McGuinty Government’s Strong Actions Protect Drinking Water The new state-of-the-art Walkerton Clean Water Centre officially opens today. The facility trains drinking water system operators from across Ontario and includes a demonstration water distribution system to offer more courses and [Read more]
Growing memories by Karina Hunter MANITOUWADGE, ON – June 9th, 2010 – Students at Manitouwadge High School were prompted, by Principal Brian Johnson, to gather outside this morning for a very special ceremony in memory of Jamie Lee Hoban, a Manitouwadge High School student and athlete, [Read more]
June 7, 2010 1:30 PM McGuinty Government Opens Ontario To New Jobs And Economic Growth Ontario’s tax plan will create a climate to attract business investment and increase economic competitiveness. The plan will make the province one of the most competitive jurisdictions in the world for [Read more]
GIROUX’S OVERTIME HEROICS WORTH MENTION IN HOUSE OF COMMONS Ottawa – Rookie scoring sensation Claude Giroux’s overtime goal in game 3 of the Stanley Cup final was a topic of interest in the House of Commons this morning. Rising to deliver a speech on the Budget Implementation Act, [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL This year some of our students have been enjoying the pleasures of being part of a ‘Book Club’ at our school library. Students have been reading, reading, and reading. This week they had their windup in the library where they each were able to ‘cash [Read more]
Hands-on Job Experience For Northern Youth May 27, 2010 McGuinty Government Supporting Job-Training NEWS More than 300 youth across Northern Ontario are getting on-site job experience and career training in a wide variety of trades, business and other professional disciplines through [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWS Pharaohs, mummies, tombs and construction was the order of things at Manitouwadge Public School this week. As part of their unit on Ancient Civilizations, Mr. Jones’ grade 4/5 class used cookies, cement and various other concoctions to build their series of [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL Seen here are only two of the community minded young people we have in our little town. On the hottest day we have had this year all the students at Manitouwadge Public School ventured outside to rid our streets, ditches and roadways of thoughtlessly discarded [Read more]
Dredging Shorelands on Lake Simcoe Proves Costly A Thorah Island landowner and a marine contractor pled guilty to dredging a boat slip on the shorelands of Lake Simcoe. Court heard that on October 22, 2008, conservation officers observed a boat slip that was excavated without the authority of a [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL As part of a unit on measurement, Mrs. Meagher’s JK/SK/1 class had fun learning about ‘area’. Even the JK students enjoyed using blocks and playing cards to see whose ‘island’ had the greatest and whose island had the smallest area. [Read more]
From the Editor… Thunder Bay has adopted a new by-law (see story below) prohibiting smoking at many venues intended for children and families, will Northshore Communities soon follow suit? What do you think? Leave your comments below! New City Bylaw will Protect Children’s Health THUNDER [Read more]
May 11, 2010 9:15 AM McGuinty Government Celebrates National Nursing Week Nurses play a key role in delivering health care and are now using more of their skills to take on diverse roles within the system, benefiting all Ontarians. Since 2003 the government has created more than 10,000 nursing [Read more]
McGuinty Government Builds Stronger Foundation For Transparency Ontario is bringing more openness and transparency to government. The Members’ Integrity Amendment Act, 2010 was introduced and passed today. It: modernizes the code of conduct that governs members of the Ontario legislature [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL Our earth was the focus of the day at MPS on April 22nd because the students were reminded by staff (and each other!) that we get one planet to live on and it is up to them to make it last! This day was officially Earth Day worldwide and our students were [Read more]
Amateur ornithologists gather in White Lake by Karina Hunter Birdwatching is the fastest growing recreational activity in North America so it is not surprising that OMNR wildlife biologist George Holborn has been receiving a great response to his recent presentations of Song Birds [Read more]
