Appointments still available for Blood Donor Clinic

Canadian Blood Services says it still has plenty of appointment times available for its blood donor clinic.

Day two will start at 9:30 this morning at Thomas Aquinas School.

Harvey Heather says as of yesterday they still needed to fill 60  appointment times.

The blood donor clinic will run until 12:30 this afternoon.

American Angler Faces Hefty Fine

An American man has been fined a total of 5-thousand dollars for several offences, after he was caught fishing on Lac Seul near Ear Falls.

The man told conservation officers that he lived in Mississauga and showed him an Ontario resident Outdoors Card and fishing licence for residents.

An investigation revealed that the man had been posing as an Ontario resident since 1993 in order to obtain a licence, even though he never lived in Ontario.

Wojciech Rzepka of Park Ridge, Illinois was convicted of 3-counts of possessing a void fishing licence, angling without a licence and making a false statement.

Two men arrested following high speed chase

Two Thunder Bay men have been arrested following a high speed chase through Kenora.

Police initially tried to pull over a vehicle on Lakeview Drive early Sunday morning for a routine traffic stop.

Instead of stopping though, the vehicle sped away.

Police tried to set up a spike belt on Lakeview Drive but they were able to avoid it.

Later officers deployed spike belts on Essex and Beauty Bay Road.

The occupants of the vehicle fled on foot and were arrested a short time later.

32 year old Chadwick Atwood and 32 year old Stephen Parr have been arrested and charged with possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking and possession of property obtained by crime.

The driver of the vehicle, Stephen Parr has also been charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and driving while disqualified.

Plans for expanded Kindergarten Programs outlined

The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board has unveiled its plan for expanding full-day kindgergarten in area School's.

Riverview School in Dryden will receive one class next year, while 6 spaces have been set aside for 2012-2013.

Director of Education Jack McMaster says they will also have the program up and running in Savant Lake, Sioux Narrows, Upsala and Pickle Lake next school year.

McMaster notes half of their schools will have the program by the end of year three, with 3-classes in the new Dryden Elementary School, 3-classes at Lakewood School in Kenora, 2 at Sioux Mountain School and 1-class at Red Lake-Madsen Public School.

Broncos hand out Football Awards

Beaver Brae's football team may have bowed out in the quarter-finals of the Winnipeg High School Football League, but the team still had a lot to celebrate at its annual awards banquet last night.

Riley Higens and Billy Kitt shared the Pete Fair Memorial Award for their contributions to the team this year.

The team's nominees for the league awards were also announced, with Dannon Saunders the choice for lineman of the year.

Scott Morgan is nominee for Offensive Player of the Year, while Hudson Boucha is the Broncos nominee for Rookie of the Year.

The league awards will be presented next week in Winnipeg.

Pension Reform Bill ready for hearings

Thunder Bay Rainy River MP John Rafferty's pension bill is being discussed today.

Rafferty says they'll be going clause by claue through the bill for the next two weeks.

Rafferty says they hope to have a vote on the bill just before the Christmas break.

The goal of the bill is to protect the pensions of workers, when the company they work for files for bankrupcy.

OPP Taser Sioux Narrows Man

The OPP say they had to use a Taser to subdue a suspect who had been threatening some officers.

Police were called out to Sioux Narrows to deal with a man who had been making threats.

Members of the Emergency Response Team and a Canine Unit were asked to help locate the man, who had run into the bush.

When the suspect finally came out of the woods, he continues to act in a hostile manner and threaten police.

Officers finally subdued the man using a taser.

22 year old Quinton Tom of Sioux Narrows was arrested and charged with  uttering threats, assault and breach of probation.