Broncos lose to River East

Close but no cigar.

Beaver Brae's football team lost its third game in a row, this time a 11-4 nailbiter against the River East Kodiaks Thursday afternoon at Pete Fair Memorial Field.

Despite the loss, head coach Chris Penner says he was impressed by the play of his defense.

Jared Davis led the offense with 199 yards rushing, but was unable to punch the ball into the end zone.

The Broncos next game is again Kildonan East next Friday in Winnipeg.

Campbell wins for the NDP in Kenora-Rainy River

It was almost an NDP sweep of northern Ontario.

The New Democrats held onto the Kenora-Rainy River Riding and won at least three more.

Sarah Campbell topped the polls locally and says repeated visits by her party leader during the election certainly helped the campaign.

Meanwhile, Conservative candidate Rod McKay says he's disappointed that Ontario could have to endure four more years of Dalton McGuinty.

Liberal Candidate Anthony Leek finished well back in third place with just 10 percent of the vote, followed by Jo Jo Holiday of the Green Party and Charmaine Romaniuk from the Northern Ontario Heritage Party.

Election Day in Ontario

Voting in the Ontario election wrap up in a few more hours in the Kenora-Rainy River riding.

Returning officer Ian Simpson says he has about five to six hundred people working at nearly 190 polls across the riding to help make today's vote smooth.

The polls will close at 8 o'clock tonight. 

Anik-2 Satellite out of service

Internet and broadcasting customers across Canada are experiencing disruptions after Telesat lost contact early this morning with its Anik F2 satellite.

It's one of the largest and most powerful telecommunications satellites orbiting the Earth.

The Ottawa-based company is working to restore service that was shut down after something caused the device to turn away from the Earth as a safety precaution.

The disruption has affected services for customers including Shaw Direct TV, news agency The Canadian Press, companies that use C-band, Ku-band and Ka-band services and remote communities in the Far North.

Woman faces charges following vehicle fire in Marathon

A Marathon woman is facing a drunk driving charge and a man is nursing some burns after a bizarre incident yesterday.

OPP say the man was using a gas can to put fuel into a car when the gasoline and the can caught on fire.

The woman then tried to drive away but instead, dragged along the burning gas can which resulted in the car catching fire.

Another Bear Attack in northwestern Ontario

Two maulings by black bears in just over a week is a grim reminder of the dangers of Northwestern Ontario's back country.

A 24-year-old woman working for the Ministry of Natural Resources was attacked Tuesday at Wabikon Lake near Armstrong.

Police say a co-worker managed to fight off the 250-pound bear that attacked the woman.

The woman was airlifted to Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre with undisclosed injuries.

Tuesday's attack followed a mauling about a week ago involving a moose hunter north of Kenora.

The hunter, who was armed with a bow, killed the bear, but needed treatment in hospital for the wounds inflicted by the bear.

Concern Raised about a Liberal majority government

A Lakehead University Economics Professor says it could be a lose-lose situation for Northwestern Ontario if the Liberals win a majority government.

Livio Di Matteo says electing Liberal members could cause the government to not take Northern complaints seriously.

Di Matteo says in the case of a minority government, the situation becomes much more fluid and could give the Northwest a bigger voice.

Ontario's Regional Chief Weighs in on Provincial Election

The province's top aborginal leader says he's not willing to endorse any political party in today's provincial election.

Ontario Regional Chief Angus Toulouse was in the Kenora area this week and says the best he can ask any government is to respect the rights of first nation communities.

Toulouse says demonstrations are becoming more and more common because the government isn't paying any attention to aboriginal rights.

Kenora's Safe Communities Committee

Room for improvement.


That's seems to be the feeling of Kenora's Safe Communities Committee after it received its latest report card.

Co-chair Warren Brinkman says he's not discouraged that they just got a score of 12.7 out of 20.

Brinkman adds that they want to focus on preventing slips and falls this year and tackling the increasing trend of violence in the community.

Hunting Season

The Kenora OPP detachment are reminding residents of a few safety issues when it comes to the 2011 hunting season.



>Wear Blaze orange - let's be seen

>Make sure someone is aware of where you are hunting

>Respect property - do not trespass, ensure you have owners consent
>Be sure to have your hunting license with you


Use of Quads on and off road increase during this time of year, ensure that you are aware of requirements to operate a quad on the roadway.


> Quads can be operated on the shoulder of the roadway and move to travelled portion if shoulder is impassable or unsafe.

> Must operate in the same direction of traffic

> Must be 16 and hold minimum class G2/M2 drivers licence

> Must wear a helmet, have valid insurance and registration

> NO PASSENGERS – even if approved passenger seat

> If speed limits 50 km/hr – you cannot exceed 20 km/hr

> If speed limits exceed 50 km/hr – you cannot exceed 50 km/hr

Election Day

CJRL is your station for the 2011 Provincial Election.


We will have live coverage starting at 8 o'clock tonight.

Mike Ebbeling and Tim Davidson will be giving you all of the local, regional and Provincial results with updates from each of three main party offices.

Liberal Candidate Anthony Leek will be at the Back Alley Bar in Emo.

Progressive Conservative Rod McKay will hold a gathering at the Kenora Best Western AND

The NDP's Sarah Campbell will be in Dryden where she will provide a live webcast from her campaign headquarters.