TYLER’s WEEKLY REVIEW Very few franchises have sustained the longevity and popularity as Lord of the Rings. With the books, video games and movies all remaining just as relevant today as they were when they first debuted, it’s no wonder that producers in Hollywood saw and capitalized on an [Read more]
Lionel ‘Benny’ BÉGIN passed away peacefully on Tuesday April 1, 2014 at the Manitouwadge General Hospital at the age of 85 years. Benny was born in Hearst, Ontario on December 5, 1928. As a young man Benny worked various jobs before coming to Manitouwadge in 1957 where he worked at [Read more]
TYLER’S INSIDE REVIEW April has arrived, and of course a new month means a new batch of exciting new releases to look forward to. This month features a slew of big titles from a variety of genres including a couple of huge blockbusters. Lord of the Rings fans can rejoice as the second [Read more]
NORTHSHORE/GREENSTONE, ON – Spring weather continues to make travelling difficult in the area as Highway 17 was closed earlier today due to thawing snow and ice. Highway 17 was closed to traffic at Terrace Bay to westbound traffic, and eastbound at Rainbow Falls because of water over the [Read more]
Gerald ‘Gerry’ Pilon passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday March 27, 2014 at the age of 70 years. Loving father of Danny and Jerry (Melissa). Step-grandfather of Tricia. Dear brother of the late Marcel Pilon, the late Leo Pilon (Angela) and Susan Gadory. Gerry will be [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – March 26th was designated as World Wide Epilepsy Awareness Day and certainly the students and staff at Manitouwadge Public School had more than one reason for jumping in with all they had. We have one little trooper in our school – Miah Wheadon – who has a very [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – The Manitouwadge Cancer Assistance Group has announced Saturday, May 10th as the date of their annual Share the Care fundraising walk. The walk, and BBQ, have become a tradition for many, a wonderful way to celebrate the arrival of Spring and see the friends and neighbours [Read more]
Ski Season Concludes on March 30th MANITOUWADGE, ON – The Township of Manitouwadge, Community Services Department would like to thank the public for their patronage at Kiwissa Ski Centre during the 2013-2014 season. Sunday, March 30th will mark the last day of the 2013/14 season, which [Read more]
TYLER’s INSIDE REVIEW At the age of 26, Jordan Belfort had more money than he knew what to do with. With a cool, crisp 49 million dollars rolling in per year, the only thing that he was upset about was the fact it wasn’t 52- you know, to make it an even million per week, [Read more]
This week in Queen’s Park the NDP announced their plan to create jobs for families in Ontario through a targeted tax credit that rewards job creators for new hires. This tax credit will help small businesses that are creating jobs here Algoma-Manitoulin and northern Ontario not the ones [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – This week our Manitouwadge Public School Student Council planned a ‘Tie Day’ at the school. Again it was so great to see so many students and all the staff members showing off a tie – albeit some of them were a little more elaborate than others. The [Read more]
The 2013 Dirty Girls Thunder Bay Mud Run was a huge success, the open registration held at the Intercity Mall, sold out within 3hrs and attendance at the full day event far surpassed the expectations of organizers. For 2014 organizers, by popular request, chose to change things up, inviting [Read more]
TYLER’S INSIDE REVIEW The month of March continues to bring about a whole slew of great new movies- including several Academy Award winners and nominees. This week is no different. The winner of the Best Animated Feature Award, Frozen, debuts this week to much excitement and anticipation. [Read more]
This week marked another constituency week where I had the opportunity to tour the riding and offer clinics. I visited several communities in the northwestern part of the riding and heard many of your concerns. Unfortunately things are not improving for many families. Affordability continues [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Manitouwadge Town Council will gather tonight for the regular meeting and the agenda is certainly a long one including a late addition to the agenda; a request from the NFMC to harvest near the cemetery. It is likely that Councillor Connie Hunter, will declare a conflict [Read more]
