Truth And Reconciliation Commission Returns to NWO

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada is making a return trip to northwestern Ontario.

The Commission will listen to the stories from residential school surviviors at a day long session in Thunder Bay.

Commission spokesperson Alvin Fiddler says it's part of the healing for First Nations residents.

Fiddler says the Commission was invited here by officials of the Nishawbe Aski Nation.

City Erects Christmas Tree on Main Street

Main Street definitely has a Christmas look and feel today.

Kenora Hydro Crews installed the traditional Christmas Tree yesterday afternoon at the intersection of Second and Main Streets.

The tree was harvested from some property on Florence Avenue and will boast over 13 thousand individual lights once its fully decorated.

The lights on the tree will officially be lit at a special ceremony on Thursday evening.

The bows that adorned the tree last year, have instead been placed on the parking meters in downtown Kenora.

City posts Surplus in 2009 Audit

The City of Kenora continues to remain relatively financially healthy.

Council approved the 2009 audited financial statements last week, and it

shows the city has strong financial reserves.

Karen Brown is the Chief Adminstrative Officer and says there is almost 80 million dollars in various reserve funds.

The city also has 11.5 million dollars in cash and temporary investments and 8.2 million in government business enterprises.

Saints Ranked #1 at OFSAA Volleyball Championships

The Thomas Aquinas Senior Boys Volleyball team is the number one ranked team heading into the All-Ontario Single "A" championships this week.

The Saints are heading to Missasauga today for the OFSAA finals.

T.A. head coach, Joanna Krisko admits their is a lot of pressure going for a three-peat.

The Saints first game in the round-robin is tomorrow morning at 11:30.

More Snow on the Way

Its good news for snowmobilers and skiiers, but not for anyone who has to shovel their driveway.

Another winter storm is being felt across northwestern Ontario.

Mark Shuster is meteorologist with Environment Canada and says this is less intense version of a classic Colorado Low.

Shuster says we can still expect about 10 centimeters of snow to fall over the next

couple of days.

That's on top of the 25 centimeters that fell over the weekend.