Broncos face Elmwood in WHSFL Quarter-Finals

The Play-off Picture in the Winnipeg High School Football League is now clear.

Beaver Brae will take on the Elmwood Giants in quarter-final action this Thursday.

Elmwood finished third overall in the Currie Division Standings, while the Broncos were in a three-way tie for 6th.

The game will be played at the East Side Field at 5:00.

Meanwhile, Bronco running back Dylan Pykerman was near the top in a couple of offensive categories.

He was the third leading rusher in the league with 788 yards on the ground and scored 10 touchdowns, which was also the third best total in the division.

RCMP Investigate Hadashville Break-in

A hefty theft in the Hadashville area of Manitoba.

The RCMP says it was contacted about a break and enter to a restaurant around 2:00 Sunday morning.

Police say the culprits made off with a large floor safe.

No indication how much money was in the safe at the time.

Anyone with information about the break-in is asked to contact the Falcon Lake Detachment of the RCMP or Manitoba Crimestoppers.

Heavy Fog Creates Treacherous Driving Conditions

You might need a fog horn in order to get to work this morning.

Heavy fog is making travel difficult this morning with near zero visibility in some places.

Caution is advised on all roads in the Kenora area.

Environment Canada says the fog should lift later this morning as the sun finally makes an appearance for the first time in nearly a week.

Wanted: Lake Friendly Businesses

Be on the lookout for some Lake Friendly business in the new year.

A new campaign is being developed to recognize companies and stores that are trying to curtail their environmental footprint.

Kelly Saunders helping to launch the Lake Friendly intiative and say they just want to raise awareness through this campaign.

Saunders says their goal is to launch the Lake Friendly program around the Home and Liesure show next spring.

Duties Being Shuffled at the Council Table

You might consider it kind of a cabinet shuffle at the council table.

Kenora City Council is going to try and do things a little differently over the next couple of years, doing away with the committee structure.

Instead, each councillor will be given a portfolio, they will be in charge of.

Councillor Rory McMillan will take over Community Services, which he says presents some interesting challenges.

Council is expected to approve the new committee structure at tonight's open council meeting.

Health Unit Promotes Physical Activity

The Northwestern Health Unit is urging workers to take a break.

The Health Unit is out with a Physical Activity Kit.

Health Promoter Jessica Kivell has the details.

Kivell says being active in the workplace can improve employee morale, job satisfaction and reduce stress.

Aboriginal Women's Help Line Launched

The Ontario Native Women's Association is helping remote first nation communities feel more connect to large urban centres.

They've provided 3 years worth of funding for the Aboriginal Women help line called Talk 4 Healing.

Coordinator Robin Haliuk says the help line is open.

Haliuk says often first nation women can feel isolated.

Crimestoppers looks for Help Cracking down on Graffiti

The OPP and Crimestoppers wants to stop Graffiti in Kenora.

There has been numerous mischief incidents in the city between August 13th and September 8th.

Crimestoppers is asking anyone with information to call 800-222-8477.

All calls are anonymous.

Ontario Liberals to Choose New Leader January 25th

The Ontario Liberal party will hold a convention on January 25th to choose a new leader to take the reins from outgoing Premier Dalton McGuinty.

McGuinty has said his successor will decide when to recall the legislature, which he prorogued when he announced his surprise resignation last Monday.

The prorogation infuriates the Tories and N-D-P, who are calling on McGuinty to reverse his decision and let M-P-P's get back to work.

More Downtime for Fort Frances Mill

Downtime at the Resolute Forest Products Mill in Fort Frances.

The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union says workers were notified Friday that both the kraft and paper operations will be shutdown for 2-weeks starting on October 28th.

A lack of orders is being cited.

PeeWee Girls Win in Winnipeg

A promising start to the season for a couple of local girls travelling teams.

The Lake of the Woods Canucks won the PeeWee division of a pre-season tournament in Winnipeg.

The Canucks took the A-Side Championship yesterday with a 2-1 win.

Maren Turner and Hannah Yaremko each scored in that contest.

In the Atom girls division Canucks were the runners-up after losing in the championship game.

Thistle Lose two of three at Home

The Kenora Triple "A" Midget Thistles have fallen back to the .500 mark on the season.

The Thistles dropped a 5-1 decision yesterday to the Winnipeg Thrashers at the Rec. Center.

That was their third game in four days.

On Friday, the Kenora Midgets completed a two-game series against the Norman North Stars with a 4-3 win.

The Thistles record is now three wins, three losses and an overtime loss.

Their next game is Wednesday in Beausejour against the Eastman Selects.