Bears Pass Bridge with friends, just off Highway 11.

He entered the water around 8:30 Sunday night and failed to re-surface.

His body was pulled out of the water around 11:00 yesterday morning.

Keewatin Hosts Canada Day

Its going to be a busy couple of days in the Kenora area.


Canada Day Celebrations will be taking place tomorrow and all the events
this year will be in Keewatin.

Sharon Smith from the Keewatin B.I.Z. says they are excited to be hosting
July 1st celebrations tomorrow.

Events get underway starting at 9:00 tomorrow morning, culiminating with the
fireworks display at 10:00 over Portage Bay.

Organizers are reminding visitors that Ottawa Street will be closed to traffic
from 9:00 in the morning until 2:00.

Tourism Marketing working

Tourism Kenora says its pleased with the results of its latest marketing campaigns.


Two marketing campaigns have targeted the Winnipeg and southern Manitoba markets
over the past two months.

Tourism Development Officer, Heather Paterson says response to the campaigns has
been very positive.

The Escape to Ontario campaign was funded in part by the Ontario Tourism Marketing
Partnership, with Kenora acting as the lead.

The other campaign is called Choose Your Adventure and directs people to the
Stay In Kenora website.

Traffic Meetings

Something needs to be done to make Main Street South more pedestrian
friendly.

That seemed to be the prevailing feeling from a public meeting held this
morning on the downtown traffic design.

Maria Bagdonis from Young Drivers of Canada says there are definite
traffic issues with the Kenricia Corner.

Operations Manager Rick Perchuck says he's not keen to make changes to the
pedestrian cross-walks along Main Street, but suggests the left turn onto
1st Street South could be eliminated to move traffic more smoothly during
peak periods.