Mr. Benjamin Jewiss has ten years of teaching and leadership experience in communities in Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario. For the past four years, he has been teaching at St. Brigid School in Nakina where he has worked to implement an original, land and inquiry-based Ojibwe language and culture [Read more]
NAKINA, ON – Shoppers in Nakina will soon face longer travel times to get groceries. On March 31st, 2018 the North West Company will close the Northern Store in their community. “This location is no longer sustainable and as a result we made the difficult decision to close our Northern Nakina [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – Students at Nakina Public School have been working with some exciting new classroom technology over the past couple of months. They have been diving into some new learning around coding and programming with the school’s brand new set of 4 Sphero SPRKs! Ms Evoy’s grade [Read more]
Four Wisconsin men have been fined a total of $6,000 for hunting and fishing offences. Richard Lisowe of Plymouth, Matthew Hoekstra of Suamico, Jonathan Hoekstra of Kohler and Brian Boll of New Holstein pleaded guilty and were each fined $1,250 for hunting moose without a licence. Lisowe was also [Read more]
NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO – The video below is Part 2 of OntarioNewsNorth.com’s conversation with Thunder Bay-Superior North MP and Green Party Deputy-Leader Bruce Hyer on the final evening of his Northwestern Ontario visit in November. Hyer travelled the region hosting Town Hall [Read more]
To the Greenstone Staff (a.k.a. the folks who make it happen) It is with mixed feelings that my occupation with “Greenstone Matter”s comes to a conclusion. I am choosing to write to the staff as my last meeting finished on Monday and there was not an opportunity to see or talk with most [Read more]
NORTHWESTERN, ON – November 9-14, 2014 Bruce Hyer, MP for Thunder Bay-Superior North and Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada hosted a series of town hall meetings throughout the region. Meetings were held in Thunder Bay, Nakina, Geraldton, Longlac, Schreiber, and Manitouwadge with [Read more]
Nuclear waste disposal and transport in NWO THUNDER BAY – SUPERIOR NORTH, ON – As your MP, I feel strongly that the citizens of Thunder Bay—Superior North and Northwestern Ontario should have an opportunity to think about the critical decisions that affect you and share your [Read more]
This beautiful photo was taken by Mark (@algonquinpp) who describes himself on Twitter as: #CanoeTripper, #Photographer, Beekeeper, #Explorer and #OutdoorJunkie! Originally from the Greenstone region Mark now lives in the Ottawa area though his heart still seems [Read more]
Geraldton Club Compiles Its History by Edgar J. Lavoie In May 1939, sporting people launched the Geraldton Fish and Game Association. Seventy-five years later, Kenogamisis Fish and Game Conservation carries on the tradition. Monday, August 4th, the Fish and Game held an open house at its lodge [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Without knowing the outcome of the provincial election budget deliberations were made a little more difficult for the Superior-Greenstone District School Board but at its regular board meeting held June 23rd trustees approved a $37-million operating budget for 2014-2015. The budget [Read more]
NAKINA, ON – On May 2, 2014 members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a search warrant at a residence on Birch Crescent in Nakina. The investigation and search were conducted by members of the Greenstone Detachment, the Community Drug Action Team and the North West Region Crime [Read more]
11:16 AM EST Sunday 02 March 2014 Wind chill warning for Manitouwadge – Hornepayne – Geraldton – Longlac – Caramat – Nakina – Aroland – Pagwa Wind chill values in the minus 40S tonight and Monday morning. Temperatures are forecast to drop to near or [Read more]
Winter storm watch for Nipigon – Rossport – Schreiber – Marathon – Manitouwadge – Hornepayne – Nakina – Aroland – Pagwa – Geraldton – Longlac – Caramat 3:31 PM EST Wednesday 19 February 2014 Potential for 25 to 30 cm of snow [Read more]
Thanks to reader Mitch Ouellet for sending in the Moosecalac 2014 Schedule! Send in your photos/videos from your local winter carnival on the Northshore or Greenstone to Editor@OntarioNewsNorth.com to see them featured here next week! Happy Moosecalac 2014!! [Read more]
