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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
OPP visit Manitouwadge High School by Karina Hunter Grade 10 students in Career Studies at Manitouwadge High School (MHS) enjoyed a presentation last Tuesday from Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Cadet Craig Colbourne, Community Services Officer, Constable Peter Bertin and Sergeant Gord Ewald. [Read more]
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!” by Karina Hunter Pictured is Township of Manitouwadge Public Works Department employee Jody Haché adding the last string of lights to the 30+ foot Christmas tree installed in the community’s traffic circle at the centre of town. Public [Read more]
TBDHU’s Drive away from tobacco winner by Karina Hunter Pictured is Lloyd Hunter White, Manitouwadge winner of TBDHU’s “Drive away from tobacco & don’t look back!” challenge, as Public Health Nurse Jackie Jung presents him with Future Shop gift cards totaling $100 provided by [Read more]
Wolverines Capture Gold, Silver and Bronze at 2009 NSSSAA Fall Finals by Ted Lalonde, Coach Manitouwadge High School Manitouwadge High School’s fall athletic season came ended last month with the Jr. Boys Volleyball team taking North Superior Secondary School Athletic Association [Read more]
In 2008, Rob Dyer skated by the corner of Hwy 614 and Hwy 17, during his cross Canada adventure raising awareness for cancer. I didn’t know at that time, just how special Rob was. It was clear that he was a very friendly, personable man as I tried to touch base with him hoping to [Read more]
