Broncos win season opener

Beaver Brae's football team is off to a winning start to the 2011 season in the Winnipeg High School Football League.

The Broncos edged the Steinbach Sabres 13-12 Friday afternoon in Steinbach.

Jordan Davis scored both majors for Beaver Brae.

The Broncos now have a bye week before playing their next game.

They will take on the Miles MacDonnell Buckeyes at home on September 23rd.

Northern Ontario Heritage Party a no-go?

Its doesn't look as if the Northern Ontario Heritage Party is going to be a force in provincial politics this year.

The party had hoped to run as many as 11 candidates in the election, but Party President Ed Deibel says as of today they don't have anyone ready to file nomination papers.

Deibel says if they don't have at least two candidates nominated they will have to de-register the party.

9/11 Ceremony Being Held Sunday

Emergency service workers in Kenora will be remembering the 9/11 terror attacks this sunday.

They're also inviting the public to join them for a modest ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York.

The assembly will take place beneath the flag pole at the District #1 fire station on Barsky's Hill at approximately 8:45 AM - this sunday september 11th.

Record Temperatures Recorded in Kenora.

The City of Kenora could be in store for some record weather over the next few days.

Temperatures are expected to soar to 29 degrees for the next two days.

In fact, Kenora set a weather record yesterday..

The thermometer hit 29.2 out at the airport, which just barely broke the previous high for September 8th of 28.8 degrees.

That record was set back in 2003.

Dryden, Sioux Lookout and Ear Falls also set temperature records Thursday.

All-Canddiates forum slated for later this month in Kenora

The first all-candidates forum for the provincial election will be taking place in Kenora later this month.

The Kenora and District Chamber of Commerce has invited all four candidates to talk about the issues at a special meeting on September 20th.

The candidates in the Kenora-Rainy River Riding have been asked to talk about sustaining and growing business in Kenora.

The forum is scheduled to take place at the Minis Hall in the Super 8 Motel at 7:00 in the evening.

Nominations Open for NOVA awards

The Kenora Young Professionals Network is accepting applications for the first ever Northwestern Ontario Visionary Awards.

Mike Greaves chairs the network and says it's away to celebrate the rich array of young talent in the region.

The awards will recognize the top 20 under the age of 40 in northwestern Ontario at a special banquet in January.

NDP Demands more Attention for Northern Ontario

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is in northern Ontario today bringing her message of change to communities hit hard by the recession.

Horwath says it's time northern Ontario was paid proper attention at Queen's Park.

New Democrats say they will make industrial hydro rates more competitive to maintain jobs.

Broncos Open Football Season in Steinbach This Afternoon

Another football season kicks off this afternoon for Beaver Brae.

The Broncos open the regular season on the road against the Steinbach Sabres.

Last year, the expansion Sabres failed to win a game but Broncos head coach Chris Penner says they aren't taking Steinbach lightly.

Game time is 3:00 in Steinbach.

NDP Leader

The federal N-D-P's brass meets in Ottawa today to start laying the groundwork for a convention to pick a new leader.

Among other things, a date and location for the convention will likely be selected, and some of the ground rules are expected to be set down. M-Ps Thomas Mulcair and party president Brian Topp are mentioned

as possible candidates to succeed Jack Layton, who died of cancer on August 22nd.

College Strike

The union representing striking community college support staff says it has requested new contract talks.But the Ontario Public Service Employees Union says college management has said it isn't interested.

OPSEU represents more than eight-thousand employees at 24 community colleges across the province.

Wages, benefits and job security remain the outstanding issues.

Forest Fire Update

The forest fire hazard is starting to rise once again.

There were 11-new forest fires reported by the end of the day yesterday.

There are over 30-active fires in the region and that number is expected to rise.

The hot, dry weather as well as previous lightning strikes are expected to complicate the situation.

Unemployment Rate

Statistics Canada says the country lost jobs for the first time in five months as the unemployment rate also edged up one tenth of a point to 7.3 per cent in August.

The loss of jobs was small at 5,500, but it makes the second straight month that job creation was virtually flat in Canada. The good news was that there was a modest gain in full-time employment of 25,700, with part-time work declining by 31,200

Working In Ontario

The issue of helping newcomers find work in Ontario is still a hot topic on the campaign trail.

The Liberal proposal calls for a tax credit to offset training costs for employers who hire professionals who are trained abroad. P-C Leader Tim Hudak calls it a ``bizarre scheme'' that doesn't help the 500-thousand people in the province who can't find work. But the Liberal party suggested in a release that such attitudes

are intolerant and anti-immigration.

Kienan Hebert

About 150 people held a candlelit vigil last night in the southeastern British Columbia community of Sparwood, where a young boy vanished two days ago.

They prayed and observed a moment of silence for Kienan Hebert, who is being sought in B-C and Alberta.

Paul Hebert says he's ``100 per cent optimistic'' his son will be found unharmed. In addition to the boy, police are also searching for 46-year-old Randall Hopley, a person of interest. Hopley is thought to be driving a brown '87 Toyota Camry