Broncos finish regular season today at Home

Beaver Brae's football team is gearing up for the play-offs.

The Broncos play their final regular season game today, knowing they'll finish either third or fourth place in their division.

Broncos quarterback, Colt German says while they had a lot of success with their passing attack last week, he expects they be running the ball a lot more today.

The 4-2 Broncos take on the 3-3 West Kildonan Wolverines, who need a win to make it into the play-offs.

Kick-off is 3:00 this afternoon at Pete Fair Memorial Field.

New Hospital ready to open in Sioux Lookout

Its big, beautful and is equipped with the latest technology.

Its the new 140-thousand-square foot Sioux Lookout Meno-Ya-Win Health Centre and its set to open its doors on November 7th.

Barb Linkewich is the Vice-President of Health Services and she outlines some of the highlights.

The Hospital was designed by Douglas Cardinal and incorprates First Nation culture and traditions.

Compton wants new double lane highway named after Turner

He may be nearing the end of his term in office, but Kenora Mayor Len Compton

is trying to call-in some last minute favours.

Compton has written a letter to Premier Dalton McGuinty regarding the naming

rights for Highway 17 west, when its finally twinned.

The mayor has suggested the double-lane highway should be named in honor

of Canada's 17th prime minister, John Turner.

Turner is a long time summer resident of Coney Island.

Old Fire Hall Declared Surplus

The fate of the old fire hall on Second Street South is still up in the air.

Last week, Kenora City Council declared the property surplus to the needs of the city.

That now paves the way for the city to sell off the Heritage Building.

A request for proposals has been developed and the city is now looking for potential buyers to come forward with their ideas on what they want to do with the building.

The RFP's have to be submitted by the middle of November.

Election Day nears

The municipal election campaign is staggering into its final days.

Votes will be counted on Monday night.

As of Monday, only 43 hundred mail-in ballots had been received at

City Hall, which is less than 40 percent.

Despite the low numbers, former Kenora Mayor Dave Canfield still expects the voter turn-out this election to be over 50 percent.

Canfield is being challenged in the mayoralty race by former Councillor Andrew Poirier and councillor Jim Parson.

Heritage Kenora Opposes move of two fire hall items

The Kenora Heritage Committee is sticking to its guns.

The committee met with fire chief Warren Brinkman last week

to talk about whether two of the identified heritage assets in the

old fire hall on Second Street South could be moved to the new

fire hall on Barsky's Hill.

The Heritage Committee wants the call box and the alarm bell to

remain in the old fire hall.

There is a process that can change the Heritage designation of those two items, but it requires a by-law change by city council.

Brinkman has indicated he still will follow the process through to get the call box and bell moved up to the new fire hall.

Rainy River Resources continues drilling program

Rainy River Resources continues to be pleased with the results from its drilling program south of Kenora.

The information gathered will help better determine the future of an actual gold mine.

President Ray Threlkeld says the results will help determine whether they want to build

and open pit or underground mine.

The company hopes to begin underground exploration early next year.

Metis Wellness Committee makes Donations to OPP

The Kenora Detachment of the OPP has received a some warm gifts.

The Metis Wellness Committee of Kenora has presented the OPP

a number of knitted items officers can carry in their cruisers.

Handmade scarves, mittens and hats have been donated by the

wellness group.

The OPP say they will use the items to comfort people experiencing difficult times.

The clothing was presented to the OPP this week.

211 Network now up and running in Kenora and Rainy River

A telephone help-line that residents can call to access information on a variety of services and programs is now available in both the Kenora and Rainy River districts.

Marie Klassen, executive director of 211 North, says the service, first set up Thunder Bay, expects it to be widely used.

The Northwest Community Legal Clinic helped set up the data base for the 211 service in the region.