Thursday, May 12, 2011

Police Locate Body of Missing Woman

The OPP say they have found the body of a woman reported missing from the Rideout area of town.

Rosella Digirolamo was last seen last Friday, leaving her home on Mikado Avenue.

Yesterday, members of the Northwest Emergency Response Unit located her body in the bush off Miller's Rapids Road.

At this point, the OPP say they do not know the cause of death.

A post-mortem exam will be conducted at Lake of the Woods Hospital later today.

Services Board Hires New Emergency Services Manager

The Kenora District Services Board has hired a new manager for Emergency Services.

Andrew Tickner started his duties on Monday.

He takes over from Peter Marshall, who resigned last month.

Tickner was the former manager of the land ambulence bases in Sioux Lookout, Ignace and Pickle Lake.

In his new duties, he will be responsible for land ambulence services across the whole of the Kenora District.

High Gas Prices Could Impact Summer Tourism

The high price of gas is going to impact Northwestern Ontario's tourism industry.

Doug Reynolds is the executive director of Northern Ontario's Tourist Outfitters and says it's going to cost more to run area tourist camps.

Reynolds adds it's also going to cost more for Americans to drive here for fishing trips.

Economic Development Commission Presents First Quarter Report

Kenora's economy is off life support and is showing signs of recovery.

The Lake of the Woods Economic Development Commission presented its quarterly report to council this week.

Chair of the commission, Dennis Wallace says sees a great future for the former Abitibi lands.

Wallace says the new owners of the Abitibi property are hoping to fill up the site within three to five years with industrial based businesses.

City non union staff to get wage increase

Non-Union staff with the City of Kenora will be getting a raise this year.

Kenora City council is planning to approve a 2.7 percent wage increase for 2011 at its next open meeting.

The City's human resources manager, Sharon McDowall says the increase is less than unionized workers in the city, who will get a three percent increase this year.

Some non-union workers are eligible for a move on the salary grid this year, but that's considered a performance based increase.

Public School Board launches new wedbsite

The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board is out with a new and improved website.

Communications Manager Sheena Valley says the site is the result of a lot of time and labour.

Valley says they tried to organize the website from a parent and community perspective.

The website can be locate at : http://www.kpdsb.on.ca/

Beaver Brae Soccer Teams find the win column

Beaver Brae's soccer teams finally found the win column. In fact the Broncos made it a clean sweep over the competition yesterday.

The Beaver Brae boys blanked Dryden in the morning game 3-0, and then shut out Fort Frances 2-0.

In girls action, the Broncos doubled up the Eagles 4-2, and followed that up with a 3-1 over the Muskies.