OPP Dive Team Brought in to Search for Missing Man

OPP divers are being brought in to help search Shoal Lake for a missing Winnipeg man.

28 year old Lucas Janz was reported missing Sunday afternoon after he had gone for a swim near a camp on Galt Island.

An Emergency Response Team began searching the island and the immediate area yesterday, without any success.

Today an Underwater Search and Recovery Unit will help out with the search.

Prostate Cancer Run through Kenora

Dr. Riley Senft is back on the road again.

Senft brought his Step into Action run to Kenora yesterday.

Senft is on a cross-Canada tour to raise awareness for Prostate Cancer.

He arrived at the Kenora Jail yesterday afternoon and ran with local supporters to Husky the Musky.

Senft began his 36 hundred kilometer journey on May 7th and has raised 189 thousand dollars so far for Prostate Cancer Research.

NDP Select their Candidate in Kenora-Rainy River

NDP in Kenora-Rainy River have selected MPP Howard Hampton's constituency assistant in Dryden as their candidicate in the October 6th provincial election.

Sarah Campbell of Oxdrift beat out Kenora lawyer Robert Sinding following a series of nomination meetings that concluded last night in Fort Frances.

Campbell says the campaign for her is now underway.

No results were given, but a total of 137 people cast ballots.

Conservatives to Hold Nomination Meetings this Saturday

All the major parties should have their candidates in place by the end of this weekend.

The Conservatives are planning to send a travelling ballot box around the riding on Saturday.

Stops are scheduled in Fort Frances, Dryden and Kenora.

Two members of Kenora City Council are seeking the Tory nomination, with Louis Roussin challenging Rod McKay.

Houseboat Owners Speak out Against City's Threat to Move Them

Kenora city council is getting an earful about its decision to remove a number of houseboats moored off Coney Island.

A couple of houseboat owners made deputations to council last night.

Brian Finck says they don't have a lot of options as to where they can moor their boats.

Council was going to ask the houseboat owners to remove their vessels from the area by the end of September, but has decided to defer any decision on the matter until they can look at all the legalities first.

More Forest Fire Activity in NWO

New forest fires continue to rage across northwestern Ontario.

Ministry of Natural Resources fire information officer Gabby Rivard says of  the 53 new fires, 26 erupted on Sunday through yesterday.

Dry, sunny conditions returned to the region on the weekend, resulting in a number of new fires.

Firefighters hope for a break with rain forecast for the next two days.

More than two-thousand firefighters are battling 102 fires in the region.

NDP Accuse Clement of Covering Up G-8 Slush Fund

Thunder Bay NDP MP Bruce Hyer calls it a very smelly coverup.

Hyer says his party has discovered that FedNor Minister Tony Clement controlled a G-8 FedNor slush fund and kept it away from the eyes of the Auditor General.

Hyer says the so called slush fund had almost 50 million dollars in it.

Another Drug Bust on By-Pass

A 23 year old Winnipeg man faces drug charges after being pulled over the by OPP on the Kenora By-Pass over the weekend.

Around 11:30 Saturday night, officers stopped a vehicle on Highway 17-A for a traffic violation.

Police say they noticed the odor of alcohol and marijuana in the vehicle, and a search turned up five grams of pot and a qunatity of alcohol.

John Mullan has been charged with possession of a narcotic and operating a motor vehicle with alcohol readily available.

He's due to appear in Kenora Court next month.

IJC Begins Hearings on Task Force Report on Lake of the Woods

International Joint Commission held the first of a series of meetings last night in Fort Frances to gather input on a task's forces report regarding the management of the Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake basins.

Nick Heisler, a senior advisor, says the input will help the IJC makes its decision on the recommendations.

There will be a meeting this Saturday morning in Kenora at 9:00 at the Best Western Lakeside Inn.