STRIKE EXPANDS HEMLO WEST PROJECT WITH ACQUISITION OF SOUTH WORTHINGTON CLAIMS Strike Minerals Inc. (“Strike”) TSX.V:STK announces that it has purchased 100% ownership of significant gold exploration claims south of Hays Lake at Worthington Bay near Schreiber, Ontario (the “Worthington South [Read more]
WAWA, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police Superior East Detachment would like to remind the public of the following motorized snowmobile laws pertaining to travel on the local roadways. To drive a snowmobile on municipal roadways the driver must be 16 years of age and must possess a valid [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – The evening of Thursday, February 23rd families of students of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School attended an education session titled “Making Healthy Connections” offered by the OLOL Parent Council thanks to an annual grant from the Superior North Catholic [Read more]
A Foleyet man has been fined $1,385 for illegal hunting and fishing activities within the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve. Wilfred Trochimchuk pleaded guilty to a number of offences, including possession of a firearm in the game preserve, operating an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) without a helmet, making [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – The Manitouwadge Cancer Assistance Group was formed in April, 2007 by a group of individuals whose lives had been touched by cancer in various ways. Once a month the executive meets at the Manitouwadge General Hospital to discuss future fundraisers and bring forward new [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – The positive interactions between students, staff and visitors at MPS have become one of the many reasons our school has such a friendly and personable tone which resonates throughout the building. Along with other schools across the country, our school participated on [Read more]
February 28-29 SHSM – Outdoor Ed – Winter Camping March 6 School Council Meeting – 7pm – Library 11 Daylight Savings Time Begins – change clocks ahead 12-16 Spring Break 19/20 Date Change!!! Grad Photos – reschedule appointment with Ms. Guloien 21 Accommodation Review Committee [Read more]
Motion passes Parliament unanimously, government must now follow through OTTAWA, ON – Monday night in Parliament, MPs voted unanimously to commit the federal government to boosting financial support for First Nations students to bring them to par with provincial schools. The NDP motion, based [Read more]
WAWA, ON – Monday February 27, 2012 at 10:22 pm, Ontario Provincial Police responded to a call on Highway 17 in Bailloquet Township just North of Wawa. Upon arrival the OPP had occasion to speak with a male observed driving a motor vehicle. The driver, Kenneth BREZENSKI age 57 of Wawa, [Read more]
WATERLOO, ON– Wednesday, February 21st (Secondary School Competition) and 22nd (Elementary School Competition) Marathon’s École secondaire Cité-Supérieur AND Holy Saviour School each claimed Bronze medals in their divisions at the Skills Ontario 2012 Cardboard Boat [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Saturday February 18, 2012 at 09:50 pm, Ontario Provincial Police (O.P.P.) officers conducted a R.I.D.E. program on Peninsula Road in the Town of Marathon. While conducting the R.I.D.E. 2 snowmobiles approached the location. One snow machine tried to evade police but was stopped a [Read more]
Stephen Harper’s promises in the 2008 election included commitments about bitumen (heavy oil) from Canada’s tar sands: That we would not export the raw material to be upgraded and refined elsewhere (existing US contracts aside) and; that we would not trade the resource to countries with lesser [Read more]
North must preserve its weight in Parliament during new redistribution, NDP MPs say THUNDER BAY, ON – Northern Ontario’s six New Democrat MPs calling on the region’s Conservative representatives to stand with them in defending fair representation for the region. They are introducing a [Read more]
Public safety will not be compromised OTTAWA, ON – Bill C-19, the government’s bill to end registration requirements for non-restricted firearms such as hunting rifles and shotguns, comes up for its final House of Commons vote Tuesday evening, at Third Reading. Standing firm on a long-time [Read more]
WILL THE SNOW BE YOUR LUCKY CHARM? MANITOUWADGE, ON – Township of Manitouwadge Community Services is doing it again… Director Dan Deschamps has, since beginning in his role with the ‘rec department’ in December, been earning a reputation for thinking ‘outside the [Read more]
