The Alouette Snowmobile Club, a member of the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs, maintains the trails in and around Dubreuilville, Ontario. Alouette President, Rejean Raymond provides their trail condition report twice a week as a service to readers. Every effort is made to ensure trail [Read more]
CAUTION STILL NEEDED THOUGH SNOWMOBILE SAFETY WEEK HAS ENDED With the OPP reporting one death and 4 injuries since November due to snowmobile collisions in the Northwest region, and several incidents of property damage, Thunder Bay’s SAVE (Snowmobile ATV Vessel Education) is urging sledders of [Read more]
RED ROCK, ON – Wednesday, January 26, 2011 St. Hilary School hosted the Annual Knights of Columbus Free Throw Competition (District and Council levels). In all, 118 students from across the district took part at the school level. Winners from each school competed at St. Hilary School for [Read more]
Terrace Bay resident competes in Special Olympics Ontario Winter Games Local resident, Shannon Moquin, participated in the Special Olympics Ontario Winter Games held in Thunder Bay on January 21 to 23. Shannon competed in snowshoeing and brought home 2 silver medals in 100m & 200m snowshoeing. [Read more]
Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs Celebrates National Snowmobiling Environment Month with Reduced Sled Emissions January 31, 2011 BARRIE, ON – The Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) celebrates significantly lower emissions for Best Available Technology sleds during [Read more]
Curl-A-Thon Successfully Raises Equipment & Travel Funds MANITOUWADGE, ON – Saturday, January 29th while the rest of Manitouwadge was crazy with Hockeyville Fever, North Shore Secondary Schools Athletic Association (NSSSAA) Curling Championship hopefuls from Manitouwadge High School were [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Friday, January 28th efforts in Manitouwadge to have the community named as Kraft Hockeyville 2011 continued with a Community Skating Party at the Recreation Centre Arena. Volunteers April Robinson and Natalie Labee had a table set up in the lobby once again, helping [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Wednesday, January 26th, Manitouwadge residents, including students from the three elementary schools, were treated to a Community Skating Party on Manitouwadge Lake, part of ongoing efforts to qualify Manitouwadge for Kraft’s Hockeyville 2011. Since the fall, [Read more]
FROM/DE: HIGHWAY SAFETY DIVISION DATE: January 17, 2011 OPP & OFSC UNVEIL new S.T.O.P. logo during Snowmobile Safety Week Now easier to distinguish trail enforcement personnel ORILLIA, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Ontario Federation [Read more]
Come on Manitouwadge!!! In case you haven’t heard the buzz around town yet, we are running for Kraft Hockeyville 2011. First prize is $100,000…WOW!!! We need your help to win this. All you have to do is write a story, it doesn’t have to be long, a couple of sentences will do. Upload a [Read more]
HERON BAY, ON – Visit Pukaskwa National Park on Thursday, January 20th to snowshoe, hike, or cross-country ski on set tracks. Let the full moon be your guide as you explore winter wonders along the two kilometre trail. The Visitor Centre at the end of the trail will be open between 7 pm and 8:30 [Read more]
Fun with Fitness Can you imagine if our bodies ran on gasoline? Well it does, but our gasoline is food. For some people it is hard to imagine just that, because the taste of food is good, and we tend to eat for many different reasons, not just to keep going. I love food, if [Read more]
January 13, 2011 McGuinty Government Saving Money, Making Online Services More Efficient Ontario is making it easier to get information and services online and saving an estimated $1.3 million of taxpayer money over the next two years. More than 200 websites were reviewed and over 65 sites were [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Saturday, January 8th the Northern Trails Cross-Country Ski Club held their annual free-ski day. Andrea Richard, Northern Trails Media Representative was very happy with community response “ Kick-Off was a huge success seeing more participants than [Read more]
OFSC Give It A Try Tour Returns for 4th Winter January 7, 2011 BARRIE, ON – Hundreds of people including members of the media will go snowmobiling for the first time this winter thanks to the OFSC Go Snowmobiling Give It A Try Tour, produced by Digital Video Productions. As a major Go [Read more]
