NorWOSSA league results

A disappointing start to the season for Beaver Brae's boys volleyball and girls basketball teams.

They were in Dryden yesterday for their first league games and returned home without a win.

Both the Bronco senior and junior boys volleyball teams were beaten 3-1 by the Eagles.

In girls hoops action, the Beaver Brae Seniors dropped a 47-12 decision to Dryden, while the juniors lost 31-19.

Meanwhile, Thomas Aquinas took three of four games from Rainy River.

Both the junior and senior boys volleyball teams won in straight sets.

Saints senior girls nipped Rainy River 42-38, while the T.A. junior squad lost the only game of the day, dropping a 38-15 decision to the Owls.

Special Council Meeting This Morning

Kenora City Council may be considered a lame duck, but it still has some work to do before a new mayor and council are sworn in.

A special meeting will take place this morning to approve a number of last minute items.

Council has to finalize arrangements for a joint recycling program with the City of Dryden.  A total of 14 items are on today's council agenda.

The meeting will take place at 9:00 at the Second Floor Meeting room in the Kenora Rec. Center.

Candidate drops out of School Board Race

There will only be four eligible candidates for the Keewatin-Patricia District School

Board when the ballots come out in the next week or so.

Jon Sigurdson had filed his nomination papers prior to the September 10th deadline,

but has informed the city's returning officer that he will be moving out of the area.

That makes him ineligible to run for the school board.

Joanne McMillin says the ballots have already been sent out to be printed, meaning

Sigurdson's name will still show up on the ballot.

She adds that she's trying to advise as many people as she can prior to the election

that as of October 1st, he will not be an eligible candidate.

New Immigration Web Portal Working

The British are coming.

That's the hope of the new Northwestern Ontario Immigration Web Portal.

Spokesperson Kathy Woodbeck says they are actively targeting the UK.

Woodbeck says each day they have been receiving 4 e-mails a day from interested Brits looking to relocate.

Construction of new land ambulence base expected by spring

The Kenora District Services Board says it will likely be spring before work on a new land ambulence base can begin.

The board is just finalizing a deal with the City of Kenora for some property on 14th Street North.

Garry Parkes is chair of a committee that was given the job to find a new location for the land ambulence base and says its getting too late in the year to begin any work.

The Kenora District Services Board had set aside a million dollars for the project several years ago,

and Parkes says they will have to address the funding side when they set the new budget for

construction.