WAWA, ON – February 26, 2015 at approximately 5:00 pm members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment responded to a hit and run motor vehicle collision within the community of Dubreuilville Ontario. Investigation revealed that a silver automobile travelling on Rue [Read more]
Submitted by Marathon Cross-Country Ski & Snowshoe Club President David Giuliano MARATHON, ON – Saturday, The Marathon Cross Country Ski and Snowshoe Club celebrated receiving a grant from the Trillium Foundation. The club received a $50,000 grant to assist with a rebuild of their snow [Read more]
Applications accepted starting February 13 WAWA, ON – The Superior East Wawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will be seeking applicants for the position of “Marine Assistant”. This opportunity is designed for students who are interested in a law enforcement career. The [Read more]
Submitted by Dean Burke LONGLAC, ON – The staff and students of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School stamped out bullying this week with the Pink Shirt Day celebrations held on Wednesday, February 25. A movie trailer about the impact bullying has on a school culture, created by Grade 7/8 [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – The Public Advisory Committee (PAC) to the Thunder Bay Remedial Action Plan, or harbour cleanup plan, will meet at 7 p.m. on March 11th at the Balmoral Street Centre on the Lakehead University campus (Room: HS 1029). The agenda and previous minutes will be published once [Read more]
WAWA, ON – On the evening of February 21, 2015, officers from the Superior East Wawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint in the town of Wawa. At approximately 6:21 p.m., while patrolling on Ganley Street, officers observed a Jeep stuck in a [Read more]
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]
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]
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]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – students at Manitouwadge Public School are amazing! Every day staff and teachers at MPS see acts of kindness, friendship and camaraderie in the classrooms, hallways and playgrounds. Recently one of our little Junior Kindergarten students lost his glasses outside in the [Read more]
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]
The Supreme Court of Canada has unanimously (9-0 decision) ruled that the law preventing doctors from assisting severely ill, adult Canadians to end their lives on their terms was unconstitutional. The court ruled that a physician can assist a patient in ending their life if that person is “a [Read more]
I saw an interesting editorial cartoon where workmen are dismantling a house to build a fence. The fence is labelled security and the house is labelled privacy. It cuts to the heart of the debate on new anti-terrorism legislation that is being rushed through parliament as the Conservatives [Read more]
All figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated. TORONTO, ON — Centerra Gold Inc. (“Centerra”) (TSX: CG) and Premier Gold Mines Limited (“Premier”) (TSX: PG) are pleased to announce that they have signed a definitive agreement to form a 50/50 partnership [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – February 1, 2015 at 4:50am, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Manitouwadge detachment received a call regarding a suspicious male going through parked vehicles. Officers attended the area and located a male exiting a driveway in the area matching the description given. An [Read more]
