Viewers Encouraged to Call, Text, or Tweet Live BURLINGTON, ONTARIO – September 2, 2010. Brand new this fall is the Crossroads Christian Communications Inc. (CCCI) nightly ministry program It’s Your Call live from 1:00-2:30 a.m. on CTS. Host Rob Melnichuk will encourage viewers to call, [Read more]
ONTARIO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, PREMIER, NEW SAFETY MINISTER WELCOME NEW OPP COMMISSIONER AT CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY (ORILLIA, ON) – Tuesday, August 31st, hundreds gathered at the Denison Armoury in Toronto to witness a historical Change of Command ceremony that saw Commissioner (Retired) [Read more]
Scroll down to view videos & photos SKATEBOARDERS REPRESENT – WHITE RIVER THROUGH THUNDER BAY WHITE RIVER, ON – Saturday, August 21st as part of the Annual Winnie the Pooh Festival, skateboarding enthusiast and the creator of White River’s Skateboarding Park, Steve Vandervecht, hosted [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Traveling on their True North Tour the Salamander Theatre group performed Romeo and Juliet to a full house at the Manitouwadge High School auditorium Saturday, August 21st. Preceding the main performance, the troupe readied the audience by taking them back in time; in [Read more]
Mission Will Promote Open Ontario Plan In World’s Second-Largest Economy Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty will lead his third mission to China this fall. The mission will begin October 30 and run through to November 3. It will build on the results of previous missions and deepen the [Read more]
Ride for Dad visits Marathon MARATHON, ON – Sunday, August 15th the Ride for Dad traveled Hwy 17 West towards Marathon to meet John and Jean Rose who had parted ways with the very special motorcycle caravan 2 days prior in North Bay to ride ahead to Marathon and prepare a reception as the Ride [Read more]
Manitouwadge Reader Got Lucky in July from the Editor July’s $100 Winner can at last be officially announced. Congratulations go out to Melissa Gionet of Manitouwadge for the photo+story submission which won her July’s $100 Reader Submission Draw! Melissa saw news happening and captured the [Read more]
Seniors’ Housing Information Sessions NORTHSHORE – Unique Seniors’ Housing options were presented to Northwestern Ontario residents at information sessions in Red Rock, Terrace Bay, Manitouwadge and Marathon this week by Chartwell Marketing Managers Cherie Kok and Donnalee Morettin. In [Read more]
Karaoke Idol Controversy in White River WHITE RIVER, ON – Saturday, August 14th final tryouts for the youth category of the Poohfest Karaoke Idol Competition were held at the legion, followed up with the adults’ second to last opportunity to qualify for the official competition. Five [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – The evening of Wednesday, June 11th Marathon and area residents enjoyed a performance by local artists including Keith Johnson and Dan Birchall at the weekly Concerts in the Parking Lot organized by Andrew and Beverlee Coulter, owners of the local Pizza Hut. Similar to last [Read more]
1st Annual SunFest Day 2 MANITOUWADGE, ON – Sunday, August 8th, SunFest splashing continued as would-be captains and spectators gathered at the Lion’s Beach for Carboard Box Boat Races. The colourfully crafted boats, which teams designed and created themselves, lined up to be [Read more]
To read the article from day 1, Saturday, August 6th, of the First Annual Manitouwadge SunFest visit http://www.OntarioNewsNorth.com/?p=16699 (the first of the photos are there as well). TO ensure pages do not take too long to load I am dividing them accross a few posts. These are of the [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Saturday, July 7th 2010 the First Annual Sun Fest kicked off with a SPLASH! at the Prospector’s Park, also known as the downtown waterfront. Cooler than forecasted temperatures and a chilly wind did not deter residents from attending the Community Picnic & Games, the [Read more]
Playground participants enjoy ‘cool’ & tasty science projects Submitted by Playground Staff MANITOUWADGE, ON – Having followed a long weekend, this was a short week at playground but it was jam-pack full of fun none-the-less. Tuesday we made jungle animals and went to the [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Wednesday, August 4th Andy & Beverlee Coulter’s Concerts in the Parking Lot entertainment series welcomed Toronto-based, independent singer-songwriter Jory Nash to their sidewalk stage. In spite of cold temperatures, drizzling rain which developped into dark clouds, [Read more]
