Snow leads to arrest of Thieves

All the snow is making it easier for local police to solve crimes.

The OPP say they were called out to a residence in Minaki over the weekend following a break-in.

Police say a quantity of food was stolen from the fridge.

Officers managed to follow the foot prints of the culprits to their hideout.

A 20 year old man and a 17 year old male youth have both been charged with break, enter and theft.

Jeffrey Questions NDP Allegations

Ontario Natural Resources Minister Linda Jeffery says show me the proof!

The NDP's Gilles Bisson claims road access to some remote lakes in the North is being cut off in favour of tourist outfitters.

Jeffery says she needs specific details.

Jeffery says there are instances where road access is being controled to protect those remote areas.

Cold Weather here for a while

Get ready for some long johns weather.

Bill Laidlaw from Signal Weather says a cold Arctic air is making its way over the area and will stick around for a little while.

Laidlaw says we will get a short break from the cold Thursday but by the weekend we'll be right back into the deep freeze.

Canfield delivers Inaugural Address

New Kenora Mayor Dave Canfield is putting to rest any suggestion the city will use any of the Citizan's Prosperity Fund to help pay for any new infrastructure projects.

In his inaugural address, Canfield says if he has his way, council won't be allowed to touch the principal of the 41 million dollar trust fund.

While Canfield presented a sobering picture of the city's finances, he did promise to grow Kenora's economic base and also its population again.

OPP warn of poor ice conditions

The Kenora OPP are advising local snowmobilers not to head out on any local bodies of water just yet.

Over the weekend, four snowmobiles went through the ice of local lakes.

Constable Dave Cain says while the temperatures have been relatively cold, there has been too much snow to make good ice.

There was one fatality over the weekend, after a 55 year old man died after going through the ice of a lake near Ingolf.

Houston Lake Plans more Drilling near Kenora

Houston Lake Mining says it plans to do more drilling on its property southwest of Kenora this winter.

The company has been conducting exploration work on its West Cedartree property near
Sioux Narrows for a number of years.

Company president Trevor Walker admits they have lost some ground to other exploration companies like Rainy River Resources, but is still bullish on their gold project.

He says they recently secured 10 million dollars in funding to continue their
exploration work.