McGuinty Meets Israeli Prime Minister In Visit To Jerusalem Ontario’s life sciences mission celebrated the first new partnerships signed between Israeli and Ontario companies at a ceremony in Tel Aviv. The partnerships included: Ontario’s Ministry of Research & Innovation and [Read more]
HAWK JUNCTION PHONES BACK IN SERVICE (Hawk Junction, ON) – On May 25, 2010 at 10:00 am Bell Canada advised Superior East OPP that the phone lines in Hawk Junction have now been repaired and are back in full service. Service had been out for much of the weekend due to an equipment failure. [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWS Pharaohs, mummies, tombs and construction was the order of things at Manitouwadge Public School this week. As part of their unit on Ancient Civilizations, Mr. Jones’ grade 4/5 class used cookies, cement and various other concoctions to build their series of [Read more]
Netamisakomik Elementary BBQ Fundraiser PIC MOBERT FIRST NATION – May 21,2010 – The Grade 7/8 class at Netamisakomik Education Centre held a fundraising barbecue today to raise money for their upcoming trip to Ottawa. The students have been working hard to prepare for the trip and have [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL Seen here are only two of the community minded young people we have in our little town. On the hottest day we have had this year all the students at Manitouwadge Public School ventured outside to rid our streets, ditches and roadways of thoughtlessly discarded [Read more]
Ça bouge à l’École publique Franco-Manitou Le lundi 3 mai, les élèves de l’École publique Franco-Manitou ont eu l’occasion d’aller voir ce qui se passait dans les lieux de travail à Manitouwadge pendant la Semaine de l’éducation. Les élèves de 6e ,7e et 8e ont [Read more]
LE NPD EST HEUREUX D’APPRENDRE QUE LE GOUVERNEMENT A L’INTENTION DE NÉGOCIER LA TVH AVEC LES PREMIÈRES NATIONS Elliot Lake – Les demandes répétées des députés néo-démocrates du Nord de l’Ontario ont enfin porté fruit en fin de journée jeudi, quand le ministre des Finances Jim [Read more]
May 21, 2010 NEW DEMOCRATS WELCOME GOVERNMENT’S INTENTION TO NEGOTIATE HST WITH FIRST NATIONS Elliot Lake – Months of repeated requests from Northern Ontario New Democrat MPs paid off late Thursday as Finance Minister Jim Flaherty agreed to meet with the leadership of Ontario First Nations [Read more]
Dredging Shorelands on Lake Simcoe Proves Costly A Thorah Island landowner and a marine contractor pled guilty to dredging a boat slip on the shorelands of Lake Simcoe. Court heard that on October 22, 2008, conservation officers observed a boat slip that was excavated without the authority of a [Read more]
Eight Ontarians Appointed To Lead College of Trades May 21, 2010 8:28 AM McGuinty Government Modernizing Apprenticeship Training Ontario is taking the first step to create a governing body for the province’s apprenticeship training and skilled trades system. Eight industry leaders have been [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL As part of a unit on measurement, Mrs. Meagher’s JK/SK/1 class had fun learning about ‘area’. Even the JK students enjoyed using blocks and playing cards to see whose ‘island’ had the greatest and whose island had the smallest area. [Read more]
MPs Tour Canadian Forest Industry Success Story Employee-owned Harmac mill to increase production despite decimated sector, MPs find NANAIMO – Nestled on Canada’s west coast is a rare pulp & paper success story that could serve as a model to revive other struggling mills across Canada, say [Read more]
Life at Our Lady of Lourdes Future JKs explore OLOL This past week, the soon to be JK’s at Our Lady of Lourdes came for a visit. The children and their parents were invited to spend the afternoon exploring with their new teacher, a new initiative called Welcome to Kindergarten. “The [Read more]
Superior District 3B Senior Summer Games begin! by Karina Hunter MANITOUWADGE, ON – 05.21.10 The Superior District 3B Senior Summer Games kicked off in Marathon yesterday. Etimated swimming competitions at the Porothole Pool were cancelled due to insuficient numbers, however bowling did go [Read more]
Local Angler Wants Boaters to ‘Get it On” THUNDER BAY – This week, professional angler, Gord Ellis, urged boaters to “Get it On!” in a new campaign aimed at encouraging people to wear a personal flotation device (PFD), also known as a life jacket. Ellis is the logical choice to promote [Read more]
