Rickford Applauds Ring of Fire Agreement

The federal minister responsible for the Ring of Fire says he's pleased to see the province making progress.

Greg Rickford says he is encourgaged by this week's signing agreement between the Mattawa First Nations and the Minister of Northern Development and Mines.

Rickford calls it important progress to help advance the incredible potential of the Ring of Fire.

He adds that the federal government is also committed to the development, which will create jobs and prosperity for Northern Ontario.

Kenora School Boards Hosts Mental Health Symposium

Creating Mentally Healthy Schools...that's the theme of a forum taking place in Kenora today.

School board officials from across the region are taking part in the day-long session.

Superintendant of Education with the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board, Joan Kantola says they hope to make it an annual event.

Kantola says all eight mental health leads employed by school boards in northwestern Ontario are getting a chance to meet together to share resources and some of their best practices.

Missing Girl Located

Some good news on the missing person front.

The OPP say they have located a 17 year old girl who had been missing for the past five days.

Police put out a missing person notice earlier this week after Chantel Cameron failed to return to work in the early morning hours of March 22nd.

The OPP say she was finally located last night.

City Brings In Extra Help To Thaw Water Lines

City Crews are continuing to work on thawing frozen water lines in the city.

Operations manager Rick Perchuck says they are making up some ground.

He notes there are still around 80 homes waiting to be thawed.

Perchuk says local contractors have been called in to help speed up the process.

NOMA Supports Energy East Pipeline

The Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association is supporting the TransCanada Pipelines Energy East project.

Vice President of NOMA, Iain Angus says it's the best way to go.

He believes shipping oil via pipeline is a safer option than using rail.

NOMA's comments come after a public consultation sessions in bot Kenora and Thunder Bay this week.

Kenora Figure Skating Club Wraps Up Season Tonight

A chance to see our figure skating stars of the future.

The Kenora Figure Skating Club is holding it's final performance of the season tonight.

Coach Roxanne Daignault says the show is called Dancing through the Decades and feature
dozens of local skaters.

The show begins tonight at 6:30 at the Kenora Rec. Center.

Fiecek Chases Canadian Wheelchair Curling Berth

The Wayne Fiecek Foursome from Kenora will try to advance to the Canadian Wheelchair curling championships this weekend.

Fiecek is in Thunder Bay for the Northern Ontario playdowns.

Three teams are in the competition including rinks from the host club from Fort William and Sudbury.

Opening ceremonies will take place at 4:45 this afternoon.