Tourism Marketing Money Promised for Kenora

Tourism Kenora is planning a couple of winter marketing campaigns aimed at the U.S. and southern Manitoba.

The City of Kenora has been promised 150 thousand dollars in funding from the new regional tourism organization for northern Ontario.

Economic Development Officer, Jennifer Findlay says they will be partnering with other communities in the region to role out the marketing campaigns.

Rasmussen says 110 thousand dollars will go towards a winter marketing campaign aimed at the Winnipeg market, while the other is a 40 thousand dollar campaign targeting U.S. visitors.

Kenora's Daycare shortage raised at Queen's Park

The provincial government is being asked to do something about the lack of licenced daycare spaces in Kenora.

NDP Leader Andrea Horvath says the issue was brought to her attention by a Kenora parent recently.

Horvath says there is over a year waiting list for licenced daycare in Kenora.

The government says its all-day everyday kindergarten program in local school should help ease the situation.

School Boards elect new Executives

A crowbar may be needed to pry Dave Penny away from the seat of the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board.

The representative of Ignace was re-elected Tuesday night to his 7th consecutive term as Chair.

Kenora's Cecille Marcino was once again re-elected Vice-Chair.

Over at the Kenora Catholic District School Board, Mike Favreau is back as chair, after serving as vice-chair for the past two years.

Frank Bastone was elected vice-chair at the inaugural meeting this week.

Council agrees to meet over Fire Hall Artifacts

Kenora City Council says its willing to sit down with Heritage Kenora and fire chief Warren Brinkman to talk about moving a couple of items from the old fire hall on Second Street South up to the new fire hall on Barsky's Hill.

Currently the call box and the fire bell in the old fire hall are designated as two heritage

artifacts and can't be removed.

In order to remove them, council would have to amend the current designation by-law.

Council says its wants to listen to both sides of the story and before deciding what to do with the

artifacts.

Brinkman says they want the call box and bell because they sentimental value for the
fire fighters.

Another Alberta Clips Hits Kenora

The Kenora area is getting whacked by another Alberta Clipper.

The system moved into the area early this morning and is expected to deposit about five centimeters of snow.

Mark Seifert is a meteorologist with Environment Canada and says the system is moving pretty fast.

Seifert says while the temperature will rise to about -5 today, cold, clear conditions are expected to return by the weekend.