SUDBURY, ON – Students of École secondaire Cité-Supérieure in Marathon won two medals at the regional Cardboard Boat Races held recently in Thunder Bay. The school’s two teams will move on to the provincial competition to be held on March 5th in Kitchener, Ontario. Known for their speed, [Read more]
Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra to showcase Winter Photography THUNDER BAY, ON – The Thunder Bays Symphony Orchestra is looking for your photographs to celebrate winter in Northern Ontario, which will be showcased during the upcoming Holiday Pops concert on December 12. You can participate by [Read more]
ATIKOKAN, ON – The MHS Wolverines are off to the OFSAA Boys “A” Volleyball Championship after a hard fought victory over their NorWOSSA rivals, the Atikokan Voyageurs. The Wolverines defeated the SSSAA ESC de Lavendyre Viperes 3-1 on Thursday afternoon to book their spot in the [Read more]
Young Aboriginal Writers Receive James Bartleman Award Ontario is honouring six young Aboriginal writers from across the province for writing outstanding stories that celebrate their cultures. The James Bartleman Aboriginal Youth Creative Writing Award celebrates Aboriginal youth for their creative [Read more]
This week Liberal and PC Members voted together to ensure that they could sell off public assets whenever they please. New Democrats moved an Opposition Day Motion which would protect public assets and stop any political party from a fire sale of public assets. This is the economical equivalent of [Read more]
FROM : OLG TORONTO, ON – Congratulations to Hornepayne resident Noah Medeiros for winning $250,000 in the October 26, 2013 LOTTARIO draw. LOTTARIO was launched by Ontario Lottery and Gaming in 1978 as Ontario’s first on-line terminal lotto game. The winning ticket was purchased at G & L [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – October 21st, 80 elementary students, representing 11 schools from across the Northshore and Greenstone, gathered in Marathon to compete in SkillsOntario 2014-15 Cardboard Boat races (see full results below). Building took place at the Margaret Twomey Public School gymnasium [Read more]
Skills Ontario Cardboard Boat Races MARATHON, ON – Students from St. Martin School put their designs into action recently creating scale models of the cardboard boat they entered in the cardboard boat race and weight challenge in Marathon on Tuesday, October 21st. Through this initiative [Read more]
TYLER’S WEEKLY INSIDER It truly is hard to believe that October is has almost come and gone. In a few days, our streets will be crawling with little ghosts, goblins and zombies, as flocks of candy seeking children celebrate Halloween. Then we hit November which is normally a slow month for new [Read more]
FROM : SkillsOntario Cardboard Boat Races draw nearly 1500 competitors in 14 cities from 250 schools in Ontario each year ONTARIO – You might be surprised to learn that students building a boat out of cardboard, duct tape and glue can change our province. Skills Ontario is working toward [Read more]
Ontario government recognizes outstanding artists and arts organizations Ontario celebrated the winners of the 2014 Premier’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts at a gala event at Roy Thomson Hall this evening. The annual awards program honours Ontario’s outstanding artists and arts [Read more]
CROCKER LAKE, ON – Sunday, August 24th, White River LLC with the support of ‘Bob Izumi’s Kids, Cops & Canadian Tire Fishing Days‘ and local business RJ’s Bait (providing bait at no cost to participating anglers) hosted their annual Crocker Lake [Read more]
Submission by Andrea Zapcic RED ROCK, ON – Saturday August 9th the Township of Red Rock was pleased to host the 32nd Annual Paju Mountain Run organized byEconomic Development Officer Sarah Clowes and Summer Student Andrea Zapcic. The morning of the run was warm and filled with [Read more]
Workers recognized for ongoing commitment to health and safety Ontario mining operation Barrick-Hemlo earns national workplace safety recognition with the J.T. Ryan Award, presented annually to the metal mine with the lowest incident rates in Canada. This is the first time Barrick-Hemlo has [Read more]
CONGRATULATIONS! To the winners of OntarioNewsNorth.com’s Live from the Rock folk festival CONTEST!! GRAND PRIZE WINNER: The original winner was Heather Doiron of Hornepayne unfortunately she is unable to attend and so relinquished her prize to be re-drawn NEW WINNER Shelley Buffitt of [Read more]
