City Buys new Boat

The City of Kenora will soon have a new boat for its fleet.


Council has aproved the purchase of a 24 foot vessel with a
drop bow.

Councillor Dave McCann says the boat will allow them to take
over bear traps and other equipment needed to do work on the
island.

In the past, the city had to wait until the winter and use the ice
road to bring over material.

The boat will cost just over 42 thousand dollars.

Show Us Your Colors raises $$$

Organizers of the first ever Show Us Your Colors fundraiser for local cancer

patients proved to be a success.

Despite some wet weather, organizers says they managed to raise about
12 thousand dollars.
The dinner at Norman Community Club was sold out, and funds were also
generated through the sale of solar lights and a penny auction.

This weekend there will be another fundraiser for cancer.

The annual Relay for Life is scheduled to take place Friday night.

SIU to investigating downtown shooting

The Ontario Special Investigations Unit has been called in to look into
a shooting incident in downtown Kenora.
Last night just after 8:00, the OPP say they responded to a domestic
dispute on 1st Street South.

An officer responding to the incident was confronted by a woman who was
wielding a knife outside of an apartment block.

The OPP say shots were fired and both on and off-duty officers provided
first aid to the injured woman at the scene.

She was then transported by ambulence to Lake of the Woods District Hospital
for treatment and then airlifted to the Winnpeg Health Sciences Center.

The name of the 39 year old woman has not been released by police.

Anti-Racism Rally Today

There's going to be an anti-racism rally today in Kenora.


Students in Beaver Brae's Canadian/Native Literature class
will be holding a march from the football field to the Harborfront
starting at 10:15.

The rally is called Bridging the Gap and is being held to promote
cultural awareness in the community and the school's student body.

The march is scheduled to wrap up around 12:30 this afternoon.

Woman shot in downtown Kenora

A section of downtown Kenora is still taped off by the OPP following an
incident on 1st Street South.

Around 8:30 last night there are reports that a woman armed with a
knife was shot by police.

So far, the OPP have not released any details of the incident, but
eye witnesses suggest a woman lunged at an officer with a
knife, before any shots were fired.

The whole section of 1st Street South is blocked off from Donny B's
to Matheson Street South.

Council debates Main Street Traffic issues

Some members of Kenora City Council aren't happy with the way traffic flows through

the downtown area.

Council spent a lengthy amount of time debating the merits of the current system, which
was brought in last year following phase one of downtown revitalization.

Councillor Jim Parsons says he's heard a number of complaints from local residents.

Operations manager Rick Perchuck says they hired a specialist to design the current system
and felt council agreed with the changes at the time.

Perchuck says a public meeting could be held to get feedback from local residents about
the current design, and possibly make changes, if warranted.

Bed shortage eases at Hospital

For the first time in over a month, the bed shortage at Lake of the Woods District

Hospital has started to ease.

On Friday, the Northwest Local Health Integration Network lifted the 1-A status, which
gave the hospital the first opportunity for any long term care beds that became available
in the community.

Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, Marc Belcaen says there has been a slight improvement
in their situation in recent days.

Belcaen says they managed to place five patients from beds at the hospital into long term
care beds in Pinecrest and Birchwood Terrace over the past month or so.