MARATHON, ON – Wednesday February 18, 2015 around 2:25pm Marathon/Manitouwadge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call regarding a person being hit by a motor vehicle on Highway 17, 24km west of White River. A 47 year old female MTO plow truck driver was struck while parked in a snow [Read more]
WEEKLY INSIDER Back in 1994, no one could have ever suspected that a pair of dimwitted friends would become Hollywood sensations. Jeff Daniels and Jim Carrey teamed up for the buddy comedy “Dumb and Dumber”, in which they portrayed a couple of less than intelligent friends on a quest to return [Read more]
WEEKLY REVIEW Not to rush February, but March is shaping up to be a very exciting month for movie lovers! A number of huge blockbuster hits are set to debut on DVD and Blu-Ray throughout the month. Some of these titles include; Hunger Games Mockingkay Part 1, Hobbit Battle of the Five Armies, [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Marathon Family Health Team, in keeping with its strategic planning goals of improving health promotion has started a facebook page. The goals of the facebook page are to be able to share health promotion information that community members might find valuable. We are [Read more]
WEEKLY REVIEW Where did January go? It seems like just yesterday that we rang in the New Year, yet here we are already into month number two! February is an exciting time for movie lovers as Academy Awards season is among us, and a number of award nominated films debut on DVD and Blu-Ray. This [Read more]
Courtesy NetNewsLedger THUNDER BAY, ON – As many of you already are aware – last night marked a significant milestone in my life and in my career. I had the honor of being sworn in as the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce’s first ever Chair of the Board to identify of Aboriginal Heritage – [Read more]
WEEKLY REVIEW Is it just me, or is there a serious shortage of quality war movies these days? War movies typically offer viewers loads of action, as well as historical lessons that are relevant even in today’s society as many brave men and women continue to fight for our freedom. Not [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – The chair, vice chair and executive committee members of the Board of Health were elected today during the Board of Health’s Annual Meeting held at the Thunder Bay District Health Unit. Norm Gale, City of Thunder Bay Appointee, was re-elected as chair. Joe Virdiramo, of [Read more]
WEEKLY WRAP It has been said that the average human being only uses ten percent of their brain. What would happen if someone, somehow figured out a way to use more. In this week’s headline new release, this premise is explored when a woman unlocks the ability to use significantly more of her [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Marathon Sno-Kickers lent their groomer to the Longlac Snow Club as their machine is needing a costly repair for which no funding was available from the OFSC. Thanks to the collaboration between Northwestern Ontario clubs Longlac will now have a groomed snowmobile trail for [Read more]
WEEKLY WRAP-UP One of the downsides of the holiday season in the movie industry is often a lack of new releases. Now that we are well into January, the uptick of new releases will be fast and furious leading right through to February when a number of award nominated movies will debut. There will a [Read more]
RESOLVE TO WATCH It’s 2015 and the Crossover Insider is back! Here’s hoping that everyone had a very enjoyable and fulfilling holiday season! 2015 is shaping up to be an exciting one in the movie world as a number of highly anticipated big blockbuster hits will be debuting in theatres, DVD and [Read more]
Submitted by Stacey Wallwin, E-Learning Contact SGDSB TERRACE BAY, ON – During the week of December 8-14, Superior-Greenstone District School Board participated in the global Hour of Code event. 25 teachers and over 600 students participated in this global event. To date over 80 152 842 [Read more]
WAWA, ON – On the 06 December 2014, at approximately 2:00 am members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment were on general patrol in the Town of Wawa when they observed a very intoxicated female staggering on the street. OPP officers stopped and interviewed the [Read more]
Confederation College is pleased to announce the appointment of Nicole Richmond to the position of Director of the Greenstone (Geraldton), Northshore (Marathon) and Wawa Campuses as of December 1, 2014. Originally from Marathon, Nicole is a member of the Pic River First Nation. She has been [Read more]
