From the Editor of OntarioNewsNorth.com: 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 [Read more]
Monday, July 30th MARATHON, ON – It was a close game heading into the 7th inning at the first game of the evening on Dyers’ Field Monday but The Outlaws exploded for an amazing 13 runs in the inning which sealed the deal in a 28-13 victory over Barrick. The highlight of the inning came [Read more]
VILLAGE PIZZA & SUBMARINES RE-OPENS UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT MANITOUWADGE, ON – Word has spread fast in Manitouwadge that a community favourite, Village Pizza & Submarines, has re-opened adding a 3rd restaurant to the downtown core. Perhaps just as exciting for many local foodies than [Read more]
IMPROVING HIGHWAY 11 NEAR BEARDMORE Once completed, the project will link the newly-resurfaced stretch of Highway 11 from Nipigon all the way through Beardmore. A 49 km stretch of the highway was renewed, from Nipigon to OrientBay, last summer. Ontario is repaving nearly 30 kilometres of Highway [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Friday, July 27th Manitouwadge Community Services’ 2-day Amazing Race kicked-off with 6 teams of two being given their first instructions by Community Programmer Shawna Patterson and Community Services Assistant Chris Townes. Their were 2 legs to Day 1’s racing [Read more]
The Marathon Joint Review Panel has issued a Public Notice advising of the start of the public comment period on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) submitted by Stillwater Canada Inc. regarding the proposed Marathon PGM-Cu Mine Project. A copy of the public notice is available [Read more]
July 26th, 2012 MARATHON, ON – It was an evening of 1sts at Dyers’ Field Thursday. At the 1st game, Jordan Cottom hit his 1st Homerun of the season as The Kids defeated The Outlaws by a score of 15-6. Ryan McKinnon, who has been on a bit of a Homerun tare of late, went [Read more]
July 27, 2012, the Joint Panel reviewing the proposed Marathon Platinum Group Metals and Copper Mine project invited the public to comment on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The EIS, submitted to the Panel by the proponent, Stillwater Canada Inc., on July 26, 2012, provides an analysis of [Read more]
The Government of Canada selected Canada’s plan for the long-term management of used nuclear fuel in June 2007. The approach, called Adaptive Phased Management, involves the development of a large infrastructure project in an informed and willing host community. The Nuclear Waste Management [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – July 25, 2012 at approximately 3:39am Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were notified of an attempted break and enter to a store in Shuniah Township. At 3:59am Nipigon OPP officers observed a vehicle matching the description of the suspect vehicle traveling eastbound on [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Thursday, July 26th participants of the Township of Manitouwadge Playground program walked, with their instructors Brooke Bodak, Alisha Piche and Vanessa Ratte, to the Museum for a special visit. Museum Interpreter Josh Barnes welcomed the children and provided a tour of [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – 24 July 2012, in the early afternoon hours a traffic stop was completed by a member of the Nipigon Detachment Ontario Provincial Police on Highway 17 near Nipigon. The traffic stop resulted in the seizure of approximately 3,000 (three thousand) grams of cocaine. Two males from [Read more]
Wednesday, July 25th MARATHON, ON – It was a close game at Dyers’ Field tonight but in the end Pic River’s Jagerbombers edged out the first place Brokerlink by a tight score of 10-8. The Jagerbombers’ Rob Joy hit his 10th homerun of the season while Taylor Angers and Adam McCulloch [Read more]
Tuesday, July 24th MARATHON, ON – Mixed Slow-pitch action was intense at Dyers’ Field Tuesday July 24th as the Outlaws got a key 3 run Homerun from Ryan McKinnon in what turned out to be a close game against the Crossover Video Blue Jays. The Jays needed 4 runs in the 7th inning to force [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Numerous charges have been laid after several Ontario police services including Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a number of search warrants in relation to a joint forces drug investigation. At a media conference in Thunder Bay, OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau [Read more]
