21 MONTH OLD BABY DIES AS RESULT OF DROWNING SOUTH BAY, ON – Monday July 23, 2012 at 7:30pm a young couple along with their 6 children attended a family picnic to celebrate the couple’s anniversary. The picnic was located on the shore of South Bay in Assiginack Township south of [Read more]
Four hunters have been fined a total of $5,560 for offences related to a moose that was illegally shot from an off-road vehicle. Andre Lemieux of Hornepayne pleaded guilty to discharging a firearm from a vehicle, transporting illegally killed wildlife, failing to wear a proper helmet, and operating [Read more]
Monday, July 23rd MARATHON, ON – At Dyers’ Field Monday evening, the Crossover Video Blue Jays used four Homeruns and some solid pitching from Jon Fisher to earn a 17-13 victory over Barrick. Ben Kowalczyk went deep for Barrick but it was not enough as Crossover snaps their 2 game losing streak [Read more]
Summertime is peak garage sale season. Are you thinking of selling that dusty old deer head, mounted fish or stuffed bird? Maybe you are considering putting a turtle or baby skunk up for sale on an Internet classified website. Better think twice. In most cases, members of the public need a licence [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Accreditation Canada has advised that Manitouwadge General Hospital is Accredited with Commendation under the Qmentum accreditation program. The QMENTUM program uses 8 dimensions of quality to measure overall performance of a hospital. There are 986 criteria to be met [Read more]
There were three new forest fires confirmed in the Northwest Region by early evening on July 21. Additional resources have been requested by Ontario to help support the firefighting effort. Such request go through the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It had been a [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Township of Manitouwadge Fire Chief Owen Cranney was pleased to announce the instalment yesterday of a beautiful new Forest Fire Hazard Level sign above the fire department (attached to municipal office building) replacing the previous sign which, after 14 years, was due [Read more]
BREAK AND ENTER TO GARAGE AT WAWA RESIDENCE WAWA, ON – July 17, 2012 the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment were advised of a break in to a garage on Queen St in Wawa. The building had been entered sometime overnight. Items that were taken included various bottles of [Read more]
Outdoor Burning Restricted In Parts of Northeastern Ontario A Restricted Fire Zone Order previously in place for Northeastern Ontario has been replaced with a smaller Restricted Fire Zone Order. This adjusted order encompasses the general areas of Espanola, Sudbury, Manitoulin Island, North Bay and [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON –Public health inspectors sample district beaches from the middle of July to the end of August. High levels of E. coli (bacteria) in recreation water can cause health related problems in swimmers and therefore if bacterial tests indicate that levels are unsafe for swimming [Read more]
Thursday, July 19th DAVIS HITS GRANDSLAM FOR CROSSOVER VIDEO BLUE JAYS MARATHON, ON – Thursday July 19th, The 6pm game between the Kids and Outlaws was postponed. No makeup date was announced. In the 7:30pm game, at Dyers’ Field, the bats went quiet and the pitchers took over in what was the [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON-Monday at the Schreiber Heritage Days Opening Ceremonies’ Maor & Council BBQ winners of the Schreiber Public Library and Schreiber Archives & Historical Society Photo Contest were announced. There were 40 photos submitted and cash prizes were awarded for each category. [Read more]
-UPDATE 3- ROOF OF ALGO CENTRE MALL COLLAPSE ORILLIA, ON – Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and a team of independent engineers are beginning a staged series of on-site activities to continue the investigation of the June 23rd roof collapse at the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake that claimed two [Read more]
TORONTO, ON – First Nation leaders from across Canada yesterday re-elected Shawn A-in-chut Atleo as National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) – the national advocacy organization representing First Nation citizens in Canada. Three ballots of voting were held today during the [Read more]
The development of the Alberta oil sands is a hot topic. The Harper Conservatives have promoted Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline ever since it was proposed in 2006. It is supposed to carry raw bitumen – the tar-like product of the oil sands – from Alberta to Kitimat, on the rugged [Read more]
