Rick Hansen Relay Arrives tomorrow

The Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay arrives in Kenora Saturday.

A total of 27 people will be participating in the run, which will start at Mount Evergreen at 11:45.

The relay will eventually make its way to the Harborfront Tent for a 3:00 ceremony.

Entertainment will start at 2:30 under the big tent.

Tough Weekend for Midget Thistles

A tough task for the Kenora Triple "a" midget Thistles.

The Thistles will take on the Winnipeg Thrashers tonight at the Kenora Rec. Center.

The Thrashers site 29 points ahead of Kenora in the standings.

Game time is 8:00.

Tomorrow night, the Thistles will take on the first place Winnipeg Wild at home.

Meanwhile, two members of the Thistles will be in Morden on Sunday for the annual Manitoba Midget All-Star game.

Captain Grant Valiquette and goalie Davey Fisher will represent Kenora in the annual East versus West contest.

Busy weekend for NorWOSSA court sports

A busy weekend for local high school volleyball and basketball teams.

Beaver Brae and Thomas Aquinas are hosting a girls volleyball tournament today and tomorrow.

Both senior and junior teams will be in action starting this afternoon.

Meanwhile, the Saints junior and senior boys basketball teams are on the road today.

T.A. is taking part in a tournament in Thunder Bay.

Beaver Brae junior and senior boys basketball teams are in Portage La Prairie for a weekend tournament.

Drugs Found in Northern First Nation

A drug bust in the remote Northern First Nation of Weagamow Lake is still under investigation.

Sioux Lookout OPP say that information was received that drugs were in the community and search warrants were obtained and acted on by the Combined Forces Organized Crime Unit.

A quantity of drugs and a large amount of cash was seized.

No arrests have been made as of yet.

More snow heading our way?

Its cold again today but warmer weather is coming, but with that will come more snow.

Our Meteorologist Bill Laidlaw from Signal Weather Services says a Colorado low is heading our way.

Laidlaw says we could see as much as 10-15 centimetres Sunday and Monday by the time the system blows through the region.  

Public School Board Embraces ipads

An Apple a day is good for student learning.

That seems to be the feeling of the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board.

The board is involved in a number of pilot projects using I-Pads and other computer technologies in the classroom.

Superintendant of Business Dean Carrie says they have set aside 100 thousand dollars as part of their 21st Century Learning Plan.

The public school board is already using I-Pads in one pilot project and Carrie says they have approved 11 more applications under the 21st Century Learning Plan.

Pikangikum hoping to re-open Community School Soon

School's out in Pikangikum this week, but the First Nation is hoping the disruption to the school year is short-lived.

The band council is meeting this week with federal officials to try and address a mould situation in the living quarters of the teachers in the community.

Chief Jonah Strang says there are no alternative living accommodations in the community for the teachers, and that's resulted in many having to leave and the cancellation of their classes.

Strang says they are seeking a lasting solution and is encouraged by the committment of the federal government.

He's optimistic that negotiations will result in a return of full operations of the  school and an early return of the teachers.

Vinet Returned as Chair of KDSB

Even though he's currently some 7-thousand kilometres away, Phil Vinet has still managed to hold on to his position as Chair of the Kenora District Services Board.

The Red Lake Mayor was acclaimed at the KDSB general meeting in Dryden today.

Vinet is currently vacationing in Hawaii.

This is his second consecutive term as Chair.

Social Services Levy set for local Municipalities

Municipalities in the Kenora District now have a rough idea on what they will have to pay for social services.

The Services Board has released its draft levies under the 2012 budget and CAO Dan McNeill says the average increase is 3.5-percent.

Kenora will have to pay just over 2.8 million dollars, 18 thousand higher than 2011.

Sioux Narrows/Nestor Falls will see its levy increase by 6.67 percent.

Beaver Brae Basketball/Volleyball

It was a tough way to start 2012 for the court sport teams from Beaver Brae .


The Broncos travelled to Fort Frances yesterday and lost three of four matches.

On the basketball court the senior boys lost 40-23.

Beaver Brae's junior boys won the lone game of the day, topping the Muskies 28-20.

In volleyball action both the juniors and seniors lost by identical 3 sets to 1 margins.

There is no rest for the teams though as both girls volleyball teams will be participating in the "Winter Blast" tournament hosted in Kenora at both Beaver Brae and St. Thomas Aquinas.

The Bronco boys basketball teams travels to Portage for the annual tournament hosted by Portage Collegiate.

Mineral Mountain Resources

Mineral Mountain Resources says the first phase of a drilling program in an area of the former Straw Lake gold mine, north of Fort Frances, will begin later this month.


The company is focusing its work on newly acquired property.

The area has never been drilled in the past.