Habitat For Humanity looking for family to move into new home

Wanted: a family to live in Kenora's first ever Habitat for Humanity home.

A meeting will take place tonight, for anyone interested in applying for the low income housing project.

Ralph Page is a spokesperson for the committee and says their goal is to start builing the home in 2012.

The home will be located on Main Street Rideout.

The meeting will take place in the Kenora Metis Center on Park Street starting at 7:00.

Thomas Aquinas takes three of four from Red Lake

The Thomas Aquinas senior boys volleyball team remains perfect in NorWOSSA league play.

The Saints were in Red Lake yesterday and cruised to a three sets to none win over the Rams.

The T.A. junior boys also had a good road trip winning three of four games played.

On the hardcourt, the Saints senior girls romped to a 36-8 victory over  Red Lake, while the Thomas Aquinas Junior girls suffered the lone loss of the day, a 16-10 decision at the hand of the Rams.

Minto Accident sends one man to hospital

A 46 year old Rat Portage man is recovering from injuries sustained in a single vehicle accident in the Minto area of town.

The OPP say a dodge pick-up had rolled over on Minto Crescent Sunday night.

Police say the lone occupant of the vehicle was partially ejected and sustained serious injuries.

Albert Gibbens was transported to the Winnipeg Health Sciences Center.

The OPP's Technical Traffic Collision Investigators were called in to look into the cause of the crash.

Trans-Canada Diesel Spill

Motorists are being urged to use caution driving along the Trans-Canada Highway in the Kenora area this morning.

The OPP say there is a diesel spill from the Manitoba border all the way to the Airport Road on the Kenora By-Pass.

The slippery conditions have already caused one transport to slide off the highway.

The MTO is currently putting sand down on the fuel, but conditions are still said to be be fairly slick in some areas.

AbitibiBowater

There's a new name coming to the mill in Fort Frances.

AbitibiBowater is changing its name to Resolute Forest Products.

The name was selected among 14-hundred submissions received through an internal company contest.

The change takes place November 7

Cross-Town Snowmobile Corridor

A final plan for the city's cross-town snowmobile corridor should be ready in time for next week's open meeting of coucil.

The operations department is still deciding on the best location for the trail with the Sunset Trailriders.

Operations manager Rick Perchuck says the costs associated with the new trail is also an issue council will have to address.

Some members of city council still aren't sold on the idea of reviving the cross-town corridor and don't think the city should have to pay any of the costs of re-developing it.

Whitedog First Nation School

A new school is about to be opened on the Whitedog First Nation.


The 55 thousand square foot school cost about 25 million dollars to build.

Kenora M.P. Greg Rickford will be joined by Chief Eric Fisher at the ribbon cutting.


A special ceremony will take place this morning at 11:00 to open the facility.

Keewatin-Patricia District School

Summer school programs run by the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board are getting the thumbs up.

A literacy camp was offered for grades 1,2 and 3 students, while a credit recovery program was run in some secondary schools.

Scott Urquhart says that program was particularly valuable for grade 8 students getting ready to enter high school.

A total of 212 students enrolled in the Summer learning for Secondary students, while 60 kids were signed up for the Summer Literacy camps.