Non Profit Housing Project ready for Kenora

More details about a housing project in Kenora will be released today.

The Aamikkowiish Non-Profit Housing Corporation will be holding a sod turning ceremony at the Neechee Friendship center this morning.

A total of 17 new housing units are being built for aboriginal families.

The Executive Director of the Ontario Aborigianl Housing Service will also be on hand for the groundbreaking.

The ceremony is scheduled to start at 10:00.

Rain helps fire crews in Northwest

A short-lived reprieve for fire fighters in northwestern Ontario.

Wide-spread cloud and rain help keep the number of new forest fire starts down yesterday.

Only four new blazes were reported in the region, but that's on top of the 103 that are still burning.

Smoke from the fires in the far north remains the biggest challenge for fire crews and aircraft battling the blazes.

Rickford and Clement meet with local evacuees

FedNor Minister Tony Clement says the forest fire situation is a very serious and he is asking the Province to take the initiative and ask for help.

Clement and Kenora MP Greg Rickford met with firefighters and evacuees in Dryden this morning.

Clement says the Federal Government is doing everything it can.

In terms of emergency assitance relief, its up to the Province to ask for Federal support, and Clement says he's hoping they do it "sooner rather than later".

Evacuations Continue from the Far North

More than 3,000 residents of northwestern Ontario have now been evacuated from their homes as forest fires continue to rage through parts of the province.

Mike Morton of Emergency Management Ontario says so far Kenora has not been asked to welcome any evacuees.

Residents of Cat Lake, Sandy Lake, Keewaywin, Wunnamin Lake and Kingfisher Lake have been evacuated to Moosenee, Arthur and as far away as Ottawa.

Youth Charged in Morson Break-ins

Four youth face charges connection with a rash of break-ins in the Morson area of Lake of the Woods.

OPP say a number of cabins at a tourist resort and several homes were broke into over the weekend with damages estimated to be over one-hundred thousand dollars.

The four accused will now appear in Fort Frances court next month on break and enter and possession of stolen property charges

New Confederation College President on Tour

The new president of Confederation College has kicked off his first visit to the regional campuses.

Jim Madder is meeting with staff at the Lake of the Woods Campus in Kenora this week.

He says he wants to strengthen the partnerships the College now enjoys.

Madder says the visit also gave him a better understanding of the issues and opportunities facing the Campus.

Kenora Man fined for Illegally Killing a deer

A Kenora man has been fined three thousand dollars for illegally hunting Deer.

The Ministry of Natural Resources say they arrested a man last November after he had killed a deer on private property on the Essex Road.

MNR Conservation officers conducted an investigation and determined the deer had been killed at night.

Marcel Brousseau was fined for hunting at night and possessing an illegally killed deer.