Fort Frances OPP arrest two people for trafficking

The OPP have arrested two people on trafficking charges after pulling over
a vehicle in Emo.

Members of the Community Drug Action team stopped the vehicle yesterday
on Highway 11.

Officers seized over five pounds of marijuana.

The drugs have a street value of about five thousand dollars.

44 year old Carl Meeches and 33 year old Rhonda Johnson, both of Fort Frances
have been charged with possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking.

The duo are scheduled to appear in Fort Frances court next month.

Opening Doors back up and running

An after school program for kids in the Kenora area is back up and running with the help of a number of different agencies.

The Opening Doors program runs three days a week at Pope John Paul School.

OPP Constable Dave Cain says Opening Doors is targets at kids between the ages of 10 and 14.

Cain also says they help the kids out with their homework and also get them involved in other activities such as well as sports.

Poor road conditions in Manitoba

The RCMP says travel is not recommended on some highways

in Manitoba due to heavy snow and blowing snow.

Visibility is very low in some of the highways in the interlake region where
whiteout conditions have been reported.

A number of weather related accidents on Highway 1 in the Portage la Prairie area have also been reported.

The Trans-Canada between the Ontario/Manitoba border and Winnipeg also has
poor visibility due to snow, with drifting and swirling snow in traffic.

High School Sports Resume after Exam Break

After a two week break for exams, local high school sport teams are back in

action.

First up is the annual Kenora Invitational Junior Boys Basketball tournament

up at Beaver Brae.

Teams from across the region will be competing in the two day tournament.

Action gets underway this afternoon.

Meanwhile, the Bronco Boys hockey team resumes NorWOSSA league play with a double header against the Red Lake Rams.

The first game is scheduled for this evening at 7:30 at the Kenora Rec. Center.

The same two teams will do battle tomorrow at 2:00.

And the Beaver Brae Girls will also try to knock some rust off as they travel to Pilot Mound for a weekend tournament.

OFIA opposes changes to Endangered Species Act

Greenpeace might think the Forest Industry is getting away scot-free from the Endangered Species Act; but the Ontario Forest Industry Association disagrees.

President Jamie Lim says they were promised the industry would be exempt from Caribou habitat legislation but it just hasn't happened.

The Province recently posted changes to the act on the Environmental Bill of Rights website.

Fire Chief makes plea for old fire hall alarm bell

Kenora's fire chief has made a passionate plea to keep a couple of

artifacts from the old fire hall on Second Street South.

Warren Brinkman met with the Heritage Committee and members of
city council yesterday to talk about what should be done with the old alarm bell and the call box.

Brinkman wants to bring them up to the new fire hall on Barsky's Hill.

He says local fire fighters can do a better job of protecting the heritage value of those items.

Heritage Kenora says it still wants to see the items remain in the old firehall.

More snow on the way

As if we haven't had enough snow already.

Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Kenora area.

As much as 15 centimeters could fall today.

Meteorologist Rosemary Tabory says we can expect not just one, but two snow storms back to back.

Tomorrow, another two centimeters of snow could fall in the  Kenora area