Open Qualifier Will Be Held at Strathcona GOlf Course As Part of STAAL Foudnation Open Presented by TbayTel Week THUNDER BAY, ON – The Thunder Bay District Golf Association (TBDGA) has once again received two exemptions for the Staal Foundation Open at this summer’s event slated for July [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – April 16th, the Northshore’s best badminton athletes travelled to compete at NWOSSA for the chance to represent Northwestern Ontario at OFSAA. Below are the results from that competition, GOOD LUCK to those who go on to represent the North in Markham at OFSAA! [Read more]
WAWA, ON – Some 150 young chess masters will meet in Wawa on Wednesday, April 22, 2014 for the 2nd Franco-Nord-Ouest Chess Tournament. The competition, hosted by Wawa’s École Saint-Joseph, will attract francophone students from the following Northwestern Ontario French Catholic and [Read more]
Canadians consistently put healthcare at the top of the list of issues that are most important to them. 83% of Canadians believe that the federal government needs to take a leadership role in health care, and 80% of Canadians want a stronger healthcare system. In spite of this, Canada has no [Read more]
TERRACE BAY, ON – During the 2014-2015 school year, St. Martin Student Council has planned a number of fundraising initiatives to assist Alex Halonen, a former Holy Angels School student now studying Grade 10 at Lake Superior High School, with his trip to Kenya. Alex will be going to Kenya [Read more]
TERRACE BAY, ON – The Grade 1/2 class of St. Martin School exhibited their environmental awareness, ensuring that they reduced their ecological footprint on our Earth and emerged as the winning class of the waste free lunch challenge. The Grade 8 class created a grass roots project with the [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – The Schreiber North Shore Stars Midget Girls recently returned from the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association’s Provincial Tournament in Toronto finishing a very respectable 4th out of our 24 team division The Stars were in a pool of 24 teams all competing for a shot at the [Read more]
KAPUSKASING, ON – The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) is pleased to hear that the Ontario government will make the Northern Industrial Electricity Rate (NIER) Program permanent in the upcoming budget. The NIER program assists Northern Ontario’s large industrial [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – It’s almost that time again, the Manitouwadge Cancer Assistance Group’s annual Share the Care 5km Walk & BBQ are a sure sign that Spring is here. This year the walk is May 9th from 11am to 1pm, beginning once again from the Rec Centre parking lot the full [Read more]
Wawa Goose Seniors’ Club Spring is coming…tra la la. Bah, Humbug! Let’s try…Meat pies are coming in spring, tra la la? At least that we can get a handle on. The WGSC Drop-In has meat pies in the works, come spring weather or not. Orders are being taken by phone at 705 856 7394 every [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Manitouwadge Public School students have made many memories during the course of this winter, one of the most memorable however may just be how long winter has continued in their community. Like most students in Manitouwadge, those at MPS have no doubt wondered, about [Read more]
Ontario, OPP Remind People to Be Safe as Bears Come out of Hibernation Ontario and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are reminding people to take simple precautions this spring to prevent attracting black bears as they come out of hibernation. “I urge Ontarians to take simple precautions and [Read more]
Canadian’s Rights and Freedoms The Government of Canada seems determined to have Bill C-51 passed as quickly as possible, despite critics concerns that there will be no oversight and that it will have a chilling effect on the thought process, free speech and the ability to protest. Canadians [Read more]
WEEKLY WRAP-UP The sun has been shining and the heaping piles of snow are slowly melting revealing a sight that hasn’t been seen in seemingly forever- grass! This can only mean one thing- spring is coming! Although it has officially been spring for a few weeks now, the weather certainly hasn’t [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – April 14, 2015 – 1022hrs. Valley road in Nipigon has been closed due to washouts. OntarioNewsNorth.com will publish status updates as received from Nipiton OPP Detachment. [Read more]
