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 – The Marathon Fire Department is pleased to announce the graduation of Jaedyn Senden from their first Fire Cadet Program. In January of 2014 four local teenagers joined the Cadet Program. Two of the cadets began college in the fall of 2014 and moved to Thunder Bay and one left [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]
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]
MARATHON, ON – The Superior-Greenstone District School Board held its Inaugural Board Meeting on Friday, December 5 where several new Board members were welcomed. The municipal elections held last October, resulted in the three new Board members including Tara Pitre representing [Read more]
SUDBURY, ON – Students of École secondaire Cité-Supérieure in Marathon won two medals at the regional Cardboard Boat Races held recently in Thunder Bay. The school’s two teams will move on to the provincial competition to be held on March 5th in Kitchener, Ontario. Known for their speed, [Read more]
NORTHWESTERN, ON – Highway 17 East of Terrace Bay to Marathon (and at times through to White River) was closed repeatedly this past weekend due to freezing rain and packed ice. Travelers who made it through the portion of highway between Saturday afternoon and Monday morning were [Read more]
