Three Arrested in Death of Pikangikum Youth

Three youth from Pikangikum have been charged with murder in connection to the death of a 17 year old boy in the remote northwestern Ontario community.

The OPP say they charged a 17 year old youth on Wednesday with murder in connection in the death of Calvin Quill.

His body was found behind a home in Pikangikum late Tuesday night.

Yesterday, police laid charges against two other people, a 16 year old boy and a 17 year old male.

All three all due to appear in Kenora Court today.

New Marketing Brand Adopted for Kenora

Call it Brand Aid.

A new tourism marketing concept has been developed for the city of Kenora.

Tourism Guru Roger Brooks has been helping a local group and says he likes

the idea of marketing Kenora as North America's Premier Boating Destination.

A branding committee has spent the past two months going through a number of ideas for a marketing concept, and spent the past three days in an intensive process to select the one idea while will now be used to advertise the city locally, nationally and internationally.

NOACC Approves of Federal Budget

The Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce is giving the Federal budget two thumbs up.

Harold Wilson is the Chief Operating Officer of NOACC and says he's especially pleased that a mining investment incentive has been left untouched for now.

 Wilson says he's also happy that the environmental assessment process is being streamlined

Three Northwestern Ontario Tourism Bureaus Closing

The full impact of the provincial budget is just starting to be felt.

The province has announced that its closing the Tourist Bureau on Highway 17 west at the Ontario/Manitoba border.

That's one of three tourism centers being closed across the region.

The Tourist Information Center in Fort Frances at the Canada/U.S. border is being shut down along with the one in Rainy River.

The Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership is blaming low visitor numbers for the decision to close the centers.

MNR Restructuring

The Ministry of Natural Resources is looking to transform itself.

The Provincial Government included a 3 year plan in the budget that would look at cutting staff and offices.

Minister Michael Gravelle says it was bound to happen since the MNR is running a defecit.

The plan will be implemented if the Provincial budget is passed.

Campbell Angry with God's Lake Payout

Kenora-Rainy River M.P.P. Sarah Campbell is accusing the provincial government of throwing away taxpayers money.

Campbell is angry Minister of Northern Development and Mines Rick Bartolucci has agreed to pay God's Lake Resources 3.5 million dollars for its mining claims in the Big Trout Lake area.

Campbell suggests the government could have avoided the expensive pay-out if it had convened a joint panel, as promised back in 2009 to resolve outstanding issues between the community and God's Lake.

She says Ontario has to be the only province in Canada where a mining company can make a substantial profit without having to break ground.

OPP investigate Fatality in Pikangikum

The body of a 17-year-old boy has been found in the remote Northern community of Pikangikum.

Provincial Police say Calvin Quill was reported missing on Tuesday afternoon.

His body was found behind a home late that night.

Police are treating his death as suspicious.

A post mortem examination is pending.

Ice Anglers Reflect on Their Adventure on Lake of the Woods

A group of American ice anglers rescued off a giant ice floe on Lake of the Woods celebrated the adventure by frying up its catch of the day and kicking back with beers.

Tracy Sobush, one of the 13 men from Wisconsin, says they didn't factor in the wind would loosen a piece of the ice near Birch Point on the Manitoba side of Lake of the Woods.

More than a dozen rescue workers and firefighters were called out and a special airboat was brought in. to help rescue the men.

Thistles lose to the Cougars in Virden

Not the start the Kenora Triple "a" midget Thistles wanted at the Telus Western Regional Championships in Virden.

The Thistles were blanked 4-0 last night by the host Southwest Cougars.

The Thistles managed just 14 shots on net in a losing cause.

The tournament doesn't get any easier today, as the Kenora Midgets face the top team in the Manitoba Midget Hockey League today.

The Thistles will face the Winnipeg Wild at 5:00.

The Wild played to a 3-3 tie with the Saskatoon contacts yesterrday afternoon.