Wednesday, April 3, 2013

LOWDPOA and FOCA Voice Support for ELA


Fresh water impacts every-ones daily lives.

That's a message from the Lake of the Woods District Property Owners Association and Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Association regarding the closure of the Experimental Lakes Area.

Susan McLeod with the Property Owners Association says the research is important to everyone.

McLeod says they continue to push the importance of the facility through discussions with MP's and letter writing campaigns.

Hotel Incident Victims Name Released by OPP


Kenora OPP have named the Toronto man who died in the city on Sunday.

Officials say 36-year-old Michael Sylborne was found dead on the street under a broken fourth floor window at the Best Western Lakeside Inn.

Police had been called to the hotel to respond to a disturbance around 3:45 in the morning on Sunday.

Police added Sylborne had been in Kenora while working on a construction project in the area.

Randy Nickle to Speak at Pre-budget Meeting


A local PC candidate will represent Northwestern Ontario at a provincial pre-budget consultation meeting.

Randy Nickle will make a presentation today in Thunder Bay on his two main topics of concern, the twinning of highway 17 from Kenora to the Manitoba boarder and tourism in the region.

Nickle says tourism centers play a vital role in the region.

Nickle says it's unfair that Southern Ontario centers can govern the way centers in the North operate.

Campbell Speaks Out For Libraries


Public libraries are getting support in the Ontario Legislature.

Kenora Rainy River MPP Sarah Campbell is calling on the government to come up with a new funding program to help libraries thrive.

Campbell says libraries are more important now than ever before as they serve to fill the role left by cuts to Service Ontario and Travel Centres.

Campbell says with many municipalities facing budget cuts that some libraries in Northern Ontario are facing closure.

Hockey for Health Faces Off This Month


The 5th Annual Hockey for Health Tournament is just a few weeks away.

Organizer Dean Caron says they have teams competing from all around the city and region.

The tournament runs April 18th to 21st and is in support of the Lake of the Wood District Hospital Foundation, twinning the rink at the Rec Centre, and the Canadian Cancer Society.

You can get involved by purchasing raffles tickets throughout the city with up to 7-thousand dollars in prizes, or watching the games in your best Don Cherry jacket.

the fundraising goal for this years tournament is $55,000.