Open Studio Tour this weekend

Members of the Lake of the Woods Arts Collective will be opening up
their studios to the public this weekend.

The Open Studio Tour will take place Saturday and Sunday and will involve more than 20 artists.

LeeAnn Hawkins is one of the organizers and says each site will be well marked.

Hawkins says there are brochures available around town, including at
the Tourism Bureau.

This is the second year in a row the Open Studio Tour has been held.

Studios will be open 10 til 4 on Saturday and noon until 4 on Sunday.

Highway fatal near Ignace

A Mississauga woman is dead following a 2-vehicle collision on the Trans-Canada Highway east of Dryden.

OPP say a westbound car and an eastbound pickup truck collided yesterday afternoon near the Highway 622 junction.

Both vehicles were sent off the road and struck a rock cut.

The driver of the car, 45-year-old Kaneez Zehra, died as a result of the crash.

The driver of the truck was transported to Dryden Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The collision forced the complete closure of the Highway for 5-hours.

The cause is under investigation.

CJRL Helps Find Missing Man

A missing Sioux Lookout man has been found.

89-year-old Michael Marcyniuk was found safe near Falcon Lake, Manitoba.

OPP say an alert Ignace resident noticed a car broken down on the side of the Highway.

The motorist heard the story on the CJRL and recognized Marcyniuk's car.

Arrangements are being made to reunite Marcyniuck with his family.

Search for Ultimate Fishing Town

Several northwestern Ontario communities are battling for the title as Canada's Ultimate Fishing town.

It's a contest sponsored by the World Fishing Network with the winner getting 25-thousand dollars in prizes.

WFN's Hookin Up TV Host Mariko Izumi has this to say about the competition.

Nominations so far have come from Kenora, Dryden and Thunder Bay, but none from the Rainy River district.

Voting for the ultimate fishing town starts August 17th.

Study Shows Northern Youth Overweight

Junior and senior high students in northern Ontario are are more obsese or overweight than their counterparts in sourthern Ontario.

That's according to the Center for Addiction and Mental Health.

Author of the report Doctor Robert Mann says they also found that about 30 per cent of students indicated feeling anxious, stressed or depressed.

Twenty-four per cent of students surveyed indicated having sought out mental health care over the past year.

MNR Fire Rangers Returning home

Northwestern Ontario firefighters have returned after a multi-week stint in Northern Manitoba.


Crews, aircraft and support staff were sent to the western province last month to help in the fight against several forest fires.

Here at home, the Ministry of Natural Resources is monitoring 13-active fires and no problems are anticipated.

One lightning caused fire was reported yesterday in the Nipigon District.

The fores fire hazard is low to moderate across the Region.