Happy New Year! Wishing all the readers of ONN and your faithful editor, KARINA, all the best in 2011. Keep that news from the North Shore of our beautiful Lake Superior coming, folks. I may be way out on the West Coast now, but I still want my news from the GREAT North-west! On vous [Read more]
DUBREUILVILLE, ON – Rejean Raymond, President of the Dubreuilville Alouette Snowmobile Club, announced, with his bi-weekly snowmobile trail condition report December 28th, that the ‘F Trail’ between Missanabie and Chapleau has been completed. The trail’s completion [Read more]
*SCROLL DOWN FOR FORECAST FROM ENVIRONMENT CANADA* One of the new features for 2011 will be our Weather Watchers club, open to all OntarioNewsNorth.com readers, Weather Watchers is for anyone seeing extraordinary weather conditions (whether it be a beautiful sunset, or like in this post [Read more]
From Environment Canada – Forecast as of Friday morning, 02:23. Tonight Periods of rain. Wind south 20 km/h becoming light early this evening. Low plus 2. Friday Rain changing to snow mixed with ice pellets in the morning and ending in the afternoon then cloudy and 40 percent chance of [Read more]
From Environment Canada Unlike Marathon, Schreiber and Terrace Bay, which are under Flash Freeze Warnings, Nipigon has no extreme weather warnings as of Friday morning 02:17. Tonight Snow at times heavy. Amount 5 to 10 cm. Fog patches dissipating near midnight. Wind northeast 20 km/h. Low minus 12. [Read more]
All photos/video by Karina Hunter, ©opyright OntarioNewsNorth.com 2010 SCHREIBER, ON – Sunday, December 12th, 2010 residents of Schreiber and neighbouring communities gathered at the Schreiber Recreation Centre for “Reason for the Season’ a moving and heartfelt performance by [Read more]
December 30, 2010 McGuinty Government Helps Families With Costs Of Important Health Services Ontario is helping families stay healthy and save money by providing greater access to a variety of health services. Ontario’s publicly funded immunization program is helping families save up to $790 [Read more]
December 29, 2010 McGuinty Government Continues to Protect Ontario Families Ontario’s seatbelt law is celebrating its 35th birthday on January 1, 2011 Today, 92.8 per cent of all Ontarians buckle up – that’s up from just 17.2 per cent who wore seatbelts before the mandatory law [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Manitouwadge is in the running to become Hockeyville 2011! In their ongoing efforts to have people uploading stories and photos to the Hockeyville website, the Manitouwadge for Hockeyville organizing committee (Manitouwadge Minor Hockey Association) is inviting you to [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – December 28th 2010 Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting radar on Hwy 11 and 17, Town of Nipigon. At approximately 8:55 a.m. police stopped a west bound Pontiac Sunfire for speeding. The driver, a 35 year old male from Thorsby, Alberta was charged for [Read more]
December 29, 2010 McGuinty Government Helps Serve Over 68 Million Nutritious School Meals This year, approximately 68.4 million nutritious breakfasts, snacks and lunches were served to elementary and secondary students through Ontario’s Student Nutrition Program.The program provides healthy [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – The Marathon and District Chamber of Commerce has anounced that nominations are now open for their elections, Wednesday, January 12th . Interested persons should send nominations via email to current MDCC President, Jeannie Allerton or by phone at 229-1846 to be added to [Read more]
Ethan and Olivia Most Popular Baby Names December 28, 2010 McGuinty Government Helping To Make Services Easier for New Parents Ethan has been the most popular name for baby boys for the third year in a row, while Olivia overtook Emma in the top spot for girls’ names. The top ten names also [Read more]
December 27, 2010 McGuinty Government Making It Easier For Students To Get A High Quality Education This year, spaces for more than 42,000 new full-time students are being created in colleges and universities across Ontario, making post-secondary education more accessible than ever. Dozens of [Read more]
FROM: Greenstone OPP DATE: December 28th, 2010 Snowmobile Fails to Stop for Police – Driver Charged GERALDTON, ON – December 27, 2010, an officer with the Ontario Provincial Police Greenstone Detachment was on patrol in the town of Geraldton when the officer observed a Motorized Snow [Read more]
