Men's Soccer and Ball Hockey Seasons winding down

The finals are set in the Hap's Men's soccer league.

The Gunners will meet up with the Centuries tomorrow night in the Challeng Cup Final at the Tom Nabb Soccer Complex.

The Gunners got by the Playaz 1-0 in the second Semi-final Friday night.

The Challenge Cup will be up for grabs starting at 6:00 tomorrow night.

Meanwhile, the Aces drew first blood in the finals of the Casey's men's ball hockey

league.

The Aces got by the Jets last night in game one.

Game two goes tonight at 8:00 at the Kenora Rec. Center.

More hot weather on the way

Summer isn't ready to leave northwestern Ontario just yet.

Hot, humid conditions are expected to prevail in the Kenora area early this week.

Bill Laidlaw from Signal Weather Services says we may even see some record-setting temperatures.

Things are expected cool off Wednesday, before warming back up for the last couple of days of the week.

Jack Layton Remembered

Tributes are rolling in for Jack Layton today.

Layton, the NDP leader passed away early this morning, losing his battle with cancer.

NDP candidate in the Kenora Riding last election, Tania Cameron says she was shocked to learn of his death.

Layton made numerous trips to the Kenora Riding as leader.

He was 61 years old.

McKay ready to hit the Campaign Trail

All the major parties now have their candidates in place for the October 6th provincial election.

The Conservatives are the latest party to select their candidate.

Kenora City Councillor Rod McKay beat out Louis Roussin for the Tory nomination.

McKay says his biggest job now is getting his name out in the Kenora-Rainy River Riding.

The party did not release the final results of the nomination vote, but did say over 200 people cast ballots in Kenora, Dryden and Fort Frances on Saturday.

Broncos open another football training camp

Another football season is about to begin for the Beaver Brae Broncos.

Their two week training camp began bright and early this morning at Pete Fair Memorial Field.

Head Coach Chris Penner says even though this will be a young squad, he believes they will be well prepared for the upcoming season.

The Broncos play their first and only exhibition game on September 1st in Dryden.

They open the season against the Steinbach Sabres on September 9th.

More Forest Fires in Northwestern Ontario

Despite rain and cooler conditions, forest fires continue to pop up across northwestern Ontario.

The Ministry of Natural Resources says there were a dozen new blazes reported over the weekend including three in the Kenora District.

There are currently 78 active wild fires in the region.

A total of 433 fire crews and support staff from out of province are continuing to lend a hand in the fire fighting effort.

Good Turn out for IJC Hearings in Kenora

A lot of people seem to care about the future health of Lake of the Woods.

About 200 people turned out on Saturday morning for the final meeting by the Internation Joint Commission on the final task force Report on the Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake Watersheds.

Todd Sellars is the Executive Director of the Lake of the Woods Water Sustainability Foundation and feels the final recommendations of the Task Force were well received.

A total of six hearings were held in northwestern Ontario and Northern Minnesota this past week, and the feedback will be used by the IJC to come up with a plan for the two lakes.

Mining Company Fined for Building on Crown land

Premier Gold Mines has been fined 25-thousand dollars for constructing water crossings on Crown land without a permit.

Court heard that last October a company representative spoke with the Ministry of Natural Resources about a planned project in the Fly Lake area, northeast of Ear Falls.

The MNR advised the company that it would need a permit before conducting the work, however officials soon discovered that work had started prior to the permit being issued.

The Company voluntarily conducted remediation work in the areas where the stream crossings were built.

Canfield Attends AMO Conference

The Association of Municipalities of Ontario annual conference begins today in London and the City of Kenora will be well-represented.

Three members of council are in attendance, including mayor Dave Canfield.

Canfield says they have a package they will be presenting to all the cabinet ministers they meet with, and their biggest issue will be funding to fix up our aging bridges.

Canfield says they have meetings confirmed with four cabinet ministers this week, including the minister of Finance and the minister of Infrastructure.

Man Fined for Illegally Killing Moose

A Southern Ontario man has been fined 7-thousand dollars for illegal hunting.

Raffaele Franconeri of Woodbridge pleaded guilty to moose hunting without a licence west of Ignace.

The man was with 6-others and the party had a licence to harvest one adult bull and 1 adult cow moose.

The group killed 2-moose but Franconeri shot and killed another bull moose and left it behind.

The incident occurred last October.