Catholic Board hires new Curriculum Coordinator

The Kenora Catholic District School Board has filled one of its administrative

vacancies.

The separate board has announced that Tammy Bush has been hired to take over as the

Curriculum Co-Ordinator.

Bush fills the vacancy created after Mary Cunningham took on the newly created

job as the board's School Effectiveness leader.

Bush is currently employed by the board at Pope John Paul II School as a grade one teacher.

New Winter Carnival Taking Shape

Kenora's revived Winter Carnival is starting to take shape.

The steering committee for the Carnival met last week to confirm some of the

events that will be taking place during the three day festival.

Heather Paterson is Kenora's Tourism Development Officer and says

there's a lot of excitement about the March event.

The carnival will take place from March 4th to 6th.

Paterson says they will be launching a website in the next

couple of weeks.

RCMP investigate Hunting Accident in Eastern Manitoba

A man is in a Winnipeg hospital after a weekend hunting accident in southeastern Manitoba.

R-C-M-P say the 43-year-old man and a 17-year-old male teen were hunting in the Rural Municipality of Piney on Saturday when the teen accidentally shot his companion.

The victim was taken first to the hospital in Roseau, Minnesota before being transferred to Winnipeg where he's listed in critical but stable condition.

Mounties say they're considering charges.

New Fiber Optic Network promised for Northern Ontario

Within five years, 26 Nishnawbe Aski First Nations Communities will hooked up to fibre optics.

The federal and provincial governments along with Bell Aliant are making it happen.

Kenora MP Greg Rickford says the 55 million government dollars is taxpayers money well spent.

Total cost of the project is 86 million dollars.

Hampton Joins Protest over high hydro costs

Spiralling electricity costs continue to plague the McGuinty Government.

Energy Minister Brad Duguid confirmed hyro rates will be going up 46 percent

over the next five years.

Kenora-Rainy River MPP Howard Hampton says its time for local northern residents to speak out.

Hampton demanded the Government remove the Harmonized Sales Tax off hydro bills to provide some relief.

A rally against high electricity rates took place in Dryden on Friday.

Local Judokas medal at a pair of tournaments

The competitive judo season is underway for the JM Judo Club.

The club recently attended the St. Boniface Tournament and took home a number of

medals.

Thomas Hertz and Calvin Legarde medalled in the Under 13 age group, while

Bo Rodgers and Daniel Gordon placed in the top three in the boys Under 13 age group.

Gordon and Luke Heatherington won medals in two different divisions.

Meanwhile, Ben Dennis won the only medal for the JM Judo Club at the Ontario
International Open Tournament in Toronto this past weekend.

He won gold in the Under 17 boys 46 kilo division.

Kaitie Dennis lost a pair of bronze medal matches in the women's Under 20 and Senior

divisions.