“The safety of our communities is our top priority. Improved rail safety will not only benefit Ontario but also the safety, environmental and economic well-being of communities across Ontario and Canada. There have been a number of very serious and unacceptable train derailments across the [Read more]
Nineteen teams from nine Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario elementary schools competed in the 12th annual Great Robotics Challenge (Grand défi robotique) that was held at Science North in Sudbury on February 26. The Grand défi robotique enables students from grades 4 through 8 to [Read more]
Original article (CLICK HERE) by CSCNO translated by OntarioNewsNorth.com WAWA, ON – The girls and boys basketball tournaments hosted by the Rotary Club of Wawa were held March 10th. Several teams from the region participated including: École Saint Joseph, Sir James Dunn Public School [Read more]
Walter SPADONI passed away on Friday February 27th, 2015 at the Lady Dunn Health Centre, Wawa, ON. Walter happily lived alone at home in his beloved hometown of White River, Ontario until the day before he died. He was born in White River, on April 23, 1920 to his Italian immigrant parents, the [Read more]
DUBREUILVILLE, ON – Monday, March 23, some 80 grade 3 to 8 students from French Catholic elementary schools Sacré-Cœur (Chapleau), École St-Joseph (Dubreuilville), École Saint-Joseph (Wawa), École Trillium (Chapleau) and École Saint Nom de Jésus (Hornepayne) will converge in the [Read more]
From OFSC OFSC Issues Caution Advisory for Southern Ontario BARRIE, ON – Northeastern and North Central Ontario are the best places to go snowmobiling during Spring Break and until the end of the sledding season. Cold temperatures and good snow have kept snowmobile trails in great shape there [Read more]
SUDBURY, ON – FNX Mining Company Inc. and one of its supervisors have pleaded guilty to safety violations at the Craig Mine in the City of Greater Sudbury and fined a total of $88,000. On September 7, 2013, two workers at the mine were assigned the task of backfilling a stope (a production [Read more]
WAWA, ON – The Province of Ontario Distracted Driving Week commences Saturday, March 14 through to Friday March 20, 2015. Members of the Superior East Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will be stepping up enforcement in support of this initiative. Distracted drivers are a [Read more]
LONGLAC, ON – On March 13, 2015 a search warrant was executed at two separate residences in Longlac by members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, Greenstone Community Drug Action Team (CDAT) and the OPP Greenstone Detachment. Police located and seized 28 [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – The ground search portion of the search for Mr. Jeffrey DARRAH has been temporarily suspended. The OPP continues to investigate his whereabouts. Mr. DARRAH was reported missing on Monday March 9th (CLICK HERE for original release). Jeffrey DARRAH is a 50 year old male [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – Thunder Bay-Superior North MP and Green Party Deputy Leader Bruce Hyer delivered a speech in the House of Commons this evening on Carbon Fee AND Dividend and Poverty. Following votes MP Hyer questioned the government about Carbon Fee and Dividend at 7:30 PM last evening. House [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Lakehead University’s Department of Social Work has become Northwestern Ontario’s hub for the Youth Research and Evaluation eXchange (YouthREX). YouthREX is a provincially-funded program that allows each hub to engage with small and grassroot youth-serving organizations [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – Despite government claims that they are responding to the rash of train derailments, nothing will change if they allow railways to regulate themselves, according to Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes. Hughes raised the recent derailments in Northern Ontario during [Read more]
WEEKLY REVIEW With several major blockbuster movies having hit theatres over the last few months, Crossover customers can look forward to each new release week over the next several months. Taking a sneak peek into April, it appears as though one of the most asked-about titles of last little while [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Monday March 9, 2015, off duty officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Manitouwadge detachment were operating their personal snowmobiles on Camp 60 Road south of Manitouwadge. The officers found an injured Rottweiler dog on the snowmobile trail and recognized the dog [Read more]
