Robbery Suspect Arrested

A 33 year old Kenora faces robbery charges following an assault yesterday on the Kenora Harbourfront.

The OPP say a man had been socializing with three other people he had just met.

They assaulted him and stole his wallet and other personal property.

Early this morning, officers were able to identify one of the suspects based on the victim's description.

James Shingebis has been charged with robbery with violence and is due to appear in Kenora Court today.

Petitions and A Rally in Support of Treaty Three Police Service

Petitions have started up to try and save the Treaty Three Police Service.

Late last week, the board of the Treaty Three Police indicated it was going
to shut its doors due to a lack of funding.

Sharon DeSousa is the regional vice-president of the Public Service Employees of Canada and says they would still like to see the Police Services
numbers to see where the spending problems lie.

A rally is also being planned in Kenora for July 23rd to try and save the
aboriginal police service.

Blood Donor Clinic Starts Up Today

You can help save a life.

The Canadian Blood Services will be holding a donor clinic start this afternoon at Thomas Aquinas High School.

Community Development Coordinator Mike Choi says they still have a number of appointment times available.

The Blood Donor Clinic will take place from 4:00 to 9:00 this evening then
again from 9:30 to 12:30 tomorrow.

Firefly Sets Up Endowment Fund

Firefly has set up a 50 thousand dollar endowment fund with the Kenora and Lake of the Woods Community Foundation.

Firefly board chair Jackie Mitchell says the fund will help support programs that they don't receive funding for.

Mitchell says the fund will hand out grants through the foundation but will be available to Firefly programs throughout the region.

Bimose Gets Language Funding

The Bimose Tribal Council is getting funding from the federal government to
do some language training in the Kenora area.

A grant of just over 67 thousand dollars will be used to hold seven, nine day
language camps.

Bimose says up to 84 adults will get to take part in the aboriginal language immersion
programs.

The camps will be video-recorded and be used for language resource materials.

The funding comes from the Aboriginal Languages Initiative.

Fire Crews Focus on Far North

The lack of forest fire activity in the Kenora district is allowing the Ministry of Natural Resources to move crews to where they're needed.

Crews from this region, along with Thunder Bay, Rainy River and Dryden areas have been deployed to support their counterparts further north.

Over 40 fires are burning, mostly in the Red Lake, Sioux Lookout and Nipigon districts.

Help is also arriving from the MNR's northeastern regions.

Fort Frances Stand Off Ends Peacefully

A Fort Frances man remains in police custody following a lengthy stand-off with OPP.

Police blocked off a section of First Street East, and evacuated residents in the area after the unnamed man barricaded himself inside a home early Saturday morning.

Members of the OPP's Emergency Response Team, their Tactics and Rescue Unit, a Provincial Liaison Team, and Explosives Disposal Unit were called to assist local officers.

The man surrendered almost 13 hours later without incident.

No one was injured.

KACL Hosts Summer Activities

Kids looking for something to do this summer, have another option.

The Kenora Association for Community Living is launching Youth
Activities Kenora next week.

Theresa Wilson is organizing the evening get togethers and says they
are planning a number of different activities.

The activities will take place each Monday evening through July and
part of August.

Morwood and Fisher Tops at Kenora Borealis Triathlon

A couple of familiar faces topped the leader board at the Kenora Borealis Multi-Sport
Triathlon at Garrow Park.

Dan Morwood topped the men's field in the olympic division, while Edie Fisher was tops in the women's competition.

This was Morwood's second win in as many weeks, after winning the Dryden Canada Day Triathlon last weekend.

He finished in a time of two hours and four minutes, about 20 minutes ahead of Fisher.

About 250 people took part in the various triathlon events held yesterday.