Gerald ‘Gerry’ Pilon passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday March 27, 2014 at the age of 70 years. Loving father of Danny and Jerry (Melissa). Step-grandfather of Tricia. Dear brother of the late Marcel Pilon, the late Leo Pilon (Angela) and Susan Gadory. Gerry will be [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – Early in the morning on March 28, 2014 officers of the Nipigon and Schreiber Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of theft of fuel from a business in the Town of Nipigon. At approximately 8:25 a.m., members of the Schreiber Detachment located and [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Thursday March 20th, 2014, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment received a call for an alarm at the Marathon Center Mall. Officers attended the area and located a male exiting the rear of the building from an access door to the Marathon Drug Associates. Joseph [Read more]
HORNEPAYNE, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Hornepayne Detachment began investigating a complaint of sexual assault on March 17, 2014. The assault was reported to have occurred during the early hours of March 16 in a residence in Hornepayne. March 19, 2014 the accused, 20 year old [Read more]
CHAPLEAU, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Chapleau Detachment is currently assisting Timmins Police Service, Sault Ste Marie Police Service and the Winnipeg Police Service with a fraudulent cheque investigation. A number of cheques of various denominations have been cashed on [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – Nipigon youth ages 3 – 16 are invited to register for Box Lacrosse before the end of the month (late-April registration closing). Volunteers are also needed to help with timekeeping, coordinating referees, game statistics, player ranking, coaching, refereeing, etc. What [Read more]
RED ROCK, ON – Due to a loss of pressure within the distribution system the Township of Red Rock and the Thunder Bay District Health Unit is issuing a precautionary boil water notice. Water for consumption including washing of fruit and vegetables should be brought to a rolling boil for at [Read more]
The Liberal Gas plant scandal just won’t go away despite the Liberals best efforts. On Thursday another bombshell announcement came just before question period ended. News that the Ontario police are pursuing a criminal charge against former Premier Dalton McGuinty’s Chief of Staff was made [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – March 26th was designated as World Wide Epilepsy Awareness Day and certainly the students and staff at Manitouwadge Public School had more than one reason for jumping in with all they had. We have one little trooper in our school – Miah Wheadon – who has a very [Read more]
Have you seen the Old Woman Ice Caves? By Johanna Rowe Unless you have escaped Ontario for a winter of palm trees and golfing, you are painfully aware that we are currently experiencing one of the coldest and harshest winters we Northerners have seen in a very long time. The mercury in our [Read more]
MONTREAL, PQ – The Canadian Coast Guard in partnership with the United States Coast Guard and the Ontario Provincial Police, is advising residents and visitors that annual spring icebreaking operations will start on/or around March 27th, 2014 in Thunder Bay on Lake Superior. The United [Read more]
Historic Agreement to Move Ring of Fire Development Forward The Province of Ontario and Matawa-member First Nations are taking another step forward by reaching a landmark agreement that will ensure First Nation communities benefit from the proposed Ring of Fire development. The regional framework [Read more]
Snowfall warning in effect for: Marathon – Schreiber Nipigon – Rossport Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Snow at times heavy today and tonight. Snow, at times heavy, will affect the regions today and tonight. For areas west and north of Lake Superior, the [Read more]
PUBLIC NOTICE from Northwatch DIGGING DEEPER: What does Step 3 of the NWMO Nuclear Waste Burial Plan Mean for the North of Superior Region? Nipigon, Schreiber, Manitouwadge, Hornepayne and White River have all entered Step 3 of a nine step process to locate and construct a burial site for all [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – The Manitouwadge Cancer Assistance Group has announced Saturday, May 10th as the date of their annual Share the Care fundraising walk. The walk, and BBQ, have become a tradition for many, a wonderful way to celebrate the arrival of Spring and see the friends and neighbours [Read more]
