Twitter Chat Session About Northern Arts Program Greetings northern artists and organizations! Please join us for a live discussion on Twitter about OAC’s Northern Arts program with Christina Akrong, Northern Arts Program Officer and Marilyn McIntosh, Northwestern Consultant. During the [Read more]
TYLER TALKS Robert De Niro and John Travolta are two of Hollywood’s most notable actors. Travolta made his big screen debut in the early 70’s while De Niro’s first film credit dates all the way back to 1965. With so much experience between them, one would think that they would have appeared [Read more]
TYLER TALKS Residents of Northwestern Ontario need not feel alone. The lack of sunlight and flat out lack of summer that we’ve experienced this year is also being experienced in other parts of our country as well. I just returned home from my vacation in Southern Manitoba and the typical [Read more]
NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO – Lucky readers of OntarioNewsNorth.com will be enjoying either a weekend of folk music at Live From The Rock in Red Rock or an evening with Fred Eaglesmith in Marathon following our Facebook/Twitter contest today. No entries were received via Twitter however entries [Read more]
TERRACE BAY, ON – The Township of Terrace Bay has successfully leveraged support from the Local Initiatives Contribution grant program to further grow the highly successful Lighthouse Street Festival. Superior North CFDC, as funded by FedNor, will be contributing $4,800 towards the costs of [Read more]
Would you like tickets to see attend the Live from the Rock Folk Festival in Red Rock this weekend? How about Fred Eaglesmith in Marathon Monday, August 12th at the Moose Hall? You could win your weekend pass for Red Rock’s folk festival OR ticket to Fred’s concert in [Read more]
Article/Photos courtesy Schreiber Railway Museum SCHREIBER, ON – August 1st the Schreiber Railway Museum hosted a Family Picnic partly as a fundraiser, but mostly as an event to showcase the museum. Local talent performed throughout the event ensuring there was never a dull moment and [Read more]
NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO – The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) held local transportation exhibits last month (July) in Wawa, Schreiber and Hornepayne, Northwestern Ontario communities involved in the “Learn More” process. The mobile transportation exhibit originally made [Read more]
TRAVELLING THE BACK ROADS After playing a great annual festival on Vancouver Island at the end of July, two hard working, diesel-powered Bluebird buses full of gear and talented people are now headed to Ontario. Count ’em: Songwriters Bill Poss and Tiff Ginn, Guitarist and Keyboard [Read more]
CROSSOVER INSIDER : TYLER TALKS Very few brands have enjoyed the longevity and staying power as G.I. Joe. In 1964, Hasbro introduced a line of plastic toys that took the world by storm. Every household with children had G.I. Joes strewn across the floor while kids played and traded figures with [Read more]
Results & photos courtesy Schreiber Public Library SCHREIBER, ON – As part of the Schreiber Public Library’s great calendar of Heritage Days events a Chalk Drawing Contest was held yesterday, Wednesday, July 17th, challenging local, and visiting, kids to share their artistic side [Read more]
CROSSOVER INSIDER Every sport has its key moment- that decisive event that changed the future of the game. In 1947, when Jackie Robinson set foot onto a baseball field wearing the number 42 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Major League Baseball had its key moment. Jackie Robinson was the first African [Read more]
INSIDE REVIEW Twilight is arguably one of the most successful film franchises of all time. With over 3 Billion dollars of worldwide box office dollars to its credit, it’s hard to dispute that there may not be another franchise to reach those gaudy numbers in quite some time. It was no surprise [Read more]
PIC RIVER FIRST NATION, ON – It’s going to be a wonderful weekend as members of the Ojibways of the Pic River First Nation celebrate culture and tradition during their 30th annual Pow Wow this weekend from Friday, July 12th through to Sunday, July 14th. [Read more]
CROSSOVER INSIDER Here’s hoping that everyone had a fantastic Canada Day! The Staff at Crossover Video and Games would like to use this opportunity to thank all of our loyal customers from across the North Shore for your continued support. We are proud to be a local, Canadian owned business! [Read more]
