Boobie Nights get ready to Bust Out

Another major fundraiser for a new digital mammography unit at Lake of the Woods District Hospital.

Boobie Nights is back once again this year.

Angela Kuchma is one of the organizers and says they hope a change in venue will help raise more money.

This year the fundraiser will take place under the new tent on the Kenora Harborfront, rather then

the Kenora Curling Club, where its been held the past two years. 

Tickets are now on sale for Boobie nights, which takes place on June 2nd.

Cops run for Cancer in Winnipeg

A total of 55 OPP personnel from northwestern Ontario are back from Winnipeg where they participated in the Cops for Cancer Half Marathon.

The OPP employees came from from Kenora, Dryden, Red Lake, Sioux Lookout, Thunder Bay and Fort Frances.

Another 15 volunteers from the local detachments also helped out at a water station along the marathon route.

The Cops for Cancer Half Marathon is organized each year by the Winnipeg Police Service.

RNAO CEO Visits Kenora

Nurses in Ontario are being underutilized in the health care system.

That's the feeling of the CEO of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario.

Doris Grinspun was in Kenora this morning and says a recent task force report suggests nurses can, and should provide more primary care services.

Grinspun says allowing nurses to carry out more duties, will save the health care system money, and provide better access to primary care for thousands of Ontarians.

Ignace Man faces Mishchief Charges

In Ignace man may have been having a good time, but transport drivers sure weren't smiling.

Provincial Police were called to a Highway 17 business in Ignace after a vehicle pulled in and started doing donuts.

OPP say several tractor trailers had their windshields damaged due to rocks being thrown up.

One transport had to remain out of service due to the damage.

22-year old Cory Jalbert faces two counts of mischief over five thousand dollars.

Cliffs Chooses Sudbury for Chromite Smelter

Cliffs Natural Resources has announced it will build a 1.8 billion dollar chromite processing facility in Capreol, near Sudbury.

Northern Development and Mines Minister Rick Bartolucci says the new smelter will mean about 900 new jobs for the area, half during construction and the other half when it's operating.

Bartolucci says another 700 direct jobs will be created over and above the mining and spin-off jobs as the development takes advantage of the mining expertise in Sudbury.

Ralph Rowe to Face More Charges

A former Anglican Church minister and boy scout leader in northwestern Ontario is facing more sexual assault charges.

Ralph Rowe will appear in Kenora Court at the end of this month on two charges of indecent assault and five charges of sexual assault.

Rowe has already been found guilty on more than 50 indecent and sexual assualt charges in two previous court cases.

He's currently living in the Vancouver area and was served by the RCMP this week.

The charges stem from incidents that allegedly took place between 1973 and 1986 on the First Nations communities of Fort Severn, Big Trout Lake, Wunnumin Lake and Kingfisher Lake.

OPSEU Warns of More Nuisence Bears

The problem of nuisence bears in northern Ontario is going to get worse this summer.

That's the prediction of the president of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union.

Smokey Thomas says the cuts to the Bear Wise program were contained in the recent provincial budget.

Thomas says the number of technicians employed by the Bear Wise program is being cut in half.

Public School Board announces Summer School Opportunties

Two words students dread: summer school.

The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board is bringing back a couple of learning options for elementary and secondary school students this summer.

In August, a Literacy camp will be held in Kenora, Dryden and Sioux Lookout.

The two week camp is aimed at helping kids improve their reading and writing skills in a fun environment.

This is the third year in a row that program has been offered.

A number of courses are also being offered at the secondary level as well at high schools across the region.