Blue Rodeo Ready for Tonight's Concert

The new Harborfront Tent is being prepped for tonight's Blue Rodeo Concert.

Greg Keelor is one of the lead men for the Canadian Super Group and says they still enjoy performing after 30 years on the road.

Fat City is scheduled to open for Blue Rodeo starting at 7:15.

Boys Volleyball Tournament this Weekend

Local senior boys high school volleyball teams will see their first real action this weekend.

The Kenora Invitational Volleyball Tournament will be taking place up at Beaver Brae and Thomas

Aquinas today and tomorrow.

A total of ten teams will be taking part in the two day warm-up to the NorWOSSA season.

Both the Saints and Broncos will open the tournament in their home gyms at noon.

The finals are slated for Beaver Brae Saturday afternoon at 2:00.

Two local Bridges Being Named after Fallen Officers

The province is planning to name a couple of bridges in the Kenora area in honor of two OPP officers who died in line of duty.

The bridges are located along the Kenora By-Pass and will be named after Constable Peter Sebborn and Sergeant Tom Cooper.

Sebborn was killed in a collision on July 1st, 1952, while driving to the scene of an accident.

Cooper was shot while responding to a domestic disturbance on the Grassy Narrows First Nation on July 25th, 1991.

The naming ceremony will take place at the Discovery Center on September 29th.

Aboriginal Education Panel Visits Rat Portage

The National Round-Table on Aboriginal Education has received a list of several recommendations to improve learning in Northern communities.

The 3-member Panel was in Rat Portage First Nation yesterday for the first of 7 stops across Canada.

Jack McMaster is the Director of Education for the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board and says the Feds need to bridge the gap between primary and secondary learning.

McMaster says students living on reserves need to have a smooth transition when attending High School in Dryden, Sioux Lookout, Red Lake and Kenora.

October Elections

Advanced poll locations for the October 6^th elections open to the public next Wednesday, September 21st. You have until September 30^th to cast your vote at Kenora’s satellite office:

227 2^nd Street South. 

 

Bombardier

Bombardier says final assembly of its Global seven-thousand and eight-thousand business jets will be done at its manufacturing site in Toronto.

The Montreal-based aerospace giant has not determined how many jobs will be created by the move.Already, about four-thousand people work at the Bombardier site in Toronto.

Counterfeit Heist

The R-C-M-P have seized half-a-million dollars worth of counterfeit designer goods from GKS CLOTHES in Winnipeg
Mounties went to the store armed with a search warrant and say they found items with labels such as Prada, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein and Gucci. Police are looking at possible charges under the Copyright, Trademark and Textile Act

Order of Canada

Forty-five Canadians will be honoured at Rideau Hall in Ottawa this morning when they're awarded the Order of Canada.

Among those named as an officer is astronaut Julie Payette, who flew on two shuttle missions.The group also includes former senator Pat Carney, who served in the cabinet of then-prime minister Brian Mulroney in the late 1980's

Kenora OPP

The Kenora Detachment of the OPP says its continuing to focus on the drug trade in the Kenora area.

Inspector Dave Lucas says they've seen a big jump in the number of drug-related charges
in the city compared to last year.

Lucas says many of the property crime, auto thefts and mischief incidents they've investigated have been directly related to their drug investigations.

Aboriginal-Juries

A motion filed by a Thunder Bay lawyer over a lack of aboriginal representation on the region's jury roll could delay jury trials starting next week.
Christopher Watkins raised the issue on behalf of his client. Watkins filed a motion during Thursday morning's assignment court, calling for a trial of the jury roll issue.Watkins claimed that his client should be tried by a jury that reflects the region's population.

NAN

It's thumbs down by the Nishnawbe Aski Nation to an offer from the Ontario government. Premier Dalton McGuinty is offering meetings instead of a Commission of Inquiry into the deaths of seven NAN students in Thunder Bay. Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose says they expect nothing less from the Premier than to announce the inquiry.

All-Candidates Debate

The region's forest industry, health care, taxes and energy were all hot topics at last nights all candidates debate in Dryden. The NDP's Sarah Campbell, Progressive Conservative candidate Rod McKay and Green hopeful Jo Jo Holiday focused all their attention on Liberal candidate Anthony Leek. All parties touched on government policies on taxation, energy and forestry. Kenora is hosting a second debate on Tuesday

OFL

The Ontario Federation of Labour will co-ordinate simultaneous solidarity rallies at every community college campus in Ontario next Tuesday.

The O-F-L has been supporting the striking support workers at the colleges who have been out for more than two weeks.O-F-L president Sid Ryan will join picket lines today at Mohawk College to show his support.