Great Lakes Cyclone Heading Our Way

Windy and wet.

Those are the two key words for the next couple of days.

Environment Canada has issued a weather advisory for Kenora and much of northwestern Ontario.

Severe Weather Specialiist Geoff Coulson says the system is described as a Great Lake Cyclone.

Coulson adds that we could also see winds gusting anywhere from 60 to 70 kilometers per hour

during the next day or so.

Final results in for City Council

Everything old is new again at Kenora City Hall.

Former mayor Dave Canfield was re-elected after a four year hiatus.

Canfield collected 4,178 hundred votes, compared to 1,754 for Andrew Poirier and 715 for Jim Parson.

In the council race, former councillor Ron Lunny topped all vote-getters with 4,021, followed by Sharon Smith at 3,746, Rory McMillan at 3,456 and Rod McKay with 3,037 votes.

Rounding out council are Louis Roussin at 2,838 and Charito Drinkwalter with 2,743.

In the vote for the District of Kenora Unicorporated Ratepayer Association representitive on

the Kenora District Services Board, Barry Baltesson beat out Ingrid Parkes.

There will be a couple of new trustees from Kenora on the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board.

Cecile Marcino garnered the most votes and will be joined by new comers Bob Onysko and

Michelle Ott.

Kahoot elected mayor in Ear Falls

A surprise in Ear Falls where political rookie Kevin Kahoot as defeated Councilor's Tracey Simon and Rob Doyle for Mayor.

Former Mayor Jim Demarais will sit on Council along with Vic Robinson, Rob Eady and Fred Melanson.

Kahoot  is a former Kenora resident and says he's got a great team.

Political veteran Rob Bergman and incumbent Councilor David Wilson finished 5th and 6th respectively.

Nuttall elected mayor in Dryden

A lot of new faces will sit at the Council table across Northwestern Ontario following yesterday's Municipal Election.

In Dryden, Craig Nutall defeated incumbent Mayor Anne Krassilowsky by about 300 votes.

Nuttal says he could sense victory.

Mary Trist, in her first election, was the top vote getter for Council, followed by Mike Wood, Ken Moss, Brian Collins, Martin MacKinnon and Mel Fisher.

Voter turn-out in Dryden was an impressive 61.15-percent.

Sioux Narrows/Nestor Falls council vote

Some familiar faces are back in town council in Sioux Narrows Nestor Falls.

Former Mayor Gerry O'Leary topped all vote getters with 376 and was elected as

a councillor at large along with Norbert Dufresne.

They beat out former councillors Chan Motlong and Lou Kabel.

In ward one, Gail Black was returned as a councillor and in ward two

Wayne Helliar edged out Randy Hanson 103 votes to 91.

Mayor Bill Thompson was acclaimed.

Machin elects a brand new mayor and council

Sweeping changes in Machin as voters decided to elect a brand new Council.

Incumbent Mayor Garry Parkes was unseated by Gord Dingman.

Gordon Griffiths, Ronald Kujansuu, Joseph Ruete and Dennis Peterson were elected to Council.

Incumbent's Laurie Huffman and Paul Kelly finished well behind.

Long time mayors re-elected in Rainy River District

Two long-time municipal leaders retained their seats in municipal elections across the Rainy River District last night.

Dennis Brown captured 80 per cent of the vote to beat out Bob Davidson in a successful defence of his mayor's seat in Atikokan.

Valerie Pizey outdistanced challenger Gerald Fisk to hold on to her mayor's seat in Lake of the Woods township.

Vince Sheppard is the new Mayor of Emo, defeating incumbent Ed Carlson by about 80 votes.