Monday, October 24, 2011

Bronco coaches reviewing 2011 Football season

Beaver Brae's coaches are evaluating their past season in the Winnipeg High School Football League.

The Broncos finished out of the play-offs with a 2-4 record.

Head Coach Chris Penner says they will take a serious look at dropping down a division, so they can match-up against their traditional NorWOSSA rivals from Dryden and Fort Frances.

Penner adds that the eastern conference of the Vidruk Division has been very tough in recent years, and its going to be difficult to remain competitive, especially given the size of their school.

Another Drug Bust on the Kenora By-Pass

The OPP say they have seized almost 11 thousand dollars worth of cocaine from a vehicle on the Kenora By-Pass.

The OPP's Organized Crime and Enforcement Unit pulled over a driver around 11:00 Friday night on Highway 17-A near the Airport Road.

They found some narcotics and a further search of the vehicle uncovered about 100 grams of cocaine and over 14 hundre dollars in Cash.

53 year old Dennis Crawford has been charged with trafficking in a narcotic and possession of property obtained by crime.

He's due to appear in Kenora Court on December 1st.

Boil Water Advisory Lifted in Ear Falls

Its once again safe to drink the tap water in Ear Falls.

The Municipality has lifted a boil water advisory.

The boil order was issued on October 14th due to a major water main break.

Lab testing of the water shows no sign of bacteria and the notice has been rescinded.

Thunder Bay may follow Kenora's Deer Hunting lead

Looks as though the city of Thunder Bay may be following in our foot steps when it comes to the controlling the deer population in northwestern ontario.

Thunder Bay councillors are toying with the idea of including a bow-hunt within city limits much like ours which last until November 15th.

According to Kenora city councillor Sharon Smith -there have been no incidents or complaints since the start of the hunt 24 days ago.

Community Foundation Thanks long time Board member

One of the founders of the Kenora and Lake of the Woods Regional Community Foundation has been given a big thank-you.

The Community Foundation held a lunch in honor of Andrew Paterson last week.

Paterson says he came up with a proposal way back in 1999, but its took five years for the idea to take root.

While Paterson has officially resigned from the Foundations board of directors, he has been named an honorary member for his contributions.

Rickford looks at riding re-distribution

Plans to increase the number of federal ridings in Ontario may not necessarily be a good thing for northwestern Ontario.

Kenora M.P. says even though our riding is one of the largest in Canada, it has the lowest population outside of Prince Edward Island.

The last report by the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission had recommending increasing the size of the Kenora Riding to include part of Thunder Bay-Superior North.

Canfield likes the look of the new provincial cabinet

Two thumbs up.

That's the rating the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association has given the premier for his recent cabinet shuffle.

Vice-President of NOMA, Dave Canfield says there are a lot of familiar faces, who have knowlege of the issues facing this region.

Canfield says NOMA has also made it a priority to meet with the news cabinets members as soon as possible.

JM Judokas win Five medals in Thunder Bay

It was a golden weekend for the Jaffray Melick Judo Club in Thunder Bay.

Local judokas brought home four gold medals and a silver from the first annual Kevin Kennedy Memorial tournament.

Kerwin Klywak led the way with a perfect 4-0 record in the boys under 25 kilo division.

Lyndon Hensrud, Karly Lockhart and Taylor Tom also won gold.

Thomas Hertz rounded out the medal haul fighting up in weight and age capturing a silver medal.

Saints Junior Boys win Silver in Dryden

The Thomas Aquinas junior boys volleyball team lost just one game over the weekend at a tournament in Dryden.

Unfortunately it was in the gold medal game Saturday.

The Saints took home the Silver medal after losing to Dryden 15-13 in the final.

T.A. was a perfect 4-0 in round robin play and also won its quarter final and semi-final matches.

The Saints are back in action on Wednesday when they take on Atikokan at home.