MANITOUWADGE, ON – During February, OntarioNewsNorth.com On The Road promoted a $250 cash give-a-way contest in honour of Valentine’s Day, March 7th a live draw was streamed online and the lucky winner of the $250 cash prize was Jackie Jung (during the broadcast, we also gave away two [Read more]
Video added Nov. 22, 2012 Statement by Michael Gravelle, MPP – Thunder Bay-Superior North and Minister of Natural Resources. Early in October, I had an appointment with my family doctor for a complete physical examination. As a result of concerns raised during [Read more]
Public Service Announcement courtesy of OntarioNewsNorth.com In recognition of Diabetes Awareness Month the Canadian Diabetes Association invites you to a free Diabetes Information Session “Living Well With Diabetes” 7pm, Tuesday, November 20 Judith C. Harris Boardroom -Manitouwadge General [Read more]
**VIsit again tonight (Wednesday, May 9th) as the video interview with the Grade 4/5 students is currently uploading. MANITOUWADGE, ON – Grade 4/5 teacher Lise Foucault-Clark says there was no hesitation from her students when she suggested to them that they could participate as a group in [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – October 13th, Holy Angels School students and staff showed their support for finding a cure for Breast Cancer. Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, students came to school dressed in their finest pink clothing. If the students reached the goal of $150 the Grade [Read more]
Health Canada warnings on cell phones need to be clearer and widely heard In the summer of 2010 I wrote about a group of parents in Collingwood who were fighting to have wifi taken out of their children’s school. I heard their story while sitting as a member of a parliamentary committee [Read more]
Biggest Study Ever Reports on Mobiles and Brain Cancer HONG KONG, May 16 /CNW/ – The International Journal of Epidemiology today published a combined data analysis from a multi national population-based case-control study of glioma and meningioma, the most common types of brain tumour. This [Read more]
Northshore Relay for Life, planning continues Volunteers for the Northshore Relay for Life, to be held June 11th in Manitouwadge, continues Teams participating in the event also met with Matheson, there are four registered teams to date including members from Manitouwadge and Nipigon, [Read more]
To read a bit of history about this incredible Canadiana force that is Skate4Cancer, visit www.karinahunter.com/?p=9931 [Read more]
For those of you who don’t know of Rob Dyer, you should… He is incredibly inspiratonal. After loosing his Mom to cancer as a teen he became inspired and began skateboarding across countries, travelling the world bringing the message of cancer awareness and even came by our neck of the [Read more]
Drivers wanted Canadian Cancer Society works to bridge gap left by MedExpress closure Crystal Jewell Rajala, Volunteer Engagement Coordinator for the Canadian Cancer Society’s Thunder Bay Unit was in Manitouwadge March 11th to meet with volunteers interested in becoming drivers for [Read more]
Good news to share, I received the results of my skin biopsy that was done last month (www.karinahunter.com/?p=8503) and everything is clear, no cancer! WOOHOOO!!!! What a relief after worrying about it for nearly a year, now I just need to book an appointment in March when work slows down a little [Read more]
Good news for Northshore travellers by Karina Hunter Brown announces preservation of Greyhound Service Queen’s Park, December 2nd, Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Mike Brown was the bearer of very good news, announcing that Greyhound Canada, the only regularly scheduled bus available to Northshore [Read more]
BROWN ANNOUNCES MORE TREATMENT FUNDED FOR CANCER PATIENTS by Karina Hunter Ontario Expands Access to Cancer Drug Queen’s Park, November 30th, Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Mike Brown announced that Ontario is expanding access to Avastin for colorectal cancer patients who are responding well to [Read more]
Manitouwadge continues Terry’s dream of $1 for each Canadian by Karina Hunter During the Marathon of Hope, when funds had finally started coming in (not surprisingly while Terry was crossing Ontario) Terry changed his vision of $1,000,000 being raised, to $1 for every Canadian, about 24 [Read more]
