Nurses at CCCAC reach contract agreement

The union representing some three thousand of Ontario's nurses and health care-workers has voted to ratify a new three-year contract.

Ontario Nurses' Association members working in 10 of the province's Community Care Access Centres, including the Northwest CCAC, voted Friday on the terms of the deal.

Details will be available after the ratification process is complete.

The new agreement expires on March 31, 2014.

Lakehead president visits Kenora

The president of Lakehead University in Thunder Bay is making a tour of northwestern Onatario.

Brian Stevenson is holding a breakfast meeting this morning in Kenora with members of city council and the Lake of the Woods Economic Development Commission.

The commission's Training and Education Committee is making a presentation of some its plans to improve educational opportunities in the community.

Record temperature in store

It could be another record breaking day in Kenora.

Yesterday, the thermometer topped out at 24.2 degrees breaking a record set back in 1976, when the temperature hit 23.3.

The forecast calls for temperatures to remain in the mid-20's for highs for the next couple of days.

Shoal Lake #39 seeks big money for its water

124 million dollars.

That's the price tag the Shoal Lake #39 First Nation has put on the water Winnipeg draws from their lake each year.

Yesterday band members embarked on a four day march to the

Manitoba Legislature and chief Eli Mandamin says they could step up their protest if they don't get any action.

About 30 members of Shoal Lake are resuming the walk to Winnipeg today.

They are scheduled to arrive on Thursday.

KACL Employees hold rally for a new Contract

Employees with the Kenora Association For Community Living could be in a legal strike position as early as next month.

Members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union held a rally outside the KACL administrative offices yesterday.

The union is seeking, among other things, more full-time jobs for its membership, who have been without a contract for 17 months.

Contract talks are scheduled to resume at the end of October.

OPP release details on Vermillion Bay plane Crash

The OPP have released more information about a plane crash near Vermillion Bay.

A single engine Cessna tried to land on MacIntosh Road, about 8 kilometers north of Vermillion Bay.

Police say the aircraft had filled up in Sioux Lookout and eyewitnesses say the plane seemed to lose power, but then was fine.

A while later, the pilot decided to try and land at Vermillion Bay, but was unable to make it.

The planes wings clipped some trees while trying to land on the road, but the pilot did not sustain any injuries.

Big Trout Demands Action Province

The KI first nation is calling on the provincial government to honour its commitment of creating a joint panel to resolve its outstanding disputes.

Spokesperson John Cutfeet says the government promised this panel would be created 3 years ago.

The latest dispute came to a head Friday when KI issued an eviction notice to God's Lake Resources.

Kenora District Services Board Logo gets a makeover

A new look and image for the Kenora District Services Board.

The Board has approved a new tag-line and logo in the first phase of what could be an extensive public relations overhaul.

REACH Marketing Owner Dianne Schwartz-Williams says the new tag-line is simply 'Caring/People/Community/Support.'

The logo shows 4-people of diferent sizes and ages standing next to the KDSB letterhead, with the name and tag-line underneath.

Two Winnipeg Men fined for catching too many Walleye

A fishing trip on Lake of the Woods has cost two Manitoba anglers.

Philp Waldner and Henry Dueck have been fined a total of 35-hundred dollars for an over-limit of oversized walleye.

The Steinbach men were caught back in July on Clearwater Bay.

Conservation officers found 7-walleye over the allowable length.

Waldner was also fined for providing false information.

Both men are banned from fishing in Ontario for a year.