NOMA Conference Day 2

Photo Courtesy of City of Dryden website

Municipal leaders will sit down with a handful of Provincial Ministers today in Marathon at the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association Conference.

President Anne Krassilowsky introduces two of the delegates.

Other speakers include NDP Leader Andrea Horwath as well as Parliamentry Secretary to Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Donna Cansfield.

MNR RFZ

Photo Courtesy of Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources

No more roasting marshmellows by the campfire.

The Ministry of Natural Resources has issued a restricted fire zone in Northwestern Ontario.

Fire information officer Debbie MacLean outlines why the restriction was put in place.

Marathon, Terrace Bay, Nipigon and North are not within the restricted fire zone.

Harbourfront Tent

The City of Kenora is going to chop up the work needed to construct a new tent on the harbourfront.

Underground work will be part of the first phase with the wall coverings to be dealt with at a later date.

Operations Manager Rick Perchuck says they want to put the project out for tender as soon as possible.

The underground work costs less than a million dollars, the entire project with coverings is estimated at 1.4 million dollars.

Warm Weather Kenora

Don't expect an immediate end to the dry weather conditions.

Geoff Coulson of Environment Canada says we've have about half our normal precipitation for April.

He says that'll continue for at least the next week in northwestern Ontario.

Coulson says the dry conditions can be blamed on the El Nino weather pattern.

Home and Trade Show

Photo Courtesy of Kenora District Chamber of Commerce website

This weekend marks the 24th annual Kenora Chamber of Commerce Home and Trade Show.

Chamber Manager Darcie Buchanan says they've got sixty exhibitors signed up.

The event kicks off tonight and runs until Sunday.