MANITOUWADGE, ON – The CNIB Eye Van is a welcome site to residents when it visits Manitouwadge annually to provide specialized eye screening and care services. As it rolls 6,000 km across Northern Ontario it visits more than 30 remote communities. Staffed by a rotating team of visiting [Read more]
SUPERIOR EAST, ON –The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Detachments are warning the public regarding nuisance black bears observed repeatedly in the local communities. The OPP continues to advise the public to be cautious when out in the evening and night time hours. There are [Read more]
Original post below; scroll down to view. WHITE RIVER, ON –The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East White River Officers were conducting radar patrol on Highway 17 south of White River. A black 2003 Lexus GS 430 bearing Alberta marker BGM 4833 was recorded travelling in excess of 80 [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – On the final day for residential school survivors to apply for compensation, Carol Hughes is worried that mounting cuts to First Nations organizational bodies will only hamper the ability to focus at the local level and deliver appropriate health services. “The Conservatives like [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – Stable funding for health care should be a priority for the federal government so we can properly serve Canada’s growing and aging population says Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes. Despite that reality, the omnibus budget set out a formula that will lower the [Read more]
Jacqueline PELLETIER, – Passed away peacefully at her home in Wawa with family by her side on Saturday September 15th, 2012 at the age of 70 years. Beloved wife of the late Rino Pelletier. Special companion of the late Maurice Albert. Mother of Marlaine Pelletier, Chantal Pelletier (Ernest) [Read more]
BREAK AND ENTER TO LOCAL BUSINESS WAWA, ON – August 30, 2012 the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment were advised of a break in to a basement storage area belonging to a business on Mackey Street. The break in is believed to have occurred sometime between August 24 [Read more]
Mrs. Noella Rosealine Lapierre passed away peacefully at the Chapleau Health Services on Wednesday August 29, 2012 at the age of 89 years. Beloved wife of the late Paul Emile Lapierre. Gentle and caring mother of Florence Bazinet (Remi), Laurianne Polsky (Roy), Réal Lapierre (Cheryl), Diane [Read more]
You don’t have to think back that far to remember Labour Days when the attitude towards the hard working people who make up the bulk of our economic well being was more positive. Now we have a prolonged international recession and a government that is decidedly anti-union as the new normal. [Read more]
WAWA, ON – August 29, 2012 at 4:50 pm the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment were dispatched to a single motor vehicle rollover on the Golf Course Road. The 2001 Ford Explorer was driven up the grassy hill on the north side of the roadway. As a result it rolled down [Read more]
Michel FORTIER passed away peacefully at the Lady Dunn Health Centre, Wawa with family by his side on Wednesday August 22, 2012 at the age of 48 years. Michel, loving husband of Patti-Anne. Much loved father of Stephanie. He is survived by his parents Benoit and Margot Fortier. Dear [Read more]
Matti HONKANIEMI Passed away peacefully at the Chapleau Health Services on Monday August 13, 2012. Matti was born on February 21, 1933 in Palijarariv Alaajarvi, Finland. Matti is survived by his wife Mary Honkaniemi and her children and their families. Loving poppa of Helen and Amber Bush of [Read more]
CHAPLEAU, ON – August 19, 2012 the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Chapleau Detachment were dispatched to an alarm at Chapleau High School. Two broken windows were observed at the front of the building. An OPP Scenes of Crime Officer attended the School and evidence was [Read more]
Minor Injuries Reported WAWA, ON – August 15, 2012 at 7:50 am Superior East OPP in Wawa received a report of a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 101 at Kinniwabi River Bridge. It was reported that a pickup truck had struck a loader at the bridge causing minor injuries to both the driver [Read more]
DUBREILVILLE, ON – The Dubreuilville Strongman Challenge is quickly approaching, less than a month before professional, novice, and NEW to 2012, FEMALE competitors gather to test their strength, endurance and training. The competing Strongmen and Strongwomen will push their bodies, their [Read more]
