LIFE AT OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC SCHOOL Door decorating contest: It is time to get ready for Christmas!!! Friday afternoon, the students and staff at OLOL did just that! Working to the sound of Christmas music, each class took part in a door decorating activity. Students were to use their [Read more]
GERALDTON, ON – December 14, 2011, a search warrant was executed by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Greenstone Detachment at a residence in Geraldton. As a result of the search, marihuana, cocaine and oxycodone were located. Bradley SAFRONIUK, 23, of Geraldton,Ontario is charged with two [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Saturday, December 17th Rousselle’s Valu-Mart employees were excited to draw the third of four December Gift Card Give-a-ways; Owner Robert Rousselle’s early Christmas Gift to customers thanking them for their patronage throughout the year. Winner, Evelyn Allen, was [Read more]
ALGOMA-MANITOULIN-KAPUSKASING, ON – A year ago, I was part of a group listening to the kind of speech that you get to hear at office Christmas parties across Canada. It focused on a job well done – with respect to our efforts in the past year, the challenges that were sure to come in the [Read more]
First Nation students picket John Duncan Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development in Thunder Bay THUNDER BAY, ON – The elected Grand Chief, Marsha Kennedy of Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School and the school leadership group are showing their support for Chief Theresa Spence [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON– Wednesday, December 14th, regular meeting of Town Council was held at the Township Council Chambers. All council members, Mayor John MacEachern and Clerk Cecile Kerster were at the table as well as department heads Anthony Friedrich (EDO) and Owen Cranney (Fire [Read more]
KENORA, ON – – Ontario Provincial Police Kenora Detachment advises that as of December 15th (4:32am) traffic is now getting through the intersection at Hwy #17 and Hwy #71 although Highway 17A remains closed traffic is being re-routed through Kenora until the bypass is re-opened [Read more]
KENORA, ON – Thursday, December 15th, 2011 at 3:05am Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise that Highway 17A between Redditt Road and Hwy #71 is closed due to several Motor Vehicle Collisions (MVC’s). Traffic is being re-routed into Kenora until the highway is reopened though [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – December 5th, 2011 the Corporation of the Township of Manitouwadge welcomed their new Director of Community Services (aka Rec Director) Daniel Deschamps. OntarioNewsNorth.com Editor/Publisher Karina Hunter had the opportunity to sit down with Deschamps and hear about why he [Read more]
A CAPSULAR MOMENT What is Dementia? Dementia (senility) is a term used to describe a group of symptoms which results from a loss of brain function due to disorders affecting the brain. It is not by itself a specific disease but can be as a result of different diseases. It is a fact of life [Read more]
DUBREUILVILLE, ON – December 13th, 2011 the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to Dubreuilville to investigate a break and enter to a residence on Rue des Pins. Investigation revealed that the break in had occurred between 8:30 and 11:00 am that [Read more]
A Cochrane man has been fined $300 and was ordered to pay $ 7,756.57 for a fire that burned two hectares of forest, southeast of Cochrane. Scott Antila pleaded guilty under the Forest Fires Prevention Act to dropping hot ashes in a forested area. He was ordered to pay fire suppression costs [Read more]
Pictured are Terrace Bay Fire and Emergency Services’ new Support unit, Mobile Command Post and Rescue UTV fitted with its winter tracks. Photos courtesy TBFES TERRACE BAY, ON – In early 2010, members and staff of the Terrace Bay Fire Department brought forth the importance of branching [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Sunday, December 11th, the Bethany Pentecostal Assembly held their Annual Christmas Potluck for church members and local residents at the Recreation Centre Auditorium. A full house enjoyed dishes that varied from several varieties of meatballs, to shrimp, to [Read more]
From the Editor of ONN: Every week Tyler Davis, Owner Crossover Video & Games in Marathon, writes the Crossover Insider for OntarioNewsNorth.com. Published Tuesdays, The Crossover Insider is your source for the week’s movie & video game releases, store news, details of Davis’ [Read more]
