Fishing Guide Slapped With Hefty Fine

A costly mistake for an area fishing guide.


Ron Lemmon of Bergland has been fined $4,000 for illegally selling walleye and venison.

Court heard that Lemmon guided two anglers on a fishing trip on Lake of the Woods and he encouraged them to take more than the legal limit of walleye and at the end of the trip sold them.

He has also received a 2-year fishing suspension.

The charges followed a two year investigation.

Weather Records

Another warm day yesterday, but suprisingly only one record set.


CJRL Meterologist Bill Laidlaw says Sioux Lookout reached 33.5-degrees, smashing the old mark of 32.8 set in 1969.

Rain and a severe thunderstorm watch also hit the Kenora and Red Lake District's, but nothing major transpired.

Kenora did see 22.8-millimetres of rain last night.

Ear Falls only saw 3-millimetres.

There was no report from Red Lake.

Fire Crews Starting To See Action

Things are really starting to heat up in Northwestern Ontario.

15-new fires were reported yesterday across the District.

That's in addition of 10-fires on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Natural Resources is expecting several more today.

Most of the activity is in the Red Lake and Sioux Lookout District's.

A majority of the new fires are lightning caused but there are some human-caused fires reported.

Tentative Deal For CEP Members At Domtar

The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union says it has reached a tentative deal with Domtar.


The contract covers Domtar's Pulp Mill and Woodlands Operations in Dryden as well as members in Ear Falls and impacts roughly 500-members.

CEP Spokesperson Stephen Boon says the agreement follows almost 40-days of fairly challenging negotiations over the last 9-months.

Boon says they won't be releasing any further information until details are presented to their members.

Boon is recommending ratification.

Meetings are being held in Dryden July 15th and 19th and in Ear Falls this Sunday.

Final voting is scheduled for July 26th.


*Information meetings for 300 CEP Woodlands Members is on Sunday, July 15th at 2PM at the Dryden Legion and at 7PM at the Ear Falls Legion.

Local 105-1 and 105-3 will be holding information meetings for about 200 Mill and Office Members on Thursday, July 19th in Dryden at 2PM and 7PM at the Dryden Legion.

Highway 17 Now Open

Highway 17 is now open after a brief closure this morning.


Provincial Police say a transport jack-knifed around 1 o'clock, blocking both lanes of traffic about 45-kilometres west of Vermilion Bay.

The Trans-Canada was closed for about 2-hours.

No one was injured in the incident.

Diane Kelly Fairs Well In National Debate

Candidates in the Assembly of First Nations leadership race are appealing to area Chiefs for their support.

They gathered last night for a televised debate.

Diane Kelly, a former Grand Chief of Treaty Three, feels she's the best to become Canada's top aboriginal leader.

Kelly says she has the experience to guide First Nations through change.

She believes her experience can be beneficial to the Assembly of First Nations in dealing with senior levels of government.

Kelly is one of seven candidates seeking to unseat current Grand Chief Shawn Atleo.

More than 600 First Nations chiefs will cast ballots at the Assembly's conference next week.