Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Drug Bust on Scramble Avenue

The OPP say they have seized over 123 thousand dollars worth of marijuana and marijuana plants during a bust over the weekend.

Police raided a home on Scramble Avenue this past Friday and seized about nine pounds of pot, 43 marijuana plants and over 16 thousand dollars in cash.

The OPP's Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau and members of the Street Crime Unit arrested five male suspects and three women in the residence and a garage located on the property.

45 year old Lorraine Allin, 56 year old Martin Allin, 21 year old Trish Allin, 24 year old Dave Baker, 24 year old Steven Beckworth, and 20 year old Robert Hay have been each charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession of property obtained by crime.

A 17 year old was also arrested, though his name cannot be released under the Youth Criminal
Justice Act.

20 year old Martin Allin Junior also faces an additional charge of production of a controlled substance.

All the people charged have been released and are due to appear in Kenora Court on December 13th.

Copperfin talks Credit Union Merger with Northern Lights

Copperfin Credit Union is considering merging with Northern Lights Credit Union.

The two businesses are in talks with a joint Board of Directors meeting scheduled for the New Year.

Copperfin C.E.O. Dennis Alvestad says they are in the preliminary stages.

Alvestad says if they merge credit union users would have access to their accounts from sites across Northwestern Ontario.

NOSM contract vote on Friday

There's hope the strike at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine may soon be over.

It follows a tentative agreement reached after some overnight bargaining.

OPSEU local president, Tyler England says they'll recommend their membership accept the offer.

The voting takes place Friday

Health Unit Starts up Kenora Flu Clinics Today

The Northwestern Health Unit will be starting up it's flu shot clinics in Kenora today.

Ella Goodman, a doctor-in- training at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine and also has an infant son.

She understands there are still skeptics who don't like the flu vaccine.

The Kenora Clinic is by appointment and will take place from 9:00 to 4:00 at the Health Unit Office
on Tunnel Island.

A flu shot clinic will also take place at the Metis Council office from nine til noon tomorrow.

Houston Lake Mining continues Exploration near Sioux Narrows

Houston Lake Mining says it continues to be impressed with the results of its drilling

program on the West Cedertree property southeast of Kenora.

The company recently completed another four hole drilling program in a recently discovered
gold zone.

The company says the results of the drill program show that further exploration is warranted.

Trevor Walker is president of the company and says they are pleased with the results on the
Robertson Gold Zone, which is part of the West Cedartree property.

Crime Stats drop in September

The Kenora Detachment of the OPP say there was a big drop-off in crime in the month of September from August.

Inspector Dave Lucas released the latest statistics to the Kenora Police Service Board last week.

There were about 120 fewer calls for service from the last month of summer to the first month of fall.

While most crime stats were down in September, there was a noticible increase in thefts.

Officers investigated 14 break-ins in September compared to just seven in August.

A Winnipeg man was arrested in connection to a number of those break-ins.

NorWOSSA court sport regular season wraps up

The NorWOSSA regular season is over for both Beaver Brae and Thomas Aquinas boys volleyball and girls basketball teams.

The Saints boys volleyball teams finished on a winning note, sweeping Ignace three sets to one.

T.A. wrapped up the regular season with perfect 14-0 records.

Thomas Aquinas girls teams also finished with victories. The Saints senior girls upended the
Falcons 62-37, while the T.A. junior girls beat Ignace 43-28.

Beaver Brae's court sports teams managed just one win over Fort Frances.

The Broncos junior boys prevailed three sets to two over the Muskies, while
the Beaver Brae senior boys had their two game winning streak end with a five set
loss to Fort.

The Bronco senior girls lost their final regular season game 47-14, while the junior team
dropped a 2-12 decision.

The Norwossa single and double "a" play-offs begin next week.