72,000 More Students Succeed In Ontario High Schools Ontario is becoming even more competitive now that more students are graduating from high school. Graduation rates have risen in each of the last six years — going from 68 per cent in 2003-04 to 81 per cent in 2009-10. That’s an [Read more]
The staff at Crossover Video and Games is pleased to announce that we have received another shipment of our very popular Customer Loyalty Cards. These cards reward our customers for every movie or game rental made at our store. Don’t forget to have your card in hand when you come in to check out [Read more]
Fostering Excellent Faculty Relations at NOSM SUDBURY, ON – March 4-5, 2011, nearly 80 faculty members of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) came together at the third annual Faculty Affairs Retreat; The theme of this year’s retreat was “Excellence in Teaching at the Northern [Read more]
FROM/DE: North West Region Headquarters DATE: March 7, 2011 CHARGES LAID IN UNION FRAUD CASE THUNDER BAY, ON – Wayne ASSELIN (64 yrs old) of Nipigon, Ontario has been charged in relation to his duties as Financial Secretary [Read more]
March 7, 2011 Montreal, PQ –- KWG Resources Inc. (TSXV: KWG) has received the preliminary analysis from the smelting test completed by Xstrata Process Support on February 3rd, 2011. The results reported are from two separate smelting tests conducted at two different temperatures. While both [Read more]
McGuinty Government Supports Prospectors, Landowners And Local Economies Improvements to Ontario’s mining sector will benefit both prospectors and private landowners, while helping strengthen Northern and rural economies across the provinces. This includes: A new Electronic Assessment [Read more]
FROM/DE: THUNDER BAY DETACHMENT DATE: March 07, 2011 OPP REMIND DRIVERS SLOW DOWN WHEN THERE ARE POOR WEATHER / DRIVING CONDITIONS Thunder Bay, ON – Monday, February March 7th 2011, Thunder Bay OPP responded to a number of motor vehicle collisions during [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – During Schreiber’s Carnival Week, the Schreiber Public Library held a Penny Auction and Ugly Sweater Dance challenging participants to wear their ‘ugliest’ sweaters. Ugly is of course a matter of opinion but the Library was quite impressed with how [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWS MANITOUWADGE, ON – Manitouwadge Public School is very pleased to welcome two former students back with us. Justin Fleurent and Lea Leduc spent all of their elementary school life as students at MPS and are now back doing their high school Coop placement. Justin [Read more]
Celebrate Ontario Helps Festivals And Events In Thunder Bay-Superior North March 4, 2011 Ontario is helping festivals and events in Northwestern Ontario boost tourism, generate economic activity, welcome new visitors to the region, and support and create new local jobs. [Read more]
Manitouwadge High School MARCH 4 & 5 Invitational Badminton Tournament @ MHS 8 Relay For Life Assembly @ 12:40 10 Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra Performance: 1:00 to 1:45 > JK – Gr. 6 2:00 – 3:00 > Gr. 7 – 12 [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Our Lady of Lourdes Junior and Senior Kindergarten students attended the Manitouwadge Recreation Centre this Wednesday for their last school skating outing. The students enjoyed a bi-weekly skate at the arena all winter, often accompanied by a class of senior grade [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – Holy Angels Catholic School, Superior North Catholic District School Board, will be the 2011-2012 site of exciting and innovative education experiences. As a result of Ministry of Education-Teacher Learning and Leadership Program funding granted to Holy Angel’s [Read more]
PUBLIC NOTICE Please Be Advised On The Feeding of Foxes and Other Wildlife In Manitouwadge The Township of Manitouwadge continues in their efforts to remind residents to PLEASE NOT FEED or put scraps of any type of food out for wildlife including fox, feral or stray cats, ravens, coyotes or wolves. [Read more]
Moose Hunting Party Members Fined for Illegal Hunting February 25, 2011 (Rec’vd March 3rd) Two Ontario residents have been fined a total of $2,250 for charges related to illegal moose hunting. Renee Poirier of Marathon was fined $1,000 for unlawfully hunting cow moose and $500 for failing [Read more]
