‘Regional’ Information
Written by North Shore Secondary Schools Athletic Associaiton on 21 February 2015
Excellent competition- great sportsmanship and tremendous battles were part of an extremely well organized NSSSAA Finals at Ecole St. Joseph and Michipicoten High Schools in Wawa Wednesday (Feb.18.2015). In Junior Boys Basketball the Marathon High School Falcons thumped Hornepayne High School and [Read more]
Written by Manitouwadge Public School on 20 February 2015
Students cut and prepare the fruit. Photo MPS MANITOUWADGE, ON – MPS has always promoted healthy eating and this week our kindergarten class got a lesson with Kristie Lachance from the Best Start program. Our little chefs enthusiastically cut fruit, poured juice, yogurt, and all kinds of [Read more]
Written by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources on 19 February 2015
Two Shillington-area men have been fined a total of $6,500 for bear hunting offences. Martin Alford pleaded guilty and was fined: $500 for failing to immediately attach his seal to a bear, $1,500 for unlawfully possessing wildlife, $2,500 for abandoning the flesh of three bears. He also received a [Read more]
Written by Kim Inglis on 19 February 2015
As Canadian investors contemplate tax season, they think about efficiency. Do I pay too much in taxes? How can I minimize them? One answer comes in the form of flow-through shares, which provide a legitimate tax-assisted investment vehicle to save or defer taxes. Flow-through shares are a [Read more]
Written by ManitouwadgeMarathon OPP on 19 February 2015
MARATHON, ON – Wednesday February 18, 2015 around 2:25pm Marathon/Manitouwadge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call regarding a person being hit by a motor vehicle on Highway 17, 24km west of White River. A 47 year old female MTO plow truck driver was struck while parked in a snow [Read more]
Written by Tyler Davis on 18 February 2015
WEEKLY INSIDER Back in 1994, no one could have ever suspected that a pair of dimwitted friends would become Hollywood sensations. Jeff Daniels and Jim Carrey teamed up for the buddy comedy “Dumb and Dumber”, in which they portrayed a couple of less than intelligent friends on a quest to return [Read more]
Written by Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities on 17 February 2015
KAPUSKASING, ON – The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) attended the Northern Leaders’ Dialogue in Sault Ste. Marie along with other municipal and Aboriginal leaders to discuss issues affecting the north as well as the Growth Plan for Northern Ontario. The meeting of [Read more]
Written by admin on 17 February 2015
BLIND RIVER, ON – Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha was busy visiting Winter Carnivals in communities across his riding this month. Among those he attended was the 46th Annual Blind River Winter Carnival 2015 where Mantha chose to share his enthusiasm and show his support by [Read more]
Written by North Shore Secondary Schools Athletic Associaiton on 16 February 2015
The Senior Boys Basketball team went undefeated and has earned the Chevaliers the right to host the Winter Finals this Wednesday in chilly Wawa. Teams from around the region will congregate in Wawa this coming Wednesday, February 18th, to compete for the boys basketball and girls volleyball [Read more]
Written by Press Release on 14 February 2015
SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Crime Stoppers and the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service is asking the public’s assistance in solving break and enters to westend homes. Since the middle of January there has been a high number of breakins to west wne homes. In one incident a truck ws stolen and [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 14 February 2015
Canadians were scratching their heads on Monday trying to make sense of the way that Eve Adams was welcomed with open arms into the Liberal caucus. What might seem like a real coup at first blush – poaching a member from the ruling Conservatives – looks more like an act of desperation under [Read more]
Written by Thunder Bay District CrimeStoppers on 14 February 2015
THUNDER BAY, ON – Crime Stoppers and the OPP are asking for your help in solving two Break & Enters that occurred in the Municipality of Neebing. Sometime between October 11th 2014 and January 27th 2015 an unknown suspect(s) broke into a seasonal camp on Pardee Rd in the Municipality of [Read more]
Written by Reader Submission on 13 February 2015
THUNDER BAY, ON – Thunder Bay/Nipigon Bay Remedial Action Plan Coordinator Jim Bailey (Lakehead University) reminds interested Northwestern Ontario residents that the next Nipigon Bay Remedial Action Plan Public Advisory Committee meeting will be held: Wednesday, February 18th at 7pm [Read more]
Written by admin on 12 February 2015
Not sure what you’ll do with that special someone this Valentine’s Day to make it romantic and memorable? Well, the video featured below offers one idea that would certainly help keep the spark lit in any romance. It should be noted that it may be difficult to find a navigable waterway [Read more]
Written by Greenstone OPP on 11 February 2015
Charges Laid GREENSTONE, ON – On December 6, 2014 at approximately 7:20pm, members of the Greenstone Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a fatal motor vehicle collision that occurred on Highway 11 approximately 78.5 kilometres east of Longlac. Investigation determined that the [Read more]