City Council Expands Bow Hunt

Tighten those strings and sharpen your arrows.

Kenora city council is making changes to the city bow hunt.

The season will now begin on September 1st with hunting allowed on private land larger than 5 acres.

Mayor Dave Canfield says that's just the start as the city is continuing to work with the MNR regarding the hunt.

Canfield says controlling the deer population is a balancing act.

KBI Introduces teams Canada and USA

Team Canada and team USA has been introduced for the Kenora Bass International.

The teams were introduced during the KBI breakfast this morning.

Team Canada consists of Aaron Wiebe & Peter Tully, Jim Gustafson & Ben Gustafson, Jess Swenson & Michael Reid, Jeff Dingwall & Blair Dingwall, and Oliver Gibbons and Jason Gibbons.


Team USA is made of Kraig Dafick & Janice Dafick, Jim Flack & Andy Flack, John Liestman & Todd Tougas, Ernie Hearn & Forest Green, and Bill McGhie and Ken McGhie.

The 2 teams compete every year for the Frank Townsend Can-Am Challenge Trophy.

Team USA leads the overall tally 13-12.

National Aborigal Committee Welcomes Brad Maggrah

Added responsibility for Wabigoon's Brad Maggrah.

Maggrah has been appointed
to the National Aboriginal Committee on Species at Risk.

The Committee was created with the mandate to provide the Minister of Environment with advice on the handling of the Species at Risk Act.

His term will last 3-years.

Maggrah is the current President of the Ontario Coalition of Aboriginal People.

Con College Adds New Mining Course

Good news for folks in the region who are interested in a career in the mining sector.

Confederation College is expanding its mining program thanks to a new partnership with the Haileybury School Of Mines in Timmins.

President Jim Madder says the end result will be a ready work force for future mining employment.

The College will deliver the mines program through its Thunder Bay campus.

Sarah Campbell Applauds Youth Job Creation

Kenora-Rainy River MPP Sarah Campbell is applauding the provincial government for its new youth jobs program.

The province will provide up to 78-hundred dollars for each eligible youth, starting in September.

Campbell says it was one of the NDP's demands in the spring budget.

The grant also includes up to one-thousand-dollars to hep youth pay for costs like tools and transportation to work.

Quiet Long Weekend for area OPP

A pretty quiet weekend for Provincial Police in Northwestern Ontario.

Sergeant Shelley Garr says they laid 286 speeding charges, nineteen seat belt charges, six charges for impaired driving and three for distracted driving.

According to OPP Commissioner Chris Lewis, the 2013 Civic Long Weekend saw the lowest number of fatalities in almost 20-years.