MARATHON, ON – Friday, June 28th, participants in the 2013 Marathon Summerfest Fish Derby polished up their boats to kick-off the weekend with a parade through the centre of town. Beginning at the Marathon Curling Club the parade, consisting of a little more than a dozen vehicles – the [Read more]
FROM THE EDITOR: I thought this story was a great example of how important post secondary education options are in our Northshore communities AND of how they benefit our communities long-term. CONGRATULATIONS! to Tabatha and all the graduates from Confederation College’s Northwestern Ontario [Read more]
Courtesy John Hooper Sr. MARATHON , ON – Mobert won a slugfest against the CrossOver Video Blue Jays 16-15. Both teams combined for 11 homers on the night. Pat Bananish hit three long balls for Mobert. Craig Cherneski and Tristan Vollett hit two home runs each for the Blue Jays. Rob [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – 10 students from the Northshore and Wawa Campuses of Confederation College crossed the stage today in Marathon at the 2013 Convocation Ceremony, to signify and celebrate the completion of their academic programs. In attendance were family and friends of the students as well as [Read more]
SOME MAY FIND CONTENT (Video/Images) OFFENSIVE ADULT CONTENT – VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED INSIDE REVIEW When you think of jobs that are stressful and important, 911 operators might go overlooked. Imagine being a 911 operator and receiving a call from a frantic young lady claiming that a man is [Read more]
Courtesy John Hooper Sr. MARATHON, ON – Despite being out homered three to one, Mobert pulled out a close one with Barrick, 11-10. Robert Gugelyk hit Mobert’s lone HR, while Ben Kowalczyk, Ian Dickie and Neil Esarte hit long balls for Barrick. Tanya Desmoulin got her second win of [Read more]
TYLER TALKS Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum! That is the trademark call of the Giant in the popular fairytale “Jack and the Beanstalk”. This fairytale has been told in households over the past several decades and now has a modern day movie adaptation- Jack the Giant Slayer-which releases on DVD and Blu-Ray [Read more]
**Watch for Fred Eaglesmith Ticket GIVE-A-WAYs this summer on OntarioNewsNorth.com and WIN your tickets to Fred’s Marathon Moose Hall performance FREE! The summer tradition of quality back roads music concerts with Fred Eaglesmith’s Traveling Show continues August 10-14, 2013 in Northern [Read more]
Manitouwadge High School to Share Principal With Local Elementary School MARATHON, ON – Senior officials at Superior-Greenstone District School Board are still in the process of finalizing the Board budget, but to meet the Ministry of Education’s requirement of a balanced budget they have had [Read more]
Courtesy John Hooper MARATHON, ON – Craig Cherneski and Nathan Davis both hit a pair of HR’s to lead the Crossover Video Blue Jays over Barrick 23-19. Ben Kowalczyk hit a pair of HR’s for Barrick in the loss. Tyler Davis picked up his first win of the season. Kowalczyk took [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Friday May 31, 2013 the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment received information that a quantity of illegal drugs was being brought into Marathon for distribution. At 10:50 pm OPP officers stopped a burgundy Chevrolet Cavalier on Peninsula Road in the Town of [Read more]
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED June 6th, 2013 – UPDATED June 13th (video added) PLEASE NOTE: Video will be uploaded tonight. (photos below article – please scroll down) MANITOUWADGE, ON – Tuesday, July 4th the sun was shinning at the Manitouwadge Community Track as elementary students [Read more]
Courtesy John Hooper Sr. MARATHON, ON – Plenty of action at Tuesday evening’s slow-pitch games yesterday evening. Brokerlink took full control of 1st place in Marathon Mixed Slo-Pitch as they defeated the CrossOver Video Blue Jays 12-10. Adam McCulloch and Jim Ellis hit HR’s for [Read more]
Stillwater Canada Inc. has submitted additional responses to information requests (IRs) issued by the Marathon Joint Review Panel last November and December. The additional responses are as follows (a link to the posting on the registry is provided): Response from Stillwater Canada to Information [Read more]
In May, an application to the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) by Dougall Media to relocate regional radio station CFNO-fm from Marathon to Thunder Bay was met with much criticism by residents of the listening area particularly in the communities closest to [Read more]
