September 25, 2010 McGuinty Government Encourages Ontarians To Celebrate Francophone Culture The first Franco-Ontarian Day is being celebrated today. September 25 was adopted unanimously earlier this year by the legislature as Franco-Ontarian Day. The official day recognizes the contribution of the [Read more]
September 24th, 2010 NIPIGON DETACHMENT OPP NIPIGON, ON – Nipigon OPP are currently investigating an incident involving the head on collision of two motor vehicles, a red Mazda and a maroon Intrepid, on Hwy 11/17 just west of the Town of Nipigon. The drivers of both vehicles have been taken [Read more]
KENORA, ON – Thursday, September 23rd, after their regular school day had ended, the Manitouwadge High School Senior Boys’ Volleyball team departed from the school, travelling with their Coach Wayne Pittman and parent volunteers who were also driving members of the team. The [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – The Manitouwadge Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) is sponsoring a prize worth $100 for the Township of Manitouwadge Economic Development Department’s (EDD) challenge to local students to name the soon to be released ‘Manitouwadge Dollars’, an [Read more]
Debate Over Government Waste Should Start With Biggest Offences This past week was a turbulent one in Canadian politics as Parliament opened and the gun registry came to dominate all debate. Divisions across Canada were portrayed in the mainstream media as a rural/urban divide, with some outlets [Read more]
Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Mike Brown GOVERNMENTS OF ONTARIO AND CANADA INVEST IN HURON CENTRAL RAILWAY Sault Ste. Marie, ON – Mike Brown, MPP, Algoma-Manitoulin, is pleased that the Government of Canada has matched the previously-announced Provincial share of $15 million by its investment today in [Read more]
West Fire Region September 24, 2010 Next update scheduled for October 1 There have been no new fires in the West Fire Region since the last update on September 17. There are no fires burning in Ontario. The fire hazard remains low for the province. The Ministry of Natural Resources Aviation, Forest [Read more]
East Fire Region September 24, 2010 This is the last media advisory for the East Fire Region. There have been no new fires in the East Fire Region since Friday September 17. The fire hazard remains low. The 2010 fire season started early, Sudbury Fire 01 occurred March 15 on Manitoulin Island. This [Read more]
September 24, 2010 2:00 PM McGuinty Government Investment Gives Students Tools To Succeed, Get Jobs Students at Ontario colleges are using the latest technology and equipment to train for tomorrow’s high skill jobs. The province is investing in upgrading learning resources at its 24 colleges. [Read more]
OntarioNewsNorth.com PRESENTS Election 2010 Candidate Interviews Each Manitouwadge Electoral Candidate has been contacted and offered an opportunity to participate, watch for more interviews to be added next week. For a full list of 2010 Electoral Candidates in Manitouwadge, visit [Read more]
**From the Editor: Though there is a ‘Mac’s Convenience Store’ in Marathon, their LCD screen is, unfortuntately, not currently functioning and when contacted, one of the owner’s commented that they were unsure of when it would be back online. If such a time comes, OntarioNewsNorth.com [Read more]
FROM/DE: Ontario Provincial Police-Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, Drug Enforcement Unit DATE: September 23, 2010 $12,000 in drugs seized by Thunder Bay law enforcement team Thunder Bay, ON – On the 17th of September 2010 Drug Enforcement Offices [Read more]
Rigo Pastora, 2nd Career Student September 23, 2010 12:15 PM McGuinty Government Building A Highly Skilled And Educated Workforce A survey of Second Career students shows that 93 per cent of students have graduated, and over 60 per cent have found jobs within an average of three months. Second [Read more]
Time to make gun laws that make sense for more Canadians: Hughes OTTAWA, ON – Carol Hughes is saying that tonight’s defeat of bill C-391 makes it even more important to work toward a solution that makes sense to more Canadians. “I have spoken with people right across [Read more]
Provided by the Marathon & District Chamber of Commerce; published courtesy of OntarioNewsNorth.com Changes to the Canada Revenue Agency Website On October 4, 2010, the CRA will replace the existing Government of Canada epass system with a new CRA user ID and password service. This new [Read more]
