MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL REMEMBERS MANITOUWADGE, ON – The students, staff, some parents and grandparents were honoured on Thursday to be able to pay tribute to a very well known Canadian. Each year our students participate in the Annual Terry Fox School Run by taking part in a parade [Read more]
October 1, 2010 10:10 AM McGuinty Government Permanently Shuts Down Four More Coal Units Ontario families will breathe cleaner air after four additional dirty coal-fired units were permanently shut down, reducing smog-producing coal generating capacity by 40 per cent since 2003. Today’s [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Students in Grade 3 are busy examining local soil samples in an effort to better understand the composition of soil. Armed with their tools, newspapers, toothpicks and a magnifying lens, students found: Pebbles Roots Seeds Mica Vermiculite Shells Insect Larvae. Jaden was [Read more]
Queen’s Park Report Mike Brown, MPP Algoma-Manitoulin Laid-Off Ontarians Graduating Into Second Careers Ontarians are a resilient bunch. No province was hit harder by the global recession than Ontario, but together we pulled through. And working together, we have become what the Conference Board [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – While at the Northern Ontario Municipalities Association Semi-Annual Conference in Thunder Bay, OntarioNewsNorth.com Editor/Publisher Karina Hunter caught up with Schreiber Electoral Candidate Lorraine Huard. Huard spoke with us about running for Schreiber Council in 2010 [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Tuesday, September 28th, OntarioNewsNorth.com Editor/Publisher Karina Hunter visited Electoral Candidate Shirley Saast0-Stopyra who hopes to be elected as a councillor on October 25th. Shirley shared concerns regarding how little regular citizens are involved with their [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE , ON – Tuesday, September 28th OntarioNewsNorth.com Editor/Publisher Karina Hunter sat down with Mayoral Candidate Dave Weadon. Weadon spoke of the job and cost cuts he feels are necessary within the municipality and of how he would like to see Manitouwadge move forward. [Read more]
To Manitouwadge residents, Last week Lee Stones Consultant for the Prevention of Elder Abuse North West Region and Estelle Morrill, Chair for the Schreiber/Terrace Bay Elder Abuse Prevention Committee area visited Manitouwadge. (Read the article about their official travels at [Read more]
From Greenstone OPP Canadian Campaign for Safer Roadways October 8-11, 2010 will mark Operation Impact, a national campaign to make Canada’s roads the safest in the world. This special weekend is a police initiative designed to remind people that an essential part of the enforcement job is to [Read more]
Alert to local residents – Phone Fraud Kenora, ON. – OPP caution residents about providing credit card information over the phone. Police received a report yesterday when a local resident was solicited by someone claiming they were fundraising for a local sports group. They decided to [Read more]
Ontario Government Strengthening Support for Local Festivals and Events QUEEN’S PARK – Mike Brown, MPP, Algoma-Manitoulin, is pleased to announce that Ontario is increasing support for festivals and events that create jobs, attract tourists, stimulate local economies and provide entertaining [Read more]
September 29, 2010 1:45 PM McGuinty Government Receives Chief Drinking Water Inspector’s Annual Report Ontarians continue to enjoy access to safe, clean drinking water thanks to the province’s strict water quality standards.The province’s Chief Drinking Water Inspector’s [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE GENERAL HOSPITAL ANNOUNCEMENT The Manitouwadge General Hospital Board of Directors wishes to advise that at the Annual General Meeting of Members held on September 28, 2010, they accepted the resignation of their Interim Chief Executive Officer, Mrs. Judith Harris. In her letter of [Read more]
OPP LAY CHARGES AFTER INVESTIGATING 2003 LOTTERY WIN ORILLIA, ON –Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged three Greater Toronto Area residents following a lengthy investigation into a major prize lottery win in December 2003. Police are also seeking the victim of this fraud – the rightful [Read more]
MP places blame on province and federal government as Town Centre set to close OTTAWA – Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes took two levels of government to task for abandoning their responsibility to Hornepayne and its Town Centre in a statement delivered in the House of Commons on [Read more]
