Winter weather on the way

It looks as if Old Man Winter is finally going to make an appearance in northwestern Ontario.

Severe Weather Specialist, Geoff Coulson says a system developing in the west could drop as much as five centimeters of snow tomorrow and
Friday.

Coulson adds that another weather system in the U.S. midwest could drop even more snow on northwestern Ontario over the weekend.

KPDSB embraces classroom technology

The face of classroom instruction has completely changed in the Keewatin-Patricia School District.

At the Board's November meeting, Trustees were shown new methods of learning, with students having access to labtops, SMART Boards and student-teacher blogs.

Director of Education Jack McMaster says students and teachers have embraced the move.

McMaster notes they have found that students grades and will to learn have imroved with the new technology.

American Angler Fined for using fake licence

Not knowing the name of the mayor of Mississauga, was the downfall of a Chicago-area angler caught fishing on one of northwestern Ontario's biggest lakes with a fraudulent Ontario Outdoors card.

The Park Ridge, Illinois man was charged in August after a routine

boat inspection on Lac Seul determined he was not from Mississauga, the municipality he used when he purchased his card.

Conservation officer Tim Neidenbach says he asked the man who the mayor of Mississauga is, but he didn't know her name.

Neidenbach says most people who live in Mississauga know it's Hazel McCallion, who has been the city's mayor for 31 years.

Neidenbach says the man, who was fined $5,000, is an avid fisherman who had been using a fraudulent Outdoors Ontario card since 1993.

Trucking Company Fined for Diesel Spill

A trucking company has been fined 10 thousand dollars for failing to clean up a diesel gas spill on Highway 17 east of Kenora.

Day and Ross Incorporated pled guilty in Kenora Court last month to one violation under the Environmental Protection Act.

Court heard that back on April 1st, 2009, a tractor trailor belonging to the company left the Trans-Canada Highway about 30 kilometers east of Kenora.

The fuel tanks ruptured and about 170 liters of diesel spilled into the ditch.

The Ministry of the Environment ordered the spill to be cleaned up within 20 days, but the actual work wasn't carried out until 60 days later.

Treaty Three Police Establishes Endowment Fund

The Treaty Three Police says it wants to give back to the local community.

The aboriginal police agency has established an Emergency Services Endowment fund through the Kenora and Lake of the Woods Regional Community Foundation.

Chief of Treaty Three Police, Conrad Delaronde says their employees have agreed to support the fund through payroll deductions.

Delaronde says the endownment fund is open to all emergency service employees in Kenora.

Broncos Hockey Teams win on home ice

A three goal barrage with just over a minute left in the game propelled the Beaver Brae Broncos to a 4-2 win over the Dryden Eagles in the Boys High School Hockey opener yesterday.

The Broncos spotted the visiting Eagles an early 1-0 lead before Joel Gordon scored late in the second.

Chris Hrabec tied the game with a shorthanded marker with 1:05 left to play, before Curtis Zilinski recorded the winner 11-seconds later.

Joel Gordon iced the game with an empty-netter, his second of the game.

The Broncos outshot the Eagles 37-28.

In Girls action, the Beaver Brae Broncos held on to beat the Fort Frances Muskies 3-1 at the Keewatin Arena.

Haley Moncrief, Erin Gasparini and Sam Smith scored for the Broncos, who improved their

record to 2-0 in league play.

Appointments still available for Blood Donor Clinic

Canadian Blood Services says it still has plenty of appointment times available for its blood donor clinic.

Day two will start at 9:30 this morning at Thomas Aquinas School.

Harvey Heather says as of yesterday they still needed to fill 60  appointment times.

The blood donor clinic will run until 12:30 this afternoon.

American Angler Faces Hefty Fine

An American man has been fined a total of 5-thousand dollars for several offences, after he was caught fishing on Lac Seul near Ear Falls.

The man told conservation officers that he lived in Mississauga and showed him an Ontario resident Outdoors Card and fishing licence for residents.

An investigation revealed that the man had been posing as an Ontario resident since 1993 in order to obtain a licence, even though he never lived in Ontario.

Wojciech Rzepka of Park Ridge, Illinois was convicted of 3-counts of possessing a void fishing licence, angling without a licence and making a false statement.

Two men arrested following high speed chase

Two Thunder Bay men have been arrested following a high speed chase through Kenora.

Police initially tried to pull over a vehicle on Lakeview Drive early Sunday morning for a routine traffic stop.

Instead of stopping though, the vehicle sped away.

Police tried to set up a spike belt on Lakeview Drive but they were able to avoid it.

Later officers deployed spike belts on Essex and Beauty Bay Road.

The occupants of the vehicle fled on foot and were arrested a short time later.

32 year old Chadwick Atwood and 32 year old Stephen Parr have been arrested and charged with possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking and possession of property obtained by crime.

The driver of the vehicle, Stephen Parr has also been charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and driving while disqualified.

Plans for expanded Kindergarten Programs outlined

The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board has unveiled its plan for expanding full-day kindgergarten in area School's.

Riverview School in Dryden will receive one class next year, while 6 spaces have been set aside for 2012-2013.

Director of Education Jack McMaster says they will also have the program up and running in Savant Lake, Sioux Narrows, Upsala and Pickle Lake next school year.

McMaster notes half of their schools will have the program by the end of year three, with 3-classes in the new Dryden Elementary School, 3-classes at Lakewood School in Kenora, 2 at Sioux Mountain School and 1-class at Red Lake-Madsen Public School.

Broncos hand out Football Awards

Beaver Brae's football team may have bowed out in the quarter-finals of the Winnipeg High School Football League, but the team still had a lot to celebrate at its annual awards banquet last night.

Riley Higens and Billy Kitt shared the Pete Fair Memorial Award for their contributions to the team this year.

The team's nominees for the league awards were also announced, with Dannon Saunders the choice for lineman of the year.

Scott Morgan is nominee for Offensive Player of the Year, while Hudson Boucha is the Broncos nominee for Rookie of the Year.

The league awards will be presented next week in Winnipeg.

Pension Reform Bill ready for hearings

Thunder Bay Rainy River MP John Rafferty's pension bill is being discussed today.

Rafferty says they'll be going clause by claue through the bill for the next two weeks.

Rafferty says they hope to have a vote on the bill just before the Christmas break.

The goal of the bill is to protect the pensions of workers, when the company they work for files for bankrupcy.

OPP Taser Sioux Narrows Man

The OPP say they had to use a Taser to subdue a suspect who had been threatening some officers.

Police were called out to Sioux Narrows to deal with a man who had been making threats.

Members of the Emergency Response Team and a Canine Unit were asked to help locate the man, who had run into the bush.

When the suspect finally came out of the woods, he continues to act in a hostile manner and threaten police.

Officers finally subdued the man using a taser.

22 year old Quinton Tom of Sioux Narrows was arrested and charged with  uttering threats, assault and breach of probation.

Manitoba Angler fined for illegal fishing

A Manitoba man has been fined 26-hundred dollars for having too many fish in his possession.

Peter Hiebert was fined for having 10-walleye over the legal limit and having one-pike of prohibited length.

The man was stopped on May 15th by conservation officers on the Winnipeg River near Kenora.

Of the 10-walleye Hiebert had over the legal limit, 9-were outside the allowable size.

Concern over Illegal Hunting

The OPP in Kenora say they have been getting a number of complaints about hunter illegally going after game.

Over the past couple of days police have investigated a couple of incidents of hunters shooting toward residences and hunting at night in the Essex Road area.

In one case, a Kenora man was found to have shot and killed a deer.

The hunter was located a short time later, and the matter has since been turned over to the the Ministry of Natural Resources for follow-up.

Weekend hockey results

The Kenora Triple "a" midget Thistles droppped a pair of close games at home

over the weekend.

The Thistles hosted the Southwest Cougars and were edged 3-2 yesterday at

the Kenora Rec. Center.

Saturday Kenora Midgets squandered a 3-1 lead in the third period and dropped a 5-3 decision to the Cougars.

Meanwhile, the Kenora double "a" Peewee Thistles took top honors at a tournament in Dryden.

The PeeWee Thistles upended the host Dryden PaperKings 6-4 in the A-side final.

A strong start to the season for Beaver Brae Girls hockey team,

the Broncos blanked the Dryden Eagles 7-0 Friday night at the Thistle Rink.

Blood Donor Clinic This week

Its time to roll up your sleeves again.

Canadian Blood Services is getting ready to hold another blood donor clinic in Kenora over the next two days.

The Clinic will start this evening at 4:30 and run til 9:00 and will also take place tomorrow morning from

9:30 to 12:30.

The blood donor clinic will take place at St. Thomas Aquinas High School.

OPP identify body at Tower Motel

The Kenora detachment of the OPP has concluded its investigation into the death of the man in the Tower Motor Hotel.

He has been identified as 30 year old Allan Henfrey of Kenora.

Henfrey was found deceased in his room early in the morning on November 10th.

A coroner's report concluded that Henfrey died from complications as a result of on going health issues.

OPP-DRUG-BUSTS

Early in the OPP stopped two vehicles on Highway 17-A for speeding and ended up charging the occupants on a varietyof drug charges.

In one incident, a car was pulled over just after midnight.

Officers seized five grams of marijuana, 30 grams of cocaine, 280 dollars in cash and some drug paraphernalia.

29 year old Stephen Baker, and 19 year old David Spellman, both of Fort Frances have been
charged with possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking.

Man found dead at the Tower Motor Hotel

OPP are investigating the death of a 30 year old male at the Tower Motor Hotel in Kenora.

Hotel staff contacted police after they found a male deceased in his room.

Police and ambulance responded to the scene and the man was pronounced dead at the scene and was taken to Lake of the Woods District Hospital.

A post mortem is to be done in the next couple of days.

The Investigationn continues and his name has not been released.