Boil Water Advisory in Place

Residents in the town of Rainy River are being told to boil their tap water before using it.

The advisory comes after a major water line break yesterday forced the town to shutdown its water treatment plant, leaving the entire community of one thousand without water for much of the day.

Water services were restored late yesterday afternoon.

The advisory is expected to continue through the weekend.

WFN Contest Back On

The search is on again to find Canada's Ultimate Fishing town.

The World Fishing Network contest will begin accepting nominations March 1st.

Spokesperson Shauna Gosevitz says the success of the event last year convinced them to run it again.

"We ended by crowning Port Alberni, B.C. the Ultimate Fishing Town for Canada," says Gosevitz. "Through the success of the promotion and realizing how many people really enjoyed it and how many towns were able to benefit, we decided to bring it back."

Nestor Falls won five thousand dollars for its second place finish last year.

Shaw Supports Dryden Tournament

Shaw Communication has signed a deal that will make it the major sponsor of the Dryden Walleye Masters for the next three years.

The Cable provider is reportedly contributing up to $15-thousand in cash while agreeing to televise the June tournament live across the Shaw Television network.

Shaw's contribution is allowing organizers to increase the first-place prize to $15-thousand.

No Chronic Wasting Disease Found

The Ministry of Natural Resources says there remains no evidence of chronic wasting disease in northwestern Ontario.

Wildlife Research Technician Tore Buchanan says a strong response to the MNR's request for deer heads from hunters' kills last fall helped in their analysis.

"We did the Kenora, Dryden and Fort Frances areas," says Buchanan, "and we went around and asked hunter's for samples from their deer and we got great cooperation from those hunters."

Of the 362 deer heads collected, none showed signs of the disease.

Plane Skids Off Runway

No injuries are reported after a Wasaya Airways plane slid of the runway at the Kasabonika Airport yesterday afternoon.

All 13 passengers and two crews were taken to the community's nursing station as a precaution.

The Transportation Safety Board is investigating.

A Gift from the Heart

A Fort Frances dental hygienist will be giving a Gift from the Heart this weekend.

Dawn Gustafson of Lifetime Smiles will be among those across the province offering services at no cost.

"The Gift from the Heart is an event to offer free dental hygiene services to the public who have financial difficulty obtaining it on their own," says Gustafson. "It's also to create awareness that there are a lot of residents of Ontario who can not afford preventive dental care on their own."

Eligible residents must book an appointment before Saturday's event.