KPDSB Names New Superintendent of Education

The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board is welcoming a new Superintendent of Education.

Joan Kantola will take over the position on August 1st.

That's when Sean Monteith takes over as Director of Education.

Kantola is currently the Principal of Valleyview School in Kenora and she's been in the field for some 21-years.

She established the new French Immersion program at Valleyview and has been heavily involved in leadership planning.

Mental Health Symposium at Evergreen School

For the second year in a row, Evergreen School is hosting a Children's Mental Health symposium.

This year it's called Help Me, Help my Child.

Pam Cederwall is one of the organizers and says the forum is open to parents, teachers and education assistants.

The Mental Health Symposium will take place starting at 6:00 this evening.

Rain in Store for Kenora

Get ready for another dose of wet weather.

A Colorado low is heading our way and is expected to bring a lot of rain.

Geoff Coulson says even though temperatures are going to cool off but we won't see anymore snow

Coulson suggests some areas could get as much as 30 to 50 millimeters a day during the rain storm.

Harbourfest Announces Sunday Night Concert Line Up

Harbourfest is betting you won't be able to fight this feeling.

The concert line-up has been announced for Sunday night of the August Long weekend and it features REO Speedwagon, Starship and Honeymoon Suite.

Director of Entertainment Dave Blake says they hope to finalize Friday night's performers shortly.

Blake says tickets are selling well for Saturday night's concert featuring Theory of a Deadman.

Tickets for the Sunday night show will go on sale Friday afternoon.

Changes in Store for the City's Economic Development Commission

Everything old is new again for the Lake of the Woods Development Commission.

Kenora City council has stripped the budget of the commission and has
changed the reporting structure for its employees.

Mayor Dave Canfield says going forward, the city will now be responsible for
the Discovery Center and the Whitecap Pavilion.

Council made the move after agreeing to shell out 182 thousand dollars to cover cost over-runs by the Development Commission last year.

The budget deficit was largely due to the cost of operating the Discovery
Center and the Whitecap Pavilion.

Hockey Northwest Supports Ban on Body Checking

Hockey Northwestern Ontario believes the game is safer today then it was last week.

HNO is supporting a Canadian Hockey ruling to eliminate body checking from the Peewee level.

General Manager Trevor Hosanna says it will allow coaches to focus on the basics.

Hosanna says it will give kids more time to develop other hockey skills.

Kenora Area Author Wins Award

A former Kenora-area author has won a prestigious national award.

Richard Wagamese from the Wabaseemoong First Nation was named one of two winners of the Canada Council Molson Prize.

The prize is worth 50 thousand dollars and is handed out each year to Canadians who work in the arts and social sciences.

Wagamese is a newspaper columnist and the author of a number of books including his most recent novel "Iron Horse".

Flooding Easing on Kasabonika Lake

 Emergency Management Ontario says the flood situation on a remote northwestern Ontario First Nation is stabilizing.
   
However, the agency says water levels are still high and some flooding continues in Kasabonika Lake First Nation.
 
Leaders of the First Nation say critical infrastructure is returning to normal operations and they are conducting ongoing assessments of the situation.
 
EMO says 45 residents evacuated as a precaution to Greenstone and Hearst returned to Kasabonika yesterday.

NorWOSSA AA Finals in Dryden Today

Two more NorWOSSA Soccer Champions will be crowned today.

The NorWOSSA Double "a" play-offs are taking place in Dryden.

Beaver Brae's girls team has a bye into the final, after finishing
first in the regular season.

The Broncos will take on the winner of this morning's semi-final between
Dryden and Fort Fr
ances.

Meanwhile, the Bronco boys hit the field at 9:30 in a semi-final against the
host Eagles.

The winner will meet the Muskies in this afternoon's gold medal game.