Weather records continue to fall across Northwestern Ontario

According to Bill Laidlaw of signal weather services, more temperature records in the Rainy River district tumbled yesterday.

Fort Frances hit 14.2C, shattering the old record of 12 set 1999.

Atikokan hit 15.6C. The old record, set in 1969 was 13.3. Dryden, Kenora, and Red Lake also enjoyed strikingly warm weather. Dryden beating a record set in 1931.

And Sioux Lookout almost made it to the list - they got to 13.7, the old record was 13.9 set 1969.

Signal Weather services' Bill Laidlaw says that we should see another round of records broken today, but the weather will start to change drastically by tomorrow.

"There's a weak cold front coming out og Maintoba that's going to slide across us tomorrow. With that, temperatures start to drop and we'll be down to zero by suppertime."

Atikokan Renewal Committee Meeting tonight

The Atikokan Renewal Committee will meet informally tonight to discuss future projects for the beautification of the community.

The Committee maintains projects intended to spruce up Atikokan as companies such as Osisko move into the region. That includes such projects as tree planting and the recent renewal of Main Street.

Gord Knowles, the Community Development Advisor for the Atikokan Economic Development Corporation also acts as a resource for of the Committee. He says the Committee is always looking for input and volunteers.

"There's always a need for volunteers whether it's getting in and doing physical work or contributing ideas; we're always looking for input from the community, from business people, from local government..."

He added that the meeting tonight at 5:30 at the Outdoorsman restaurant is an excellent forum for that.

Northwestern Ontario shatters weather records

It was a record-breaking weekend across northwestern Ontario in terms of weather.

A number of communities across the region set temperature records including Atikokan.

Bill Laidlaw from Signal Weather Services says the region will continue to shatter records this week.

"We're going to pushing the record country Monday, Tuesday and probably Wednesday as well that's as we get get this warm air. It's just ahead of a cold front. So I'll be keeping an eye on this over the next couple of days and we'll see what shakes out."

Laidlaw says Atikokan broke it's 2009 record of 12.8C yesterday with a high of 14.2C.

And the Fort and the Falls narrowly missed breaking the old record of 16.5 set in 1999 with 16C.