Great Lakes Cyclone Heading Our Way

Windy and wet.

Those are the two key words for the next couple of days.

Environment Canada has issued a weather advisory for Kenora and much of northwestern Ontario.

Severe Weather Specialiist Geoff Coulson says the system is described as a Great Lake Cyclone.

Coulson adds that we could also see winds gusting anywhere from 60 to 70 kilometers per hour

during the next day or so.

Final results in for City Council

Everything old is new again at Kenora City Hall.

Former mayor Dave Canfield was re-elected after a four year hiatus.

Canfield collected 4,178 hundred votes, compared to 1,754 for Andrew Poirier and 715 for Jim Parson.

In the council race, former councillor Ron Lunny topped all vote-getters with 4,021, followed by Sharon Smith at 3,746, Rory McMillan at 3,456 and Rod McKay with 3,037 votes.

Rounding out council are Louis Roussin at 2,838 and Charito Drinkwalter with 2,743.

In the vote for the District of Kenora Unicorporated Ratepayer Association representitive on

the Kenora District Services Board, Barry Baltesson beat out Ingrid Parkes.

There will be a couple of new trustees from Kenora on the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board.

Cecile Marcino garnered the most votes and will be joined by new comers Bob Onysko and

Michelle Ott.

Kahoot elected mayor in Ear Falls

A surprise in Ear Falls where political rookie Kevin Kahoot as defeated Councilor's Tracey Simon and Rob Doyle for Mayor.

Former Mayor Jim Demarais will sit on Council along with Vic Robinson, Rob Eady and Fred Melanson.

Kahoot  is a former Kenora resident and says he's got a great team.

Political veteran Rob Bergman and incumbent Councilor David Wilson finished 5th and 6th respectively.

Nuttall elected mayor in Dryden

A lot of new faces will sit at the Council table across Northwestern Ontario following yesterday's Municipal Election.

In Dryden, Craig Nutall defeated incumbent Mayor Anne Krassilowsky by about 300 votes.

Nuttal says he could sense victory.

Mary Trist, in her first election, was the top vote getter for Council, followed by Mike Wood, Ken Moss, Brian Collins, Martin MacKinnon and Mel Fisher.

Voter turn-out in Dryden was an impressive 61.15-percent.

Sioux Narrows/Nestor Falls council vote

Some familiar faces are back in town council in Sioux Narrows Nestor Falls.

Former Mayor Gerry O'Leary topped all vote getters with 376 and was elected as

a councillor at large along with Norbert Dufresne.

They beat out former councillors Chan Motlong and Lou Kabel.

In ward one, Gail Black was returned as a councillor and in ward two

Wayne Helliar edged out Randy Hanson 103 votes to 91.

Mayor Bill Thompson was acclaimed.

Machin elects a brand new mayor and council

Sweeping changes in Machin as voters decided to elect a brand new Council.

Incumbent Mayor Garry Parkes was unseated by Gord Dingman.

Gordon Griffiths, Ronald Kujansuu, Joseph Ruete and Dennis Peterson were elected to Council.

Incumbent's Laurie Huffman and Paul Kelly finished well behind.

Long time mayors re-elected in Rainy River District

Two long-time municipal leaders retained their seats in municipal elections across the Rainy River District last night.

Dennis Brown captured 80 per cent of the vote to beat out Bob Davidson in a successful defence of his mayor's seat in Atikokan.

Valerie Pizey outdistanced challenger Gerald Fisk to hold on to her mayor's seat in Lake of the Woods township.

Vince Sheppard is the new Mayor of Emo, defeating incumbent Ed Carlson by about 80 votes.

Canfield returns as Kenora mayor

Former Kenora Mayor Dave Canfield is heading back to city hall.

Canfield won last night's mayoralty election in convincing fashion.

He garnered over 41 hundred votes compared to 17 hundred for runner up Andrew Poirier.

Jim Parson was a distant third with 715 votes.

In the council race, Ron Lunny was the top vote getter followed by community activist, Sharon Smith.

Rory McMillan placed third, followed by Rod McKay in fourth, Louis Roussin in fifth and Charito Drinkwalter in sixth.

In the race for public school board trustee, Cecil Marcino was the top vote getter, followed by Bob Onysko and Michele Ott.

Around the region, its a changing landscape in the mayor's chair.

Craig Nuttall upset Anne Krassilowski for mayor in the City of Dryden, and

former Kenora resident Kevin Kahoot is in as mayor of Ear Falls.

Highway 596 Closed between Darlington Bay and Highway 17-A

Residents living on Highway 596 between the Darlingon Bridge and the Kenora by-pass could find it a little more difficult to get home today.

The City of Kenora is doing some emergency road work on the section of the road, about one kilometer south of Highway 17-A.

A culvert is being replaced, and the work isn't expected to be complete until about 4:30 tomorrow afternoon.

Traffic will be stopped at the Darlington Bay Bridge, and only people living south of the dig site will be allowed through.

No-one will be able to cross the dig site until the work is complete.

Traffic is also being stopped at the by-pass for vehicles trying to head south on Highway 596.

Greenpeace Caribou Caravan hits NWO

Greenpeace is touring northwestern Ontario with its "caribou caravan"

The environmental group is pressuring Minister of Northern Development Michael Gravelle and the Ontario Government to save woodland caribou.

Spokesperson Catherine Grant says the government can balance both the environment and forest industry.

Greenpeace started the caravan out last week at Queen's Park in Toronto.

DOKURA Votes for DSAB reps today

There is another vote taking place today as well.

The District of Kenora Unincorporated Rate Payers association is

set to elect a couple of representitives to the Kenora District Services Board.

In the Lake of the Woods North area, Ingrid Parkes and Barry Baltesson are vying for one position.

Polling stations will be set up in a variety of community halls and fire stations throughout the area.

Municipal Election Campaign wraps up today

The 45 day long municipal election campaign wraps up today.

While about 50 percent of the mail-in ballots have already been received at

city hall, people can still do some last minute voting today.

Returning officer, Joanne McMillin says they have two polling stations set up

for anyone who didn't get a voting kit in the mail.

The polls will close at 8:00 and CJRL news will be providing live coverage of the

results this evening right after Radio Bingo.

Busy weekend for High School Sports

 

A good weekend for Thomas Aquinas sports teams.

T.A. entered two teams into the annual Dryden Pumpkin Smash Junior Boys Volleyball tournament.

Both team red and team black finished second in their pools.

While team red lost in the quarter finals to Red Lake, team black advanced to the finals and beat the host Dryden Gold squad two games to one.

In Fort Frances, the Saints girls hockey team won all three of its round robin games, knocking off Beaver Brae, Dryden and Red Lake.

T.A. advanced to the final, but lost a close decision to the defending tournament champions, the Pembina Valley Tigers.

The Beaver Brae junior girls volleyball team also had a strong tournament in Fort Frances.

The Broncos finshed with a 3-1 record including victories over St. Pat's,

Westgate and St. Ignatius, all Thunder Bay high school teams.

Thistle lose twice on the road

A tough weekend for the Kenora Triple "a" midget Thistles.

The local midget squad played two of the toughest teams in the

league and lost both game played over the weekend.

Saturday, the Thistles dropped a 7-1 decision to the Winnipeg

Thrashers.

On Friday, the Eastman Selects overcame an early 2-0 deficit

to beat the Thistles 6-2.

Health Unit starts up flu shot clinics

The Northwestern Health Unit is putting out a call for residents to get their flu shot this fall.

It began it's flu shot clinics last week.

Director of Infectious Diseases Donna Stanley says H-1-N-1 is still cause for concern, but unlike last year, the health unit won't be administering a different shot to help combat that flu strain.

Stanley says priorities groups this year includes those with chronic disease, seniors and young children under five.

Broncos lose final regular season game

Beaver Brae's football team is heading into the play-offs on a down note.

The Broncos were spanked 35-11 by the Kildonan West Wolverines on

Friday in their final game of the regular season.

Beaver Brae's will now face Murdoch McKay in the quarter-finals on Friday

in Winnipeg.

Head Coach Chris Penner says they actually played well against the Clansmen

a couple of weeks ago, even though they lost that game.

The Broncos will play Murdoch McKay at the Eastside Stadium at 5:15 on Friday

afternoon.

Broncos finish regular season today at Home

Beaver Brae's football team is gearing up for the play-offs.

The Broncos play their final regular season game today, knowing they'll finish either third or fourth place in their division.

Broncos quarterback, Colt German says while they had a lot of success with their passing attack last week, he expects they be running the ball a lot more today.

The 4-2 Broncos take on the 3-3 West Kildonan Wolverines, who need a win to make it into the play-offs.

Kick-off is 3:00 this afternoon at Pete Fair Memorial Field.

New Hospital ready to open in Sioux Lookout

Its big, beautful and is equipped with the latest technology.

Its the new 140-thousand-square foot Sioux Lookout Meno-Ya-Win Health Centre and its set to open its doors on November 7th.

Barb Linkewich is the Vice-President of Health Services and she outlines some of the highlights.

The Hospital was designed by Douglas Cardinal and incorprates First Nation culture and traditions.

Compton wants new double lane highway named after Turner

He may be nearing the end of his term in office, but Kenora Mayor Len Compton

is trying to call-in some last minute favours.

Compton has written a letter to Premier Dalton McGuinty regarding the naming

rights for Highway 17 west, when its finally twinned.

The mayor has suggested the double-lane highway should be named in honor

of Canada's 17th prime minister, John Turner.

Turner is a long time summer resident of Coney Island.

Old Fire Hall Declared Surplus

The fate of the old fire hall on Second Street South is still up in the air.

Last week, Kenora City Council declared the property surplus to the needs of the city.

That now paves the way for the city to sell off the Heritage Building.

A request for proposals has been developed and the city is now looking for potential buyers to come forward with their ideas on what they want to do with the building.

The RFP's have to be submitted by the middle of November.