Saints Girls at OFSSA Hockey Championships

The Thomas Aquinas girls hockey team are 1 and 1 at the OFSSA championships.

The Saints were in tough to start the tournament when they lost 5-0 to Ridley College.

However T.A battled back in the 2nd game earning 3-0 victory over EJ Lajuenesse.

Brianna Skead, Tori Stebnitsky, and Lexi Williams scored for the Saints.

The girls are back on the ice for game 3 tomorrow morning at 7:00 against St. Stephens Secondary School

Swimming Sharks Results

A successful weekend for the Kenora Swimming Sharks.

The team sent 22 swimmers to the 2013 Speedo ManSask Provincial Championships and 9 swimmers earned a total of 15 medals.


Here is a list of the medal winners.

11 year old girls
Alex Illman - 1st 800 Free, 2nd 200 Fly, 3rd 400 Free
Olivia Friesen Kroeker - 1st 200 Fly, 2nd 400 IM
Breeze Boucha - 2nd 800 Free

12 year old girls
Alyson Stoliker - 1st 1500 Free, 2nd 800 Free  
Rheanna Price - 2nd 1500 Free, 3rd 200 Free

13 year old girls
Winnie Boucha - 1st 400 Free, 2nd 200 Free

14 year old girls
Hanna Stoliker - 3rd 1500 Free

15 year old girls
Alex Olsen - 3rd 200 Breast

15 year old boys
Bryce Jones - 3rd 200 Back

KDSB Hosts Job Fair Tomorrow

An opportunity for summer employment and a future career path.

The Kenora District Services Board is hosting a job fair starting at 10:00 tomorrow at the Best Western Lakeside Inn.

Josee Mantel with the KDSB says they will have a lot of different industries to learn about.

The morning will include presentations by services providers in the region while the afternoon job fair will includes companies in policing, forestry, hospitality, and retail industries.

Snowstorm Batters NWO Again

A snowfall advisory has been issued for much of northwestern Ontario
today.

Between 10 to 20 centimeters is expected to fall over the next 24 hours.

Rob Kuhn from Environment Canada says the system is coming in from
the U.S.

Kuhn says the Kenora area has already seen about five centimeters of
snow overnight.

School Buses Running Today

It won't be an extended spring break for local students.

The Northwest Student Services Consortium says its buses in the
Kenora area are running today.

The only cancellations so far are in the Red Lake and Ear Falls area.

Roads in the Kenora area are considered snow-covered, and visibility
is poor.

Rickford Denies Demolition Work at ELA

Some rumours regarding the Experimental Lakes Area are floating around.

Kenora MP Greg Rickford says that none of the buildings at the research facility are being demolished.

Rickford says the government is still working hard on determing the future of the ELA.

Rickford adds that the actual remediation cost is between one and eight million dollars, not the 50-million that was stated by the Coalition to Save the ELA.

Fraser Institutes has Mixed Reviews for Local High Schools

Bad news for some area high schools are coming from the Fraser Institute.

The institute has released its annual report card for the province's secondary schools, and co-author Peter Cowley says it does not look good for 2 school in particular.

He says Beaver Brae at 3.3 out of ten and Fort Frances have seen their ratings decline in
recent years.

Kenora's other high school, Thomas Aquinas, received a grade of 7.1 out of ten.

The provincial average was six out of ten.

Con College Looking at Advanced Paramedic Course

There's a possibility of a new, advanced paramedic course at Confederation College.

President Jim Madder says they've already looked at several programs that already exist at other colleges and will look at if they can be offered out of their facility.

Madder says its going to take some time before they can actually offer the program.

Kings Beat PeeWee and Bantam All-Stars

It was a tough weekend for the Triple A hockey programs in northwestern Ontario.

The Northwest PeeWee All-Stars lost to the Thunder Bay Kings in two straight games over
the weekend by scores of 8-2 and 4-3.

The Northwest North Stars also lost in two straight games to the Kings in the Bantam playdowns.

The North Stars lost by scores of 7-1 and 4-1.

Thunder Bay will now represent the region at the provincial bantam and peewee championships.