Posts Tagged ‘News from the North’
Written by admin on 20 December 2009
Students help Food Bank by Karina Hunter contagious and the teens worked diligently to attend to errands given them by Baye and the other food bank volunteers who clearly enjoy their work; in under two hours, the tasks, which seemed insurmountable at the beginning of the day, had been [Read more]
Written by admin on 20 December 2009
Billboards drive home a sobering message by Karina Hunter Billboards went up in Manitouwadge last week, matching those originally installed in Valley East and Capreol (City of Greater Sudbury, ON) 5 months ago, to drive home a sobering message about the gruesome realities of drinking and [Read more]
Written by admin on 19 December 2009
Legionnaires make special delivery to hospital by Karina Hunter Does Manitouwadge sound like a place you’d like to live? Raise your kids, live out your retirement or play on trails of mud & snow in a clean living northern community with modern amenities visit www.manitouwadge.ca [Read more]
Written by admin on 19 December 2009
Revised article as per request of Chronicle Journal, watch for it this weekend in their pages… White Christmas at Kiwissa by Karina Hunter As Christmas holidays draw near, preparations at Kiwissa Ski Centre continue at full speed. In November, the hill got a kick start on clean-up when [Read more]
Written by admin on 17 December 2009
Santa to be replaced? by Karina Hunter Monday evening, December 14th, friends, family and fans of Manitouwadge High School students gathered in the school’s theatre for special performances in Submitted to The Echo and the Chronicle Journal, 12.17.09 honour of the season. Mrs. Guloien’s [Read more]
Written by admin on 15 December 2009
Santa, skating, smiles and MORE! by Karina Hunter A full day of fun was enjoyed by the young and the young at heart Saturday during Manitouwadge Leisure Services’ Annual Community Christmas Party as many volunteers and several non-profit organizations added their support providing events to [Read more]
Written by admin on 11 December 2009
December 11, 2009 Queen’s Park Report Mike Brown, MPP Algoma-Manitoulin Giftcards keep on giving, and giving, and giving… Thanks to Ontario’s stringent consumer regulations, the value in gift cards will always be there. With no expiry date, a gift card is truly the gift that [Read more]
Written by admin on 11 December 2009
Mom’s Night Out by Karina Hunter Wednesday December 9th Manitouwadge Mom’s and caregivers gathered at the Family Place Best Start Hub invited by Program Coordinator Kelly Sagle to participate in a fun, relaxing evening hoped to offer some relief from the inevitable stresses of pre-holiday [Read more]
Written by admin on 10 December 2009
Préparations de Noël au Cercle des Amis par Karina Hunter Dans son message mensuel du mois de décembre, Linda Jetté nous présenta le défi de se rappeler les mémoires de Noël d’antan tout en créant de nouvelles traditions pour la génération actuelle. Dans l’esprit de se thème, [Read more]
Written by admin on 10 December 2009
Well, I’ll post an article about this soon but for now, here are some photos to hold you over 🙂 Kiwissa employees have been hard at work for almost a week now, 16 hour shifts of snow-making in the hopes of opening the hill by the 20th or at the latest the 27th. Plus big [Read more]
Written by admin on 09 December 2009
A partnership between The Family Place Best Start Hub, Thunder Bay District Health Unit and North of Superior Programs has culminated in the creation of Triple P – the POSITIVE PARENTING PROGRAM. Start the New Year off right, with a resolution to focus on what is most valuable in life [Read more]
Written by admin on 09 December 2009
Here is the condensed version (for the Chronicle Journal) of an article Emeraude and I collaborated on for The Echo last week. To read the original and see all the photos, visit www.karinahunter.com/?p=7228 . Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra at Manitouwadge High School by Karina Hunter Last week, [Read more]
Written by admin on 09 December 2009
Beaded Ornament – suitable for ages 3+ This was a fun craft, easy and pretty and though I had a kit for it (found it in one of my many craft stashes, probably bought the kit at a yard sale knowing it would come in handy) the supplies could easily be purchased [Read more]
Written by admin on 07 December 2009
Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra at Manitouwadge High School by Emeraude Charron and Karina Hunter Friday, myself, my mom and my grandma joined JK to Grade 7 students, from Our Lady of Lourdes and Manitouwadge Public School, at the Manitouwadge High School theatre to enjoy a performance by the [Read more]
Written by admin on 07 December 2009
MPP Mike Brown introduces bill protecting Ontario consumers by Karina Hunter December 7th Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Mike Brown introduced a Private Members Bill which strives to protect Ontario consumers from dishonest electricity sales people. The bill bans the retail sale of electricity [Read more]