The Enteric Outbreak that identified Norovirus on the Acute care side of Geraldton District Memorial Hospital was declared over February 16, 2019 at 10:00am. All restrictions have been lifted. The Health Unit is urging people to refrain from visiting hospitals and long-term care [Read more]
GERALDTON, ON – On January 7, 2019, members of the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to a weapons call on Highway 584, north of Geraldton, Ontario. Police received a 911 call from a member of the public reporting that a male sitting in a vehicle on the side of [Read more]
GERALDTON, ON – On Saturday, December 1, 2018, officers from the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in conjunction with the Superior North Emergency Medical Service hosted their annual “Stuff-a-Cruiser” event in Geraldton and Longlac, Ontario. The [Read more]
Greenstone OPP 10th Annual Stuff-a-Cruiser GREENSTONE, ON On Saturday, December 1, 2018, officers from the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) as well as members of the Superior North Emergency Medical Service (SNEMS) will be collecting food and other items in support of [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – The following unofficial election results have been published by the Municipality of Greenstone: Mayor: Renald Beaulieu; Councillor Rural West Ward: Andre Blanchard (Acclaimed); Councillors Geraldton Ward: John Marion and William Assad; Councillors Longlac Ward: Elaine [Read more]
Superior North Catholic District School Board is welcoming students back to school today (Wednesday, September 5, 2018). Click the image below for a PDF of the document (to enlarge or print) to confirm start/end times of today’s first day of the 2018-19 academic year at school’s [Read more]
All alerts in the region have ended including, as of 11:10 EDT Monday 27 August 2018, the watches (previously published) listed below. _____________________________ Watches 8:34 AM EDT Monday 27 August 2018 Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for: Marathon – Schreiber Geraldton – [Read more]
UPDATED Communities under watch added below please scroll down —- Version française ci-dessous Alerts for: Geraldton – Manitouwadge – Hornepayne – Lake Nipigon – Wabakimi – Wawa – White River – Pukaskwa Warnings 7:54, UPDATED 8:51 PM EDT [Read more]
(Scroll down for other communities) Alerts for: Wawa – White River – Pukaskwa 19:52 EDT Sunday 5 August 2018 No Alerts in effect. Wawa – White River – Pukaskwa _________________________ Alerts for: Nipigon – Marathon – Superior North Watches 7:46 PM EDT Sunday 05 [Read more]
Alerts for: Geraldton – Manitouwadge – Hornepayne – Lake Nipigon – Wabakimi (Scroll down for details of other communities) Warnings 5:29 PM EDT Sunday 05 August 2018 Severe thunderstorm warning in effect for: Geraldton – Longlac – Caramat Nakina – Aroland [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – The Ontario government recently announced its intention to begin public consultation on a new Health and Physical Education Curriculum. The Minister of Education, Lisa Thompson has stated her expectation that beginning in September school boards are to utilize the 1998 version of [Read more]
LONGLAC, ON – (See poster below) Members of the media and the public are cordially invited to attend the Healing Walk for all First Nations and Communities this Thursday. Walkers will be available to speak about a 7-day walk that began yesterday, July 15th, with a pipe ceremony at the [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – On June 20, 2018, at approximately 11:30 pm, members of the Greenstone Ontario Provincial Police (O.P.P.) were conducting a R.I.D.E. check on Highway 584 in the town of Geraldton, Ontario. Shortly after, a vehicle came through the checkpoint and the driver was known to [Read more]
“Experience Superior North” is a week-long face-to-face leadership experience for students from Toronto Catholic District School Board, Crescent Private School-Toronto, Ottawa CDSB, Simcoe-Muskoka CDSB, and Wellington CDSB and is hosted by Superior North Catholic District School Board. [Read more]
Are you getting “ticked”? The Thunder Bay District Health Unit has been receiving an increasing number of tick submissions. Most ticks in the Thunder Bay district are wood (dog) ticks and do not carry Lyme disease. However, blacklegged (deer) ticks have the potential to carry the disease and [Read more]
