MARATHON ON –In September of 2013 a representative for the Marathon Minor Hockey Association reported to police that between the period of October 2012 and July 2013 in excess of $15,000 in cash money was unaccounted for in the Marathon Minor Hockey Association (MMHA) bank account. An [Read more]
CHAPLEAU, ON – May 14, 2014, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Chapleau Detachment was advised of found human remains inside a vehicle in a heavily wooded area 80 kilometres north of Chapleau in the Chapleau Game Preserve. The OPP attended the area and the remains were removed [Read more]
Parliament saw welcome moments of agreement this week which amounts to good news for Canadians as we passed a New Democrat motion on a pan-Canadian palliative and end-of-life care strategy and got down to work on a government bill for drug safety. The motion should jump-start the government [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – During the Council meeting held on Monday, May 26, 2014, Council announced their intention to fill a vacant seat on Council created by the passing of Dustin Pascoe, by appointment. The Town of Marathon is currently seeking candidates interested in appointment to the office of [Read more]
BATCHEWANA FIRST NATION, ON — Tuesday May 27, 2014 Batchewana leadership attended the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Special Chief’s Assembly to discuss the Federal Government’s controversial (proposed) Bill C-33.The Act titled, “First Nations Control of First Nations Education”, [Read more]
HERON BAY, ON – Parks Canada plans to conduct a prescribed fire in Pukaskwa National Park between May 30 and June 2, weather permitting. The prescribed fire will occur near Willow Lake in a 425 hectare mixed-wood area located in the north central part of the park’s backcountry. The site is [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Thunder Bay – Superior North Liberal candidate, and incumbent, Michael Gravelle was back in Marathon again last week, one of many stops, during his travels through the Northshore and Greenstone campaigning door-to-door and discussing issues, with residents and [Read more]
Full Un-Edited Livestream – Debate starts at the 40 minute mark. Ontario Election 2014 Northern Leaders’ Debate – Live from Thunder Bay Ontario, hosted by the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA), the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce (NOACC), the [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – The June 2014 Issue of OntarioNewsNorth.com’s printed publication has been slightly delayed in the printing stage but we are still hopeful that distribution will begin on the West tomorrow. The business which prints ONN On The Road for OntarioNewsNorth.com (for this [Read more]
TERRACE BAY, ON – St. Martin School’s Grade 7/8 students, as part of their Lenten journey, created models of Jesus’ crown of thorns using modeling clay and toothpicks. As each student fulfilled their Lenten promise they removed a thorn (toothpick) from their crown. With [Read more]
Information submitted by Marlene Turner MANITOUWADGE, ON – Superior 3B Division 2014 Senior Games continued today in Manitouwadge. The proud host community has welcomed competitors, 55 years and up, from communities across the Northshore (Wawa through Schreiber) since Monday when the games [Read more]
INSIDER REVIEW You’re young, you’ve got everything going for you and you have seemingly found the love of your life. There’s just one small problem- your parents do not approve and they’ll stop at nothing to prevent you from being together. This is the dilemma facing our two young lovers in [Read more]
RED ROCK, ON – The Superior North Catholic District School Board has Native Language in four of our schools: St. Brigid (Nakina), St. Joseph (Geraldton), Our Lady of Fatima (Longlac) St. Edward (Nipigon) April 23 and 24, the Native Language teachers gathered at St. Hilary School in Red Rock [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – Saturday, April 26th, a full church watched as eight students received Communion for the first time. The students were well-prepared for their roles in the Mass as they performed their readings and other jobs beautifully, adding to the importance of this event. It takes a lot [Read more]
