Kenora Man arrested in Dryden

A Kenora man is in Dryden Police custody.

City Police were alerted to an abandoned dump truck on Highway 17 just east of the cemetery around 2 o'clock this morning.

Police contacted the registered owner and found out that the vehicle was stolen from Thunder Bay.

Officers and the OPP K-9 unit followed footprints into the cemetery and to a local business.

The accused was found hiding in a storage building.

Police say 39 year old David Wayne Sandberg faces a charge of possesion of property obtained by crime.

Blood Donor Clinic Wraps up today

A good turn-out for the first day of the Blood Donor Clinic in Kenora.

Yesterday, 162 people showed up at Thomas Aquinas to give the gift of life.

Canadian Blood Services says it collected 137 units of blood on day one.

That was three higher than their original goal.

Today there are still 30 appointment times available.

The Blood Donor Clinic runs until 12:30 this afternoon.

Field set for 2012 Ontario Scotties in Kenora

The final teams have qualified for the 2012 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts taking place in Kenora next week.

Former provincial champion, Sherry Middaugh qualitied for the Scotties over the weekend in a last chance tournament.

She's joined by another former Ontario champion, Jenn Hanna from Ottawa, who also qualified through the last chance bonspiel.

A total of ten rinks have been confirmed for next week's draw, including four from northern Ontario.

The Scotties will begin Monday evening at the Kenora Curling Club.

Northwestern Ontario Health Survey Results

The Northwestern Health Unit is painting a poor portrait of the lifestyles of local residents.

The Health Unit has just released a number of reports that looks at some of the overall issues affecting the health of people living in this region.

Dr. James Arthurs says on a per capita basis we're one of the poorest areas of the province.

Arthurs says the good news is the Health Unit can use these reports to develop programs or put more money into existing programs to improve the health of local residents.

Illegal Deer Hunting in Kenora

Two Kenora men are 22 hundred dollars poorer after illegally killing a deer.

David Adams and Victor Longe were stopped MNR conservation officers on the English River Road, north of town back in October.

The officers found evidence that Adams had killed a deer, which he denied at the time.

The conservation officers discovered that Adams had killed an antler less deer three days before and didn't have a tag for the animal.

The harvested deer and parts of another deer were located at Longe's home.

Illegal Hunting in Vermilion Bay

A Vermillion Bay man is going to have to cough up a thousand dollars for illegally killing a wolf.
Trevor Robinson pleaded guilty to hunting and killing a wolf without a license.

The MNR says they received information that Robinson had shot a wolf on Little Clay Road near Vermilion Bay back in November of 2008.

Robinson was not licensed to hunt wolves, but he affixed a seal on the dead animal from another hunter.

Kenora's 2012 budget

Progress is being made on Kenora's 2012 budget.

A draft of the operating and capital budgets has been completed.

Councillor Ron Lunny says councillors will get a chance to view the proposed budget over the next couple of weeks.

Last week the City of Dryden approved a 10 percent increase, but Lunny says Kenora's increase won't be anywhere near that high.

WestJet

WestJet developing a regional jet service could mean big opportunity for Confederation College students.  Dean of Aviation Joe Vieira says it will benefit both pilots and mechanics.

WestJet could add 40 turboprop jets to compete head to head against Air Canada.

Vieira says he hopes this'll lead to more people enrolling in the the avaition mechanics program.

Special Olympian:David Ducasse

A Special Olympian from the Fort Frances district is being adopted by the Ontario Provincial Police.


Officers and staff across the district will help raise money for David Ducasse to attend the Ontario Provincial games at the end of May.

David Ducasse will compete in bowling in his third trip to the provincials.

Area residents can also help out by visiting the detachments or going online to specialolympics2012games-dot-com.