The volunteers of the North of Superior Snowmobiling Association and its’ member Clubs have faced many obstacles during the 2011/2012 season. Poor economic conditions and mass unemployment have meant less cash in the hands of District 16 snowmobilers. As a result District 16 failed to sell the [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – The Town of Marathon has announced new program to their Active Living passes today via their facebook page; CARDIO SCULPT. The new program is open to all adults and is FREE to those with ACTIVE LIVING PASSES, just $7.50/class ($48.50 per 10 classes) for those without the ALP. [Read more]
Photos from Our Lady of Lourdes School walk will be added once received. MANITOUWADGE, ON – Thursday, September 27th, Our Lady of Lourdes School, Manitouwadge Public School and École Publique Franco-Manitou each held walks as part of their participation in the Terry Fox National School Run [Read more]
Falcons, Chevaliers and Wolverines to Play Kenora’s Beauty Bay Course NSSSAA 2012 Golf Championship by Petar Kusic, North Shore Secondary School Athletic Association WAWA, ON – Well mother nature, once again, did not agree with a full 18 holes being played at the Michipicoten Golf [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – The Marathon Curling Club, like many others in Northwestern Ontario, has been struggling financially. Declining registration, volunteer burnout, there are many issues which contribute to club’s struggles however all these relate in one way or another to the financial [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – The Thunder Bay Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force has officially launched its new youth mental health campaign “An Athlete Needs You – Know what to do. Know what to say.” It encourages coaches and leaders of youth activities to be on the lookout for young people [Read more]
CONGRATULATIONS DALLAS!! NIPIGON/RED ROCK, ON – During his 25 years of teaching Dallas has coached everything from Cross Country Running to Badminton. Many of his athletes went on to compete at the Ontario Federation School Athletics Associations (OFSAA) level. In addition to his vast [Read more]
Today, Michael Chan, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, released the following statement in recognition of Ontario’s athletes who competed at the London 2012 Summer Paralympic Games: “On behalf of the McGuinty government, I’d like to congratulate all Ontario Paralympic [Read more]
RED ROCK, ON – The Township of Red Rock was pleased to be awarded a Trillium Grant to build a Splash Pad at the Marina. ABC Recreation was the successful bidder for the project. The splash pad was installed the week of July 16th and was commissioned August 9th. This was good news for [Read more]
Tuesday, August 21st DYERS’ FIELD MARATHON, ON – Brokerlink picked a good time to snap out of their losing streak. Their 13-10 victory tonight over The Outlaws secures their 3rd place finish in the standings as the playoffs are just around the corner. Jim Ellis lead the way for Brokerlink [Read more]
Wednesday, August 15th DYERS’ FIELD MARATHON, ON – Nathan Davis, Tyler Davis and Kody Nabigon combined to drive in 14 of the 19 Jays runs in a 19-16 victory over The Outlaws. John Hooper and Shelby Starr scored 5 runs at the bottom of the order in what was a well balanced attack by the [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Saturday, August 11th, the Manitouwadge Cancer Assistance Group’s Annual Share the Care Ride was held departing from the Manitouwadge Recreation Centre. thins were changed up from the 10 & 54km rides done in past years. For 2012 Organizer Kristy Noftall invited [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON– The evening of Tuesday, July 31st, Mercedes Hunter, Anna Marie Gillman, Melodie Mallais and fourth friend were on their way to the dock at Prospectors’ Park where they had planned to go swimming when they noticed a man struggling to stay above water and calling for [Read more]
Tuesday, August 14th DYERS’ FIELD MARATHON, ON – Dan Michano exploded for 3 Homeruns as The Kids continued their impressive play with an 18-11 win over Barrick. Michano’s 3 Homeruns were the only Homeruns for either team in a game that saw The Kids improve their record to 9-9-2. With the [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – The Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) hosted the 23rd Annual Sick Kids Golf Tournament on August 10, 2012 at he Peninsula Golf Course in Marathon ON. The event was a huge success with 70 golfers turning out to support Sick Kids and play a round of golf. The event raised [Read more]
