Kenora

Delegates from the Nisga’a First Nation are in Scotland this week to discuss repatriating a memorial totem pole it says was stolen nearly a century ago.

Seven members, including Nisga’a Nation Chief Earl Stephens, have travelled from British Columbia and are scheduled to meet with staff, curators and politicians at the National Museum of Scotland on Monday.

At the end of day two of the 2022 Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Lake Oahe in South Dakota, Kenora's Jeff "Gussy" Gustafson is sitting in 12th place.

Gustafson reeled in five fishing weighing 12 pounds, three ounces on his second day of fishing.

This brings his two-day total to 31 pounds, 12 ounces. 

The top 47 anglers will go on to compete tomorrow, while the top ten after Saturday will compete in Championship Sunday.

Over $152,000 in illegal drugs, a loaded handgun, and over $30,000 in Canadian currency are off the streets following a coordinated bust in Sioux Lookout.

"Project Dogwood" has resulted in multiple arrests and dozens of charges in Sioux Lookout as OPP officers executed five Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrants in the municipality between August 18, 2022, and 19, 2022.

Residents that live along Preston Street, Thirteenth Avenue North and the 1200 block of Eighth Street North are without water services due a water main break.

In a prepared release, the City of Kenora says crews are "working on completing repairs as quickly as possible to minimize the time customers will be without water."

At this time, it's unclear when water services will be restored or if a boil water advisory will be issued.

Thursday's storm systems brought less rain than expected.

The observation site at the Kenora Aiport reported 10.8 mm of rain following Thursday's storm. So far in August, 52.9 mm of rain has fallen in Kenora - which accounts for 62.82 per cent of the average monthly rainfall.

August has been slightly wetter in Dryden. To date, 66.2 mm of rain has been reported at the Dryden Airport including the 15.1 mm that fell yesterday. In a typical August, Dryden receives about 83.7 mm of rain.

A small chance of showers is in the forecast today, before a hot and dry weekend.

Today is the deadline to put forth a nomination for the 2022 Municipal and School Board Elections and three more people have joined the race for council, for a total of 15.  

Incumbent Mort Goss has put forth his name for council in hopes of re-election. He was first elected to City Council in 2014 and he has served on a variety of municipal committees and boards.

A local family’s push for the Manitoba government to begin twinning the TransCanada may have worked.

In a prepared statement sent to Q104, KenoraOnline and DrydenNow, Premier Stefanson says after receiving the Lugli family’s open letter and seeing its response online, she has instructed the Minister of Infrastructure, Doyle Piwniuk, to review the situation and look for improvements to that stretch of the highway.

The City of Kenora now has just under $3 million to play with after the sale of Town Island officially took place earlier this month, and 82 hectares of shoreline and forests are set to remain public under the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

“The sale of Town Island to the Nature Conservancy is a monumental transaction for the city,” said Mayor Dan Reynard. “This island will now be preserved as green space and the city can invest funds from the sale of this island into important municipal projects for our community.”

Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa is questioning the government on why they’re ‘clawing back’ reconciliation efforts with the Indigenous community.

During this week’s session of Question Period at Queen’s Park, Mamakwa, the NDP’s Indigenous and Treaty Relations Critic, questioned the Minister of Education on why staff were advised to remove connections between Indigenous and western science from elementary science classes.

Jeff "Gussy" Gustafson of Kenora is sitting comfortably after day one of the 2022 Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Lake Oahe in South Dakota.

He caught his limit weighing in at 19 pounds and 9 ounces, good for fourth place. He's not far behind first place Brandon Card of North Carolina at five fish weighing in at 20 pounds and 10 ounces. Weigh-ins go at 3:00pm. The top 47 anglers will go on to compete tomorrow, while the top ten after Saturday will compete in Championship Sunday.