SCHREIBER, ON – Tuesday. Aug. 10, Staff at the Schreiber Tourist Information Centre/Rail Array today hosted a Kids’ Games Day from 1:00pm-3:00pm. 16 Participants were into teams for a relay obstacle course, balloon toss (in pairs) and tug-of-war. There was also a bouncy castle inflated for the [Read more]
Payments Offered To Victims Of Flawed Pediatric Forensic Pathology August 10, 2010 Ontario is offering recognition payments to individuals whose lives have been significantly impacted as a result of flawed pediatric forensic pathology. The potentially eligible individuals were involved in the 19 [Read more]
East Fire Region August 10, 2010 Three new fires were confirmed on August 9. Sault Ste. Marie 32, near Sand Bay, has been called out. Cochrane 35, south of the James Bay coast and ignited by lightning, was 0.1 hectares and has been called out. Algonquin Park 11, in the southwest area of the park, [Read more]
West Fire Region Tuesday, August 10, 2010 Thunder storms with heavy down pours of rain, high wind gusts and lots of lightning scattered over northwestern Ontario in the last 24hrs have dropped the forest fire hazard to low. The humid and hot weather experienced between down pours will continue. [Read more]
Health Promotion Minister Celebrates Athletes of All Ages August 10, 2010 11:14 AM The following statement is from the Honourable Margarett Best, Ontario Minister of Health Promotion: Sports will take centre stage in Ontario for four exciting days this week, with the Ontario Summer Games taking [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Monday, August 9th, parents and grandparents who had been anticipating the opening of Just Kids, a used and new children’s store on Huron Walk finally got to shop the variety of clothing, toys, strollers and other items that owner Lisa Schut had collected. The store’s [Read more]
by Charmaine Beaulieu Award-winning Jory Nash, an independent singer/songwriter from Toronto, has been travelling the North Shore entertaining many with his unique blend of folk, jazz, pop, country, soul and blues music recently playing both the Concert In The Parking Lot and the Live From the Rock [Read more]
East Fire Region August 9, 2010 There were two new fires reported in the East Fire Region on August 8. Sault Ste. Marie 31, near Goulais, was 0.1 hectares in size. It has since been called out. Kirkland Lake 17, a 0.1 hectare fire, has also been called out. So far on August 9, two [Read more]
West Fire Region Monday, August 09, 2010 There was one new fire confirmed today located on the Deadhorse Road in the Nipigon District just west of Marathon. This fire is small at 0.1ha and the cause is lightning. One Incident Management Team departed from Dryden today bound Kamloops, British [Read more]
A CAPSULAR MOMENT YOU WANT TO QUIT SMOKING? By David Bodunde, Rph The decision to quit smoking is not one that is usually made quickly. It requires a lot of thought and quitting requires a lot of planning. Why is it difficult to quit smoking? Ask anyone who has quit smoking and they will [Read more]
1st Annual SunFest Day 2 MANITOUWADGE, ON – Sunday, August 8th, SunFest splashing continued as would-be captains and spectators gathered at the Lion’s Beach for Carboard Box Boat Races. The colourfully crafted boats, which teams designed and created themselves, lined up to be [Read more]
August 9, 2010 10:30 AM McGuinty Government Pays Tribute To Those Who Keep The Peace Ontario is marking National Peacekeepers’ Day by paying tribute to community safety professionals, including police officers and correctional services staff, who have engaged in peacekeeping missions. [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Sat. Aug 7 and Sun, Aug 8. 74 participants enjoyed beautiful weather, competing in the Penninsula Golf Cour’s Mens’ Open. The winner, Jaryd Brend of nearby Terrace Bay, Ontario, took home the tradional plaque for both low gross and net. Brend also enjoyed [Read more]
To read the article from day 1, Saturday, August 6th, of the First Annual Manitouwadge SunFest visit http://www.OntarioNewsNorth.com/?p=16699 (the first of the photos are there as well). TO ensure pages do not take too long to load I am dividing them accross a few posts. These are of the [Read more]
Chill Handed Finals Loss in 4-1 Defeat by Portland (PORTLAND, OREGON, U.S.A.) – The Thunder Bay Chill will have to settle for second place in the 2010 Premier Development League (PDL) Playoffs, as the team fell 4-1 to the Portland Timbers U23 on Saturday night in Portland, Oregon. After the [Read more]
