Bombardier Strike in Thunder Bay over

Striking Canadian Auto Workers members at Bombardier's Thunder Bay plant have reached a tentative agreement after just one day on the picket line.

Both sides reached an agreement last night.

The 700 union members, who assemble rail cars at the plant, are expected to vote on the offer on Saturday.

Staff walked off the job Tuesday but both sides returned to negotiations yesterday morning.

City Considering Lawsuit over Bridge Repairs

The City of Kenora is talking legal action to get the provincial government to help pay for much needed repairs to a couple of local bridges.

The price tag to fix up the Keewatin Channel and the Winnipeg River West Branch Bridges is going to be at least six million dollars.

Kenora mayor Dave Canfield says a lawsuit is one way of forcing the government's hand.

The bridges were downloaded onto the municipality 14 years ago, and Canfield suggests some of the problems predate the transfer.

He plans to bring the issue up as his number one priority at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario convention in London later this month.

City Fails Safety Audit

The City of Kenora has received a failing grade in a recent work place safety audit by the WSIB.

Kenora was given 35 out of 100 in the Workwell audit.

While some councillors aren't happy with the audit results, Health and Safety officer, Bruce Graham says the news isn't all bad.

Another Workwell Audit will take place in February and the Graham predicts the city will perform much better.

NDP Releases more of its Northern Platform

Much of NDP's election platform for the north is still under wraps, but leader Andrea Horwath is giving us a sneak peak.

She is making promises that involve changes to the laws involving mining and keeping those resources here

The NDP is also promising to scrap the current wood allocation process.

City wants houseboats moved off Bush Island

The City of Kenora is planning to crack down on people parking houseboats illegally on municipal property.

Councillor Ron Lunny says they've been getting complaints from Coney Island residents about a number of houseboats moored just off Bush Island.

Lunny says the city will give the owners of the houseboats until the end of September to find somewhere else to park.

A lull in Forest Fire Battle

For the first time in two months, there were no new forest fires reported in northwestern Ontario.

Two days of showers has brought some relief to firefighters battling more than a 100 wildfires across northwestern Ontario.

Up to 30 millimetres of rain fell in some parts of the region.

The precipitation and cooler temperatures, will allow FireRangers to consolidated hose lines around some of the bigger fires and help crews focus their suppression efforts.

Elections Ontario Getting Ready for October 6th

The Ontario provincial election is just under two months away.

Elections Ontario, the agency tasked with managing the election, is getting prepared.

Deputy chief electoral officer Lauren Wells says for the first time, voters will get the chance to vote by mail.

Wells says Elections Ontario will have its returning offices up and running in early September.

Clean Energy Grants Awarded

Two companies in the Kenora District are getting funding to change over to clean energy.

Slate Falls Outposts will get just over nine thousand dollars to install a new solar powered system to replace propane appliances.

Dorsey Contracting is a tree-planting company, and is getting a grant for just over 13 thousand dollars to install a new geothermal heating system to power one of its buildings.

The funding from the province's Northern Energy Program.