Campbell outlines her priorities at Queen's Park

She was elected less than 24 hours ago, but Sarah Campbell says she already knows what her priorities will be once she heads to Queen's Park.

Campbell won 50 percent of the vote in the Kenora-Rainy River last night and says she wants to continue some of the work she was doing at the constituency office.

Campbell won over 24 hundred votes than her nearest rival, Rod McKay of the Conservatives.

Police Arrest two in routine traffic stop

The OPP's fall seatbelt campaign is already paying dividends.

Police say they stopped a vehicle in Kenora on Wednesday for a seatbelt violation.

Officers noticed a small amount of marijuana in the vehicle and decided to investigate further.

In all, they seized 2 grams of marihuana, a small quantity of hash oil, $1800.00 in cash and 140 lbs of stolen copper wire.

20 year old Sebastien LaCasse of Quebec has been charged with possession of property obtained by crime

while Mathieu Hebert of Quebec has been charged with possession of property obtained by crime and possession of a narcotic.

Burning Permits cancelled in Eastern Manitoba

Fires are raging in tinder-dry conditions across a wide area of Manitoba.

The Long Lake fire north of Nopiming Provincial Park was 11 kilometres long and close to a kilometre wide by Thursday evening.

Highway 304 has been closed from Bissett to Wallace Lake after the fire jumped the highway.

There were also several other smaller fires in the region.

Burning permits have been cancelled in eastern Manitoba.

Bronco Court Sport Teams Split with Fort Frances

Beaver's Brae's court sport teams are starting to round into shape.

The Broncos split their games against Fort Frances yesterday.

In girls basketball, the Beaver Brae senior squad needed overtime to beat the Muskies 22-20.

It was close for the junior girls as well, but lost 31-28 to Fort.

In Boys volleyball, the Broncos junior boys needed five sets to get by the Muskies, while the Senior boys lost three sets to two.

Thunder Bay Atikokan

Thunder Bay Atikokan is going Liberal again with Bill Mauro winning a nailbiter over the NDP's Mary Kozorys. Liberal MPP Bill Mauro is back for his third term and says he's going to make some changes this time around.

Former Lakehead University President Fred Gilbert is happy with his campaign even though he finished third.

Election Results

Latest Results from Kenora-Rainy River


Sarah Campbell NDP 10,752 or 49.22%

Rod McKay Conservative 8,314 or 38.06%

Anthony Leek Liberals 2,173 or 9.95%

Jo Jo Holiday Green Party 385 or 1.76%

Charmaine Romaniuk Northern Heritage Party 219 or 1%



Polls Reported: 195/198 as of 1:42 AM Central

Thunder Bay Superior North

The Red Flag of the Liberal Party is still flying high in Thunder Bay Superior North. Cabinet Minister Michael Gravelle took the riding for a 4th term beating the NDP's Steve Mantis who finished 2nd and the PC's Anthony Leblanc who came in third. Mantis says despite the loss he's happy.

Leblanc says he's going to build on what he was able to accomplish in this campaign and is looking forward to his next chance.


Mantis says he isn't sure if he will run again but does want to continue to work to better the riding in some capacity.

Votes Tally

Just short of 22-thousand people cast their ballots in the Kenora-Rainy River riding, the fewest since the riding was formed in 1999.
That's 48 per cent of all eligible voters in the riding.

Broncos lose to River East

Close but no cigar.

Beaver Brae's football team lost its third game in a row, this time a 11-4 nailbiter against the River East Kodiaks Thursday afternoon at Pete Fair Memorial Field.

Despite the loss, head coach Chris Penner says he was impressed by the play of his defense.

Jared Davis led the offense with 199 yards rushing, but was unable to punch the ball into the end zone.

The Broncos next game is again Kildonan East next Friday in Winnipeg.

Campbell wins for the NDP in Kenora-Rainy River

It was almost an NDP sweep of northern Ontario.

The New Democrats held onto the Kenora-Rainy River Riding and won at least three more.

Sarah Campbell topped the polls locally and says repeated visits by her party leader during the election certainly helped the campaign.

Meanwhile, Conservative candidate Rod McKay says he's disappointed that Ontario could have to endure four more years of Dalton McGuinty.

Liberal Candidate Anthony Leek finished well back in third place with just 10 percent of the vote, followed by Jo Jo Holiday of the Green Party and Charmaine Romaniuk from the Northern Ontario Heritage Party.

Election Day in Ontario

Voting in the Ontario election wrap up in a few more hours in the Kenora-Rainy River riding.

Returning officer Ian Simpson says he has about five to six hundred people working at nearly 190 polls across the riding to help make today's vote smooth.

The polls will close at 8 o'clock tonight. 

Anik-2 Satellite out of service

Internet and broadcasting customers across Canada are experiencing disruptions after Telesat lost contact early this morning with its Anik F2 satellite.

It's one of the largest and most powerful telecommunications satellites orbiting the Earth.

The Ottawa-based company is working to restore service that was shut down after something caused the device to turn away from the Earth as a safety precaution.

The disruption has affected services for customers including Shaw Direct TV, news agency The Canadian Press, companies that use C-band, Ku-band and Ka-band services and remote communities in the Far North.

Woman faces charges following vehicle fire in Marathon

A Marathon woman is facing a drunk driving charge and a man is nursing some burns after a bizarre incident yesterday.

OPP say the man was using a gas can to put fuel into a car when the gasoline and the can caught on fire.

The woman then tried to drive away but instead, dragged along the burning gas can which resulted in the car catching fire.

Another Bear Attack in northwestern Ontario

Two maulings by black bears in just over a week is a grim reminder of the dangers of Northwestern Ontario's back country.

A 24-year-old woman working for the Ministry of Natural Resources was attacked Tuesday at Wabikon Lake near Armstrong.

Police say a co-worker managed to fight off the 250-pound bear that attacked the woman.

The woman was airlifted to Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre with undisclosed injuries.

Tuesday's attack followed a mauling about a week ago involving a moose hunter north of Kenora.

The hunter, who was armed with a bow, killed the bear, but needed treatment in hospital for the wounds inflicted by the bear.

Concern Raised about a Liberal majority government

A Lakehead University Economics Professor says it could be a lose-lose situation for Northwestern Ontario if the Liberals win a majority government.

Livio Di Matteo says electing Liberal members could cause the government to not take Northern complaints seriously.

Di Matteo says in the case of a minority government, the situation becomes much more fluid and could give the Northwest a bigger voice.

Ontario's Regional Chief Weighs in on Provincial Election

The province's top aborginal leader says he's not willing to endorse any political party in today's provincial election.

Ontario Regional Chief Angus Toulouse was in the Kenora area this week and says the best he can ask any government is to respect the rights of first nation communities.

Toulouse says demonstrations are becoming more and more common because the government isn't paying any attention to aboriginal rights.

Kenora's Safe Communities Committee

Room for improvement.


That's seems to be the feeling of Kenora's Safe Communities Committee after it received its latest report card.

Co-chair Warren Brinkman says he's not discouraged that they just got a score of 12.7 out of 20.

Brinkman adds that they want to focus on preventing slips and falls this year and tackling the increasing trend of violence in the community.

Hunting Season

The Kenora OPP detachment are reminding residents of a few safety issues when it comes to the 2011 hunting season.



>Wear Blaze orange - let's be seen

>Make sure someone is aware of where you are hunting

>Respect property - do not trespass, ensure you have owners consent
>Be sure to have your hunting license with you


Use of Quads on and off road increase during this time of year, ensure that you are aware of requirements to operate a quad on the roadway.


> Quads can be operated on the shoulder of the roadway and move to travelled portion if shoulder is impassable or unsafe.

> Must operate in the same direction of traffic

> Must be 16 and hold minimum class G2/M2 drivers licence

> Must wear a helmet, have valid insurance and registration

> NO PASSENGERS – even if approved passenger seat

> If speed limits 50 km/hr – you cannot exceed 20 km/hr

> If speed limits exceed 50 km/hr – you cannot exceed 50 km/hr

Election Day

CJRL is your station for the 2011 Provincial Election.


We will have live coverage starting at 8 o'clock tonight.

Mike Ebbeling and Tim Davidson will be giving you all of the local, regional and Provincial results with updates from each of three main party offices.

Liberal Candidate Anthony Leek will be at the Back Alley Bar in Emo.

Progressive Conservative Rod McKay will hold a gathering at the Kenora Best Western AND

The NDP's Sarah Campbell will be in Dryden where she will provide a live webcast from her campaign headquarters.

Aboriginal access to education needs to improve

A call is being made to improve access to education for Aboriginal students.

Pat Smoke is the Aboriginal Students Commissioner and says the next Premier needs to do something to improve the system.

Smoke notes it's harder for remote aboriginal students to make ends meet since they also have to deal with the cost of travel.