Treaty 3 Police Services Board AGM Tomorrow

The Treaty 3 Police Services Board is set to host its annual general meeting tomorrow.

On the top of the agenda is the auditors report for the 2012-2013 fiscal year.

Many supporters of the police force are asking to see the financial statements since the board announced it would close down the service next month.

The meeting is likely to face some tough crowds outside as a rally has been planned at the Best Western Lakeside Inn through out the day to protest the closure.

The meeting starts at 9:00.

Barwick Mine Releases Draft Environmental Assessment

An important document in the development of a gold mine in the Rainy River district is now out.

The draft environmental assessment report for Rainy River Resource's project outlines key environmental and social issues and how they will be addressed.

Vice president Kyle Stanfield says its a very comprehensive.

The company will hold a public meeting next week in Barwick as part of the public input gathering process.

Stanfield says they hope to have a final report completed in 5 weeks time and begin construction of the mine next year after getting government approval.

Rain Washes Out Section of Minto Crescent

The clean-up has started from heavy rains overnight.

The rain caused localized flooding in areas where storm sewers were
overwhelmed by water.

The Minto and Valley Drive areas were also hit hard.

A long section of Minto Crescent has been undermined by water, creating
a 50 foot long gulch.

Pylons have been placed alongside the washout.

In other areas a large amount of sand, gravel and soil has washed down to the bottom of streets in that area of town.

Nault Reflects on AFN's Challenges

A former Aboriginal Affairs minister says he's not surprised that the
Assembly of First Nations is being challenged by a splinter group.

Last week leaders of a new first nations alliance held a seperate meeting
from the AFN's national Assembly.

Former Kenora-Rainy River M.P. Bob Nault says this isn't the first time this has happened.

During Nault's time as Indian Affairs Minister, he slashed the budget of the
AFN, because he felt it was just becoming another large bureaucracy.

Biking for Boobies Tour Hits Kenora

A young man is "biking for boobies".

That's the name of the campaign set up by McMaster student Kyle Chevalier, who has been spending the weekend in Kenora as he continues his journey to British Columbia to raise funds for breast cancer research.

Chevalier encourages folks to support this important cause.

Chevalier says so far he's raised almost 20-thousand-dollars since he started in May and he's also holding a charity barbeque today in front of the Standard Insurance to help raise more money.

The charity barbeque is being co-hosted by the Lake of the Woods Hospital Foundation and will take place
from 11-2 today.

More Fire Activity over the Weekend

Despite some rain over the weekend, the Ministry of Natural Resources
says there were at least four new forest fires in the region.

Two of those in the Kenora District.

One was a small blaze on an island on Lake of the Woods, the other
located north of Minaki.

The MNR says no problem is anticipated with either blaze.

Overnight rain has dropped the fire hazard to low across the region, but fire
crews will continue to monitor lightning strikes from last night's storm system.

Brandon Tops At Ladies Soccer Tournament

Out of town teams took top honors at the annual Lake of the Woods Women's Soccer Tournament.

Brandon blanked Portage La Prairie in Sunday afternoon's A-Side Final.

It was an all-Kenora affair in the B-side final, with Tagg's prevailing over Moncrief United 1-0.

The game was scoreless through regulation and overtime.

Tagg's won the game in the shootout, capitalizing on all of their shots, while United missed twice.

Sedesky/Whitta win Bronzeback

Jason Sedesky and Darren Whitta took top honors at the 7th Annual Bronzeback Classic.

The Kenora anglers were second after day one, but took home the first prize of 35 hundred dollars by hauling in 29.63 pounds of bass.

They beat out the tandem of Trevor Gudreyan and Jayden Belanger by less than a pound.

Gudreyan and Belanger also won a thousand dollars for being the top team in the adult/youth division.

Third place went to Jeff Engstrom and Chris McDiramid.