Local Angler Wants Boaters to ‘Get it On” THUNDER BAY – This week, professional angler, Gord Ellis, urged boaters to “Get it On!” in a new campaign aimed at encouraging people to wear a personal flotation device (PFD), also known as a life jacket. Ellis is the logical choice to promote [Read more]
FROM/DE: Highway Safety Division OPP Ready to Use all Available Resources for UPCOMING May Long Weekend (Marathon, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will use all its available resources [Read more]
Outdoor Burning Restricted In Areas of Northeastern Ontario May 20, 2010 McGuinty Government Implements Restricted Fire Zone A Restricted Fire Zone has been declared in Northeastern Ontario north of the French River to reduce the risk of human-caused wildfires. Effective 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, [Read more]
New Energy Credit Available For Northern Residents McGuinty Government Helps Northerners With Energy Costs Ontario has passed legislation that will provide relief for low to middle income northern Ontario residents who are facing high energy costs through an annual credit. The annual Northern [Read more]
Irresponsible & Reckless Feeding of Bears, Compromises Children’s Safety Two large bags of sunflower seeds mixed with molasses and dumped fifty feet from the Nursery School couldn’t have been more reckless and irresponsible by the individual(s) who placed this “meal” for the bears in [Read more]
McGuinty Government Helping Grow A New Industry, Creating Jobs Ontario is supporting the development of new technology that could substantially reduce the cost of solar energy, while creating jobs. The province is supporting Morgan Solar Inc., a company with a new approach to capturing and [Read more]
OLOL PARISH FAMILY PICNIC MANITOUWADGE – Sunday, May 30th Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Manitouwadge is hosting a Parish Family Picnic. The picnic will take place after the 11:30 am mass. Weather permitting parishioners will gather at the old high school track and field across from the church at [Read more]
From the Editor… Thunder Bay has adopted a new by-law (see story below) prohibiting smoking at many venues intended for children and families, will Northshore Communities soon follow suit? What do you think? Leave your comments below! New City Bylaw will Protect Children’s Health THUNDER [Read more]
Pic Mobert Health Centre to Open by Karina Hunter PIC MOBERT FIRST NATION –May 18, 2010 – Pic Mobert Health Centre, originally expected to open nearly a month ago, is drawing near readiness. Final touches are being completed as staff look forward to finally, after almost a decade of [Read more]
May 18, 2010 6:00 PM Premier’s Innovation Awards Recognize Homegrown Talent From pioneering ways to save the lives of stroke victims to creating a desktop DNA analyzer for infectious disease, Ontario’s legacy of innovation continues to grow. Ten exceptional people and businesses were [Read more]
Biggest Study Ever Reports on Mobiles and Brain Cancer HONG KONG, May 16 /CNW/ – The International Journal of Epidemiology today published a combined data analysis from a multi national population-based case-control study of glioma and meningioma, the most common types of brain tumour. This [Read more]
Manitouwadge Museum opens thanks to Volunteers by Karina Hunter MANITOUWADGE, ON – 05.17.10 The Manitouwadge Museum opened it’s doors to the public for the summer season today. The museum holds the most comprehensive collection of historical artifacts, documents and information pertaining to [Read more]
Reckless dumping of garbage endangers Manitouwadge residents MANITOUWADGE, ON – Friday May 14th, 2010 The photo below was taken of the Public Works employees near the bear dumpster located across from the soccer field to highlight the reckless dumping of waste, debris and hazardous [Read more]
THUNDER BAY DETATCHMENT OPP OPP ARREST AND CHARGE IMPAIRED DRIVERS OVER WEEKEND (THUNDER BAY, ON) On Saturday, May 15th, 2010 at approximateley 12:25 am (25 after midnight), a Highway Safety Division Officer ws on patrol in the araea of Highway 11/17 and Oliver Road, when he bserved a 2003 Lincoln [Read more]
Good Things Continue To Grow In Ontario May 17, 2010 12:45 PM McGuinty Government Celebrates Local Food And An Open Ontario Ontario is boosting grassroots marketing efforts for Ontario foods and strengthening the economy by encouraging more people to buy locally grown food at farmers’ [Read more]
