Plane Crashes near Vermillion Bay

A scare for a young pilot near Vermilion Bay yesterday.

The pilot was able to land his small plane on McIntosh Road, near Canyon Lake around 1 o'clock.

The pilot was reportedly flying from Montreal to Whitehorse, when an engine problem forced him to land on the road.

Shoal Lake Residents get ready for Trek to Winnipeg

Members of the Shoal Lake #39 First Nation are getting ready to embark on a walk to the Manitoba capital.

The march gets underway at 9:00 this morning and make its way to Winnipeg.

Shoal Lake is continuing its campaign against Winnipeg's plan to take water from the lake and sell it to other communities in southern Manitoba.

Ontario Regional Chief Angus Toulouse and grand chief of Treaty Three will be addressing the issue this afternoon.

Local residents in favour of cross-town corridor

Local residents are overwhelmingly in favour of bringing back the Cross-town snowmobile corridor.

A poll on the 895 The Lake webside shows that 100 percent of the respondants want to see the corridor back this winter.

A proposed route for the trail was the subject of a public meeting earlier this week.

NAN continues Governnance Talks with Feds

Nishnawbe Aski Nation continues to work with the Federal Government on forming a First Nation's government model.

NAN Spokesperson Ben Cheechoo says talks should pick up now that there's a Majority Federal Government.

Cheechoo says it will take years to implement a government model for First Nations.

OPP forensics lab progressing

The OPP's news forensics labratory in Kenora is progressing nicely.

Work on the new building began this summer.

OPP Commissioner Chris Lewis says it appears the project is running right on time.

The 14 thousand square foot, state-of-the art facility is being built just east of the Kenora Detachment office on the Kenora By-Pass.

Kenora Hunter Mauled by Black Bear

The Ministry of Natural Resources says its looking into an attack by a black bear on a hunter north of Kenora.

A moose hunter was mauled last Monday morning just south of WoodLand Caribou Provincial Park on Chase Lake.

MNR spokesperson Leo Heyens says because black bear attacks are relatively rare, they want to find out if there was anything wrong with the animal.

The hunter was able to kill the bear using an arrow.

The Kenora man was taken to Lake of the Woods District Hospital and is recovering from his injuries.

Kenora District Services Board going Solar

The Kenora District Services Board is moving forward with solar energy at its affordable-housing units.

The Board has approved one solar roofing system tender for the Maples Seniors building in Keewatin and has issued tender requests for 9-other buildings.

CAO Dan McNeill says he's not to concerned right now about the impact of the upcoming Provincial Election.

The Board says they will be proceeding with roof replacements at 10 Victoria in Dryden regardless of the solar contract from the Ontario Power Authority.

Tough Weekend for local treavelling teams

Not the start the Kenora Triple "a" midget Thistles wanted to their season.

The Thistles lost both games played in the opening weekend of the Manitoba Midget Hockey league.

Saturday the Kenora Midgets were beaten 4-2 by the Eastman Selects.

Friday at Home, the Thistles were trounced 7-0 by the Winnipeg Wild.

Meanwhile, Beaver Brae's football team took one on the chin dropping a 51-0 decision to the Dakota Lancers Friday in Winnipeg.

The Broncos will try to re-group this week when they take on the River East Kodiaks at home on Thursday.

Grassy Narrows braces for long legal battle

The Grassy Narrows First Nations says its prepared for a prolonged legal battle.

The Ontario and Federal government's have indicated they plan to appeal an Ontario Superior Court Ruling that upheld Grassy's Treaty Rights.

Grassy chief, Simon Fobister says the courts ruled that clear-cut logging couldn't take place in their traditional land use territory, and they are willing to continue the fight to protect their rights.

The Ontario Superior Court ruled in Grassy's favour back in August, but the province and federal government started the appeals process on September 15th.