Team Canada is looking forward to their friendly rivalry with their angling counterparts from the South.
The Canadian team is being led this year by Kenora Resident Jeff Gustafson.
Gustafson says they're relying on old techniques.
For results after the weigh ins log onto www.kbifishing.com
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
KBI Starts Thursday
You still have a chance to fish in the 2009 Kenora Bass International.
The KBI officially gets underway tomorrow with weigh-ins taking place under the big tent on the harbourfront.
Chair Tracey Laffin says they have room for more boats in this year's fleet and will accept last minute registration's today.
The KBI Rules and Orientation will be taking place at 6pm this evening under the big tent.
The KBI officially gets underway tomorrow with weigh-ins taking place under the big tent on the harbourfront.
Chair Tracey Laffin says they have room for more boats in this year's fleet and will accept last minute registration's today.
The KBI Rules and Orientation will be taking place at 6pm this evening under the big tent.
Red Lake Federal Funding
A major project in Red Lake is getting considerable aid from the Federal Government.
Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty announced today 2.3-million dollars in funding to develop the Nungesser Road Industrial Park.
The money will be used to extend water, sewer, hydro and telephone service to half of the 80-proposed lots.
Officials hope the Park located near the Goldcorp Mine and the Red Lake Airport will help create new economic opportunities.
The Conservatives are also giving the Chukuni Communities Development Corporation 300-thousand dollars to assist small and medium sized businesses.
Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty announced today 2.3-million dollars in funding to develop the Nungesser Road Industrial Park.
The money will be used to extend water, sewer, hydro and telephone service to half of the 80-proposed lots.
Officials hope the Park located near the Goldcorp Mine and the Red Lake Airport will help create new economic opportunities.
The Conservatives are also giving the Chukuni Communities Development Corporation 300-thousand dollars to assist small and medium sized businesses.
Quetico Race
Quetico Provincial Park continues to celebrate its Centennial Anniversary with the return of the legendary Cross Quetico Canoe Race.
The 200-kilometre endurance challenge takes competitive paddlers over lakes, portages, rivers and creeks.
The original race started in 1962.
This year's race starts Saturday morning at 6 o'clock and is expected to end Sunday night at 6.
The starting and end point is the Main Beach of French Lake at the Dawson Trail Campground.
20-teams from Minnesota and Ontario are scheduled to compete.
The 200-kilometre endurance challenge takes competitive paddlers over lakes, portages, rivers and creeks.
The original race started in 1962.
This year's race starts Saturday morning at 6 o'clock and is expected to end Sunday night at 6.
The starting and end point is the Main Beach of French Lake at the Dawson Trail Campground.
20-teams from Minnesota and Ontario are scheduled to compete.
Money for Education
The Provincial Government is boosting education in Northwestern Ontario with more then 1.5-million dollars in funding.
Confederation College is getting 1-million to launch a new Trades and Technology program.
Demand for the course is high as workers who have been hit by layoffs have flocked to Confed. to upgrade their skills.
The money will allow for 260-more students to enter the program.
Lakehead is receiving 285-thousand to fund research that will look at the utilization of wood as a value-added project and another 150-grand to study new harvest planning strategies.
Confederation College is getting 1-million to launch a new Trades and Technology program.
Demand for the course is high as workers who have been hit by layoffs have flocked to Confed. to upgrade their skills.
The money will allow for 260-more students to enter the program.
Lakehead is receiving 285-thousand to fund research that will look at the utilization of wood as a value-added project and another 150-grand to study new harvest planning strategies.
MNR Fish Study Rainy Lake
The Ministry of Natural Resources is keeping a close watch on the Fish population in Rainy River.
Area Biologist Darryl McLeod says their studies show the bass fishery remains strong.
McLeod says the fishery may change now that walleye stocks are beginning to improve.
Area Biologist Darryl McLeod says their studies show the bass fishery remains strong.
McLeod says the fishery may change now that walleye stocks are beginning to improve.
Household Hazardous Waste Day
Get ready to toss out your old cans of paint, dead batteries and old propane cannisters.
The City of Kenora will be holding its annual household hazardouswaste disposal day this weekend.
The annual event will take place at the Waste Transfer Station on August 9th.
There will be a 10 dollar charge per vehicle, and the city says due tothe large number of vehicles expected, they will be accepting cash only.
Household hazardous waste disposal day will take place from 9:00to 4:00 Sunday.
The City of Kenora will be holding its annual household hazardouswaste disposal day this weekend.
The annual event will take place at the Waste Transfer Station on August 9th.
There will be a 10 dollar charge per vehicle, and the city says due tothe large number of vehicles expected, they will be accepting cash only.
Household hazardous waste disposal day will take place from 9:00to 4:00 Sunday.
Cold July
If you say the month of July was cold, you are right, it was!
MIX FM Meterologist Bill Laidlaw says most of Northwestern Ontario experienced their coldest July since 1992.
Laidlaw notes we had lot's of rain days but precipitation was below or at normal across the Region, with the exception of Red Lake.
MIX FM Meterologist Bill Laidlaw says most of Northwestern Ontario experienced their coldest July since 1992.
Laidlaw notes we had lot's of rain days but precipitation was below or at normal across the Region, with the exception of Red Lake.
Marine Rescue
Two American anglers survived a 48-hour ordeal stranded on Rainy Lake.
A Minnesota houseboat company overheard a May-Day call Saturday night and contacted Canada Border Services.
The OPP and U.S. Coast Guard were dispatched and the men were located in Bleak Bay.
OPP say their 18-foot vessel ran into engine troubles and the boat was drifted across the Bay to a site where they couldn't be seen.
No one was injured.
A Minnesota houseboat company overheard a May-Day call Saturday night and contacted Canada Border Services.
The OPP and U.S. Coast Guard were dispatched and the men were located in Bleak Bay.
OPP say their 18-foot vessel ran into engine troubles and the boat was drifted across the Bay to a site where they couldn't be seen.
No one was injured.
Council Vacancy
Wanted: someone to sit on Kenora City Council for one year.
The city has decided to seek applications from the public to fill thevacant council seat created by the resignation of Andrew Poirier last month.
Chief Administrative Officer, Bill Presentanz says it will be up to council to select someone qualified from the applications they receive.
Presentanz says a by-election was ruled out due to the cost of staging the vote.
He says a mail-in ballot would cost the city about 40 thousand dollars to prepare.
The city has decided to seek applications from the public to fill thevacant council seat created by the resignation of Andrew Poirier last month.
Chief Administrative Officer, Bill Presentanz says it will be up to council to select someone qualified from the applications they receive.
Presentanz says a by-election was ruled out due to the cost of staging the vote.
He says a mail-in ballot would cost the city about 40 thousand dollars to prepare.
Layton on Seniors in NWO
The federal New Democrats say the Harper government has to do abetter job helping seniors.
Jack Layton was in Kenora earlier this week and met with local seniors to talk about issues important to them.
Layton says there are several things the government can do to makelife easier for Canada's seniors population.
Layton says he's also pushing the federal government for an overhaulof the Employment Insurance system to make it easier for workers tocollect benefits.
Jack Layton was in Kenora earlier this week and met with local seniors to talk about issues important to them.
Layton says there are several things the government can do to makelife easier for Canada's seniors population.
Layton says he's also pushing the federal government for an overhaulof the Employment Insurance system to make it easier for workers tocollect benefits.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Northern Ontario Schools
Colleges and universities in Northern Ontario are thinking of offering incentives for students to study there.
Post-secondary institutions in Southern Ontario are awash in students, but their northern counterparts have more spaces than they can fill.
The northern schools say they should take in some of the over flow of Ontario students.
They say that makes more sense than building new costly colleges and universities in the south.
Post-secondary institutions in Southern Ontario are awash in students, but their northern counterparts have more spaces than they can fill.
The northern schools say they should take in some of the over flow of Ontario students.
They say that makes more sense than building new costly colleges and universities in the south.
Busy Weekend for OPP
Kenora OPP were kept busy this August Long Weekend with over 300 calls for service.
Police dealt with 52 licquor licence act violations, six reported thefts and several cases of break and enter.
As a result of RIDE checks, 29 year old Samantha Scott and 57 year old John Collinson were charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle.
Officers also issued four 3 day suspensions for drivers registering a warning at roadside checks.
Police dealt with 52 licquor licence act violations, six reported thefts and several cases of break and enter.
As a result of RIDE checks, 29 year old Samantha Scott and 57 year old John Collinson were charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle.
Officers also issued four 3 day suspensions for drivers registering a warning at roadside checks.
OPP Marine Flares
OPP Detachments across Northwestern Ontario are now accepting expired marine flares.
Due to environmental concerns and the dangers of explosion, old recreational marine flares shouldn't be disposed at landfill sites.
OPP will be accepting them until Saturday, at which time they will be handed over to Transport Canada.
Boaters are encouraged to check the expiry date on all marine flares.
Due to environmental concerns and the dangers of explosion, old recreational marine flares shouldn't be disposed at landfill sites.
OPP will be accepting them until Saturday, at which time they will be handed over to Transport Canada.
Boaters are encouraged to check the expiry date on all marine flares.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
98th Kenora Fair
The Agricultural community will be front and centre starting today at Kenora kicks off its 98th fair.
Organizer Carol Kurz says there will be plenty of entertainment and activities for young and old.
Kurz notes the Farmer Olymics will be held on Saturday.
The fair opens its doors this evening at 6 and closes at midnight.
Organizer Carol Kurz says there will be plenty of entertainment and activities for young and old.
Kurz notes the Farmer Olymics will be held on Saturday.
The fair opens its doors this evening at 6 and closes at midnight.
2009 Roads Work
Kenora City Council will be spending over a million dollars on improving area roads.
The 2009 Roads Program tender was awarded to Pioneer construction, and includes five streets and one lane.
Operations Chair Dave McCann explains how much of the bill the City will be responsible for.
McCann notes resurface and grading work will begin in the near future.
The 2009 Roads Program tender was awarded to Pioneer construction, and includes five streets and one lane.
Operations Chair Dave McCann explains how much of the bill the City will be responsible for.
McCann notes resurface and grading work will begin in the near future.
Health Unit Funding
The Northwestern Health Unit is getting over 300 thousand dollarsfrom the provincial government to test water systems in the region.
Starting this year, the Health Unit is taking over testing smaller water systems at resorts and fly-in fishing camps from the Ministry of the Environment.
The money will help train health unit employees and pay for travel to remote parts of the Kenora and Rainy River Districts.
The Health Unit estimates it will take about three years to inspect about 12 hundred water systems.
Starting this year, the Health Unit is taking over testing smaller water systems at resorts and fly-in fishing camps from the Ministry of the Environment.
The money will help train health unit employees and pay for travel to remote parts of the Kenora and Rainy River Districts.
The Health Unit estimates it will take about three years to inspect about 12 hundred water systems.
Shoal Lake #39 on Highway 17
A first nation community located near the Manitoba border says itsconcerned about plans to twin the Trans-Canada Highway to Kenora.
Chief of Shoal Lake #39, Eli Mandamin says his community has neverbeen consulted about the multi-million dollar project.
Mandamin says he has written to Kenora M.P. Greg Rickford asking fora meeting about plans to double lane Highway 17, but so far he hasn't heard from anyone from either the federal or provincial governments.
Chief of Shoal Lake #39, Eli Mandamin says his community has neverbeen consulted about the multi-million dollar project.
Mandamin says he has written to Kenora M.P. Greg Rickford asking fora meeting about plans to double lane Highway 17, but so far he hasn't heard from anyone from either the federal or provincial governments.
NAN Self Governance
After 12 years of talks, the Nishnawbe Aski Nation is closing inon self-governance.
NAN representatives and federal officials signed two agreementsin principle yesterday to allow the First Nation to move into the next phase of its ultimate goal -- self-governance and jurisdiction over education.
The northern Ontario First Nation's negotiating committee will now take the agreements in principle back to its respectivecommunities and ask for their support to move onto the next phase of negotiations.
NAN representatives and federal officials signed two agreementsin principle yesterday to allow the First Nation to move into the next phase of its ultimate goal -- self-governance and jurisdiction over education.
The northern Ontario First Nation's negotiating committee will now take the agreements in principle back to its respectivecommunities and ask for their support to move onto the next phase of negotiations.
Caribou Wildlands League
An environmental group is urging the Ontario government to haltall logging and road building in endangered woodland caribou habitat.
The Wildlands League says six out of nine known populations belowthe 51st parallel are at risk of collapsing.
The group says former habitats of six caribou populations havealready been disturbed by logging and wildfires and may no longersustain the species.
Woodland caribou are protected under Ontario's new Endangered Species Act but the government is still developing its conservation plan.
The Wildlands League says six out of nine known populations belowthe 51st parallel are at risk of collapsing.
The group says former habitats of six caribou populations havealready been disturbed by logging and wildfires and may no longersustain the species.
Woodland caribou are protected under Ontario's new Endangered Species Act but the government is still developing its conservation plan.
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