Phew! …back home from a great adventure with the kids, Aguasabond Gorge, Thunder Bay, Anishnawbe Keeshigun @ Old Fort William, MRI @ TBRHSC, Shopping, Chippewa Wildlife Park, Amethyst Mine, Pukaskaw National Park, and some others. Have a ton of photos to go through, an article or two on deck [Read more]
I thought that having posted the bulk of photos & articles from Wadgefest ’09, it was time to have all the links in one post that people wanting to look back could access them more easily (don’t forget, I try to keep an up-to-date list of all articles on the page titled articles [Read more]
I’m pondering one of those which came first situations… You know – the chicken or the egg? Well, more specifically in this case the spirit or the community. What? don’t know where I’m going with this one? well, here’s the thing, we all love to hear people go on [Read more]
My beautiful Emeraude at her swimming lessons @ the Manitouwadge Oasis Pool. This foam canoe is a favourite with the kids. I am so proud of how well she is doing. She has some trust issues that when the instructors are asking her to lay back and relax (something she does in the tub with no [Read more]
Manitouwadge Volunteer Firefighters responded to a call on Graham Road Sunday after the oil in an outdoor deep fryer spilled over causing the device to catch on fire. The homeowner who had been frying fish for their family, was quick to call for help and Manitouwadge Fire Department volunteers [Read more]
Well, with camping, Powwows, Wadgefest and life, we have severely neglected our indoor sprouts (some now 3 feet tall hardly sprouts anymore) and outdoor garden but yesterday, as Lloyd began mowing the lawn, I raced to weed what I could that he might chop it up with the lawnmower and it become mulch [Read more]
Community campfire in Manitouwadge by Karina Hunter As part of Wadgefest celebrations, the Manitouwadge Fire Department volunteer firefighters hosted a community bonfire Friday, August 7th, 2009. Residents gathered at Lion’s Beach on the shore of Lake Manitouwadge where a huge playground, [Read more]
Happy Sunday everyone! Usually my Sunday posts come after worship but unfortunately, though I was in town this morning, we did not make it to worship. Needed to let the kids catch up on some sleep as well as being quite fatigued myself. So, it’s been a busy week in Manitouwadge, and on the [Read more]
Parade participants gathered at the old High School and as rain drizzled down, service vehicle sirens wailed, sounding the autocade’s debut. Mani-touwadge residents lined the streets of the nearly 2km parade route; children scrambling to gather lolipops and candies thrown from each [Read more]
Title: Silent Auction Location: KG\’s Bar & Lounge Description: Fundraiser for the Mtwdge Humaine Society Start Time: 12:00 Date: 2009-08-07 I’ve ordered my prints, working on a binder with a few event coverage collections (Relay for Life, Museum’s Hillbilly day, School Grads [Read more]
Manitouwadge General Hospital celebrates 50 years serving the community by Karina Hunter Manitouadge General Hospital (MGH) welcomed visitors Friday as part of their 50th Anniversary festivities. A 50th anniversary flag was raised by Bob Kirkpatrick, chair of MGH’s board of directors before [Read more]
Tomorrow is Cathy Nickerson’s funeral and I am not at all looking forward to it. Although I know ‘closure’ is something we need when dealing with the loss of someone special but I would have preferred to see her children for a much happier occasion. I did not realize at Christmas [Read more]
Celebrating Tradition by Karina Hunter Pic Mobert First Nation hosted their 24th Annual Powwow this weekend on the shores of the White River. Native and Non-native participants and spectators braved wet cold weather to enjoy traditional drumming, singing, dance, foods and crafts [Read more]
Title: Pic Mobert Pow Wow Location: White River Camping Description: Mobert Pow Wow on the shores of the White River, great family event (alcohol free grounds) Start Date: 2009-07-31 End Date: 2009-08-3 If this has published, I’m most likely already at the Pow Wow, watching Emeraude dance and [Read more]
If you live or have lived in Manitouwadge during the last 30-40 years you most certainly knew of Cathy Nickerson, in some capacity. She was the kind of person that ‘everybody knows’ because her warmth of spirit just had a way of drawing people in to want to know her. She lived here [Read more]
