MNR completes Walleye Survey

A Ministry of Natural Resources study is giving credence to the importance of angler habits in the management plans of area lakes.

Researchers looked at the habits of anglers in 157 walleye lakes.

Author Len Hunt says the findings will help the MNR in drafting future plans.

The study did find that lakes in close proximity to anglers do face pressures, but anglers aren't inclined to fish the lakes until stocks are depleted.

Cancer now Canada's Number one Killer

The Vice-President of the North West Regional Cancer Program says cancer becoming the number one killer in Canada a good news-bad news story.

Michael Power says it means that heart disease rates are down and people are now living long enough to get cancer.

Power says now we need to shift to preventative practices.

Power says with the aging population cancer rates will increase.

City Hires new special events coordinator

Tourism Kenora continues to grow.

A new special events co-ordinator has been hired for the city.

Tourism Development Officer, Heather Paterson says Crystal Stokes will be working on a variety of projects in the coming months.

Paterson says they are already planning a number of new events in the city not only for next year, but 2013 as well.

NorWOSSA Court Sport Season Winding Down

The regular season wraps up this week for boys volleyball and girls basketball at Thomas Aquinas and Beaver Brae.

Today, the Saints are hosting Rainy River in their final home games of the season and second last games on the schedule.

Tomorrow T.A. sport teams travel to Ignace before play-offs begin next week.

Tomorrow, Beaver Brae court sport teams play their final games.

The Broncos travel to Dryden to take on the Eagles.

Those games will be webcast a dheagles.com

Non-Emergent Ambulence Service questioned again

Municipal leaders have to take the "bull by the horn" and push for changes to land ambulance service in the Kenora District.

That's the feeling of Dryden mayor Craig Nuttall.

He says staff do a great job but are hindered because of the current rules allowning non-emergency patient transfers.

Nuttall stresses he's seen enough!

He notes its time for the Province to take action on this issue.

Northern Agriculture to be Featured in Toronto

The popular Royal Agricultural Winter Fair will have a Northern Ontario compenent to it this year.

40-agricultural businesses and organizations from across the North will participate in the 10-day event in Toronto.

The Fair attracts over 350-thousand visitors each year.

The Federal Government is supporting the local agricultural Pavilion with a nearly 364-thousand dollar investment.

The Northwest Health Unit Moving on

The old Mount Carmel School is going to have a new lease on life.

The Northwest Health Unit is planning to move its offices on Tunnel Island to the former elementary school.

Chief executive Officer Mark Perreault says they really wanted to bring all their programs back under one roof.

Perreault says they will be moving most of their offices next August, but their Market Square programs won't be making the move until January of 2016.

Northwestern Ontario Jobs

If you want a job in northwestern Ontario, the mining sector seems to be where its at.

The Northwest Training and Adjustment Board has wrapped up its annual community consultation in Kenora.

Sonja Wainio is the executive director and says their biggest job now is to re-train forestry workers.

Wainio says they also want to see if there is some way of re-vamping apprenticeship programs to attrack more young people.