HIGHWAY NOW RE-OPENED Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Advisory: Location: Highway 17 / from White River to Terrace Bay Brief Description of Event: Due to white out conditions in the area the highway will be closed until [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Weather on the Northshore of Lake Superior has been quite varied this week, Thursday we were all under a fog, with snow melting faster than you can say ‘puddle jumping’, New Year’s Eve many communities were under severe weather warnings from Environment Canada [Read more]
*SCROLL DOWN FOR FORECAST FROM ENVIRONMENT CANADA* One of the new features for 2011 will be our Weather Watchers club, open to all OntarioNewsNorth.com readers, Weather Watchers is for anyone seeing extraordinary weather conditions (whether it be a beautiful sunset, or like in this post [Read more]
From Environment Canada – Forecast as of Friday morning, 02:23. Tonight Periods of rain. Wind south 20 km/h becoming light early this evening. Low plus 2. Friday Rain changing to snow mixed with ice pellets in the morning and ending in the afternoon then cloudy and 40 percent chance of [Read more]
All photos/video by Karina Hunter, ©opyright OntarioNewsNorth.com 2010 SCHREIBER, ON – Sunday, December 12th, 2010 residents of Schreiber and neighbouring communities gathered at the Schreiber Recreation Centre for “Reason for the Season’ a moving and heartfelt performance by [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Manitouwadge is in the running to become Hockeyville 2011! In their ongoing efforts to have people uploading stories and photos to the Hockeyville website, the Manitouwadge for Hockeyville organizing committee (Manitouwadge Minor Hockey Association) is inviting you to [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – The Marathon and District Chamber of Commerce has anounced that nominations are now open for their elections, Wednesday, January 12th . Interested persons should send nominations via email to current MDCC President, Jeannie Allerton or by phone at 229-1846 to be added to [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – December 18th, members of Bethany Pentecostal Assembly invited Manitouwadge residents to gather at the High School for a very special evening. Read about it and see photos at http://www.OntarioNewsNorth.com/?p=22057 [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – This past week, demolition of the Hermac apartment buildings, also known at one point as the Wilroy apartments, began as Block 1 and Block 2 were torn down with the help of an excavator. Township of Manitouwadge has been working towards riding themselves of the edifices on [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Saturday, December 25th, the patients’ common room at Manitouwadge General Hospital was filled with smiling faces, Christmas melodies and holiday spirit as members of Our Lady of Lourdes parish and the community gathered with patients from Long-Term and Accute [Read more]
The Alouette Snowmobile Club, a member of the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs, maintains the trails in and around Dubreuilville, Ontario. Alouette President, Rejean Raymond provides their trail condition report twice a week as a service to readers. Every effort is made to ensure trail [Read more]
December 21 – Christmas Lights Contest Winners From TerraceBay.ca TERRACE BAY, ON – The final judging of the Top 5 finalists for the Christmas Lights Contest based on the votes submitted by residents of Terrace Bay took place on December 21st. Congratulations to the Top 5 finalists! [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Wednesday, December 22 Long-Term Care residents of the Manitouwadge General Hospital (MGH) had a special visit from members of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 242 and the owner of Rouselle’s Valu-Mart as the trio joined by MGH Director of Finance, Adenola Bodunde [Read more]
$1,000 Fine For Catching Too Many Brook Trout December 22, 2010 A Northern Ontario man has been fined a total of $1,000 for catching and keeping too many brook trout and providing misleading information to a conservation officer. Michel Begin of Marathon was fined $750 for unlawfully possessing [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Saturday, December 18th the 3rd Annual Alumni Game for the Manitouwadge Cancer Assistance Group, organized by Toby Mattson was held. This year’s game including a presentation remembering the 1976-77 Manitouwadge Midget Flyers, who had won the Thunder Bay [Read more]
