Ontario Fire Rangers Heading Home

Some of Ontario fire fighting resources in British Columbia are coming home.


A total of 168 Ministry of Natural Resources fireRangers and support personnel are scheduled back today following a two-week deployment in the west coast.

Sunday, the province sent 206 personnel, including some from northwestern Ontario, to replace those returning.

Kenora District Services Board loses CAO

The Kenora District Services Board is losing it's top gun.


Cheif Administrative Officer Sten Lif has announced his retirement effective March 2011.

Lif says the Board has turned into a 50-million dollar organization in just 12-years.

The District Services Board hopes to have a replacement for Lif in place
before his departure next year.

Bearskin Lake youth faces Murder Charge

A 15 year old youth from the Bearskin Lake First Nation is due to appear in Kenora Court this morning on murder charges.

The Nishinaski-Aski Police says they were called to the nursing station in the remote community early Sunday morning.

Police say one man had been pronounced dead at the scene, while the other was taken to hospital in Sioux Lookout for treatment.

The deceased has been identified as 20 year old Neil Fiddler from Bearskin Lake.

An autopsy will take place in Toronto today to determine the cause of death.

In the meantime, the OPP's Northwest Crime Unit has been brought in to help out
with the investigation.

The 15 year old suspect, has been charged with second degree murder and also
attempted murder.

Ignace man charged in cold case

OPP have laid charges against an Ignace man in a cold case investigation that dates back to the mid 80's.


Between 1985 and 1987, Thunder Bay OPP looked into a number of cases where a man wearing a disguise and at times brandishing a weapon entered homes and sexually assaulted women.

A man was arrested and charged in 1987 but the charges were dismissed 2-years later.

Police reopened the case in 2007 and today arrested 62-year-old Donald Milani.

Milani has been charged with 19-offences including break and enter, sexual assault, wearing a disguise while committing an indictable offence, forcible confinement and robbery.

He has been released and scheduled in Court on August 30th.

Airport looking to increase traffic

The Kenora Airport Authority is looking for ways of increasing traffic at their facility.

Members of the Airport Authority met with Kenora M.P. Greg Rickford yesterday to discuss how the federal government might be able to help
out.

Rick Lovelace is chair of the airport authority and says they have big plans, which will require a lot of financial support.

Lovelace says they'd also like to build a new airport terminal, but all those plans will require funding from both the federal and provincial levels of government.

New Service Ontario Site Open

For the second time in less than a year the location to re-new your driver's licence in Kenora has moved.

A new Service Ontario office has opened up on Main Street South in the old Land Titles Office.

The site will offer both Ontario Health card and driver and vehicle licencing services.

The new Service Ontario office opened yesterday to the public and replaces the former site at the provincial building on Robertson Street.