Grassy Man charged in connection to MVA on Highway 671

A 37 year old Grassy Narrows man faces a number of charges in connection to a single vehicle accident on Highway 671.

The OPP say they came across a single vehicle accident on the road to Grassy Narrows on Tuesday.

Three men were standing outside of a van.

A 41 year old woman had walked away from the accident scene, but was located a short time later and taken to Lake of the Woods District Hospital for treatment.

Charles Assin has been charged with impaired driving causing bodily harm, driving while disqualified and failing to provide a breath sample.

Essex Road Home target of a Drug Bust

A 54 year old Kenora man faces drug charges following an investigation by the Kenora Joint Forces

Drug Unit.

Members of the OPP's Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau helped out with a search warrant to a home on Essex Road on Tuesday.

Police seized 750 grams of marihuana, 600 grams marihuana being used to produce oil, 450 dollars in cash, surveillance equipment and other drug paraphernalia.

Kim Henley has been charged with possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking and production of marijuana.

He's due to appear in Kenora Court on January 12th to face the charges.

Rickford Supports Third Party Management in Attawapiskat

A Federal Government move to impose third party management in Attawapiskat First Nation is being supported by Kenora MP Greg Rickford.

The Parliamentary Assistant for Aboriginal Affairs says the move will help them determine the immediate housing needs.

However, Rickford stresses they have already taken action.

Rickford adds the Government also gave the remote First Nation money to build a new subdivision and notes the third party manager will look into why that project hasn't moved forward.

Former Con College President given a Premier's Award

Confederation College was well represented at the Premier's Awards.

Past President Pat Lang was given the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Four Confederation College Alumni's were also nominated at the recent Premier's Awards.

Festival of Trees beings tonight

Lake of the Woods Museum has the unmistakeable smell of pine today.

The annual Festival of Trees is taking place over the next three days with 25 trees on display.

Darlene McGilvary from the Kenora and Lake of the Wood Regional Community Foundation says the festivities wrap up on the weekend.

Tonight is seniors night, followed by the Gala and auction of the trees tomorrow night.

Proceeds will go toward the Community Foundation.

CJBN Drops CTV signal

CJBN-TV is going global.

Changes are in store starting today for the local TV outlet.

After years of being affiliated with CTV, CJBN is going to be carrying programs from the Global TV network instead.

CJBN will also be moving down the TV dial.

It will be located on Channel 12, while CTV Winnipeg is being added to Channel 4.

Broncos and Saints Square Off Again

Its the second battle of Kenora this week in high school hockey.

The Thomas Aquinas girls will be facing off against Beaver Brae this afternoon at the Kenora Rec. Center.

The game wasn't on the original schedule, but the contest was added after Sioux Lookout dropped out of the league last month.

Game time is scheduled for 4:30 at the Thistle Rink, with a teddy bear toss for the Salvation Army's Christmas Cheer Fund.

Portraits of Honour Arrives in Kenora

A touching scene at the Kenora Fire Hall this morning.

The families of two soldiers who died in Afghanistan were the first in line to check out the Portraits of Honor.

Dave Sopha is the artist responsible for painting the faces of the 158 officers who died in the Afghan mission.

He says his work has been a labor of love.

The tour of the large truck-size mural is winding down and will visit Shilo, Manitoba tomorrow before returning back to souther Ontario later this month.

The Portraits will be on display until 5:00 this evening.

Osisko Mining

One of the companies poised to open a gold mine in the Atikokan area will outline its project to members of the Fort Frances business community today.


Officials with Osisko Mining are the guest speakers at the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce's annual meeting.

Chamber Manager Anthony Mason says the Chamber wants to keep people informed about what going on in mining.

The meeting at the La Place Rendez-Vous begins at 4 this afternoon.

Resolute Forest Products

The first meeting of what could be a lengthy process has been held in Abitibi-Bowater's appeal of the assessed value of its Fort Frances mill property.


The province's Assessment Review Board held a teleconference this week and set dates for future meeting for next spring.

The company, now known as Resolute Forest Products, feels the value of its properties for last three years was assess too high.

The town has said it stands to lose as much as 800-thousand dollars in taxes if the company wins its case.