Hockey Day In Canada Update

By: Tim Davidson

2009-05-14

08:10:27

Kenora is still in the running for CBC's Hockey Day in Canada.

The city was notified yesterday afternoon that Kenora was one of three finalists in the running to host the day long TV special in 2010.

Councillor Chris Van Wallenghem says CBC officials will be in town either May 25th or 26th for a site visit. 

Kenora was one of six potential sites selected for nexts years event, and the CBC says it will decide within 10 days of its tour where Hockey Day in Canada will take place. 

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New School Dryden

By: Tim Davidson

2009-05-14

08:09:30

The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board is still hopeful that construction can begin this year on a new elementary school in Dryden.

The board had to go back to the drawing board after the last design came in way over budget.

Dean Carrie is the Superintendant of Business and says they are trying to stay within the 14.3 million dollar allocation from the Ministry of Education. 

The initial design had room for as many as 600 students.

The project is expected to go out for tender by the end of June, and construction could begin before the end of summer.

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LOW Hospital Energy Audit

By: Sheri Leviski

2009-05-14

08:08:13

The Lake of the Woods Hospital has hired Honeywell Corporation to look for energy efficiencies in their building.

The company will be conducting an energy audit this month.

C.E.O. Marc Balcaen says the report should be ready some time in June.

The hospital is paying Honeywell 32 thousand dollars for the audit and study.

Meanwhile, the hospital is also one of 25 facilities to undergo a purchasing protocol audit by the Ministry of Finance.

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Recreation Centre Plan

By: Tim Davidson

2009-05-14

08:07:25

The City of Kenora is planning to spend up to 50 thousand dollars on a recreation plan.

Councillor Chris Van Wallenghem says they not only want to find ways of streamlining costs at the Kenora Rec. Center, they also want to maximize usage.

Van Wallenghem adds that the study can also be used to tap into infrastructure money announced by the federal government recently, which will be used to fix up aging recreation facilities. 

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Cancer Care NWO

By: Tim Davidson

2009-05-14

08:00:12

Northwestern Ontario residents have a higher incidence of cancer than other parts of the province.

That's according to Dr. Michael Sherar, who is the vice-president of regional programs for Cancer Care Ontario.

He was in Kenora yesterday for the annual spring forum.

Sherar says there are a number of reasons for the higher cancer rate in this region.

Dr. Sherar says fortunately, this region has very good cancer treatment facilities.

He adds that despite the large distances between hospitals, patients can often get treatment in their home communities thanks to the tele-health system. 

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