FATAL MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION ON HIGHWAY 11 /17 – UPDATE THUNDER BAY, ON – January 22nd 2012 at approximately 04:50 am, Thunder Bay OPP responded to a motor vehicle collision involving a Chevrolet Uplander and a Tractor Trailer on Highway 11/17 near Pineview Road. The driver of the [Read more]
Travel Advisory THUNDER BAY, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to advise that current environmental conditions are resulting in near white-out conditions inThunder Bay and areas east. Sections of highways # 11 and #11/17 have been closed over the last six hours and conditions [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – “Perfect snow, perfect temperature and perfect company. Thanks for the walk everyone” posted Kim and Leslie Ransom on the Marathon Cross-Country Ski and Snowshoe Club’s Facebook wall after their Sunday Social Snowshoe today. Having enjoyed fresh snow at [Read more]
Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Advisory: Location: Hwy #17 at Cavers Hill (Rossport) has been re-opened to one lane. OntarioNewsNorth.com will continue to distribute details and updates of road advisories as information becomes available. [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – January 9th, OntarioNewsNorth.com Editor Karina Hunter, spoke with Manitouwadge’s Economic Development Officer Anthony Friedrich. Friedrich moved from Schreiber, where he had worked as Community Development Officer, to Manitouwadge just a month prior and in spite of [Read more]
Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Advisory: Location: Highway #17 at Cavers Hill (Rossport) Brief Description of Event: Highway is closed due to Motor Vehicle Conllision and Road Conditions Detour : Highway #11 Estimated duration of Road Advisory: [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Sunday afternoon at 2:30 pm, meet at the top of the Main for the Sarah Burke Memorial Run, all skiers and boarders are invited to participate. Lets honor a great Canadian. Thursday, January 19th, Canadian Freestyle skier Sarah Burke died in Salt Lake City hospital more than [Read more]
Courtesy Northwatch Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Reviews Cameco’s Application for Ten Year License PORT HOPE, ON – Cameco Corporation is asking the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to double the license period and allow a one-third increase in production at its uranium [Read more]
Future of health care weakened by Prime Minister’s inaction ALGOMA-MANITOULIN-KAPUSKASING , ON – One of the items central to Canadian identity is Medicare. Publicly funded health care system is a great leveller in our society, especially when compared with the largely private system in [Read more]
Manitouwadge Public School News MANITOUWADGE, ON – Oh no!!! There was a very colorful snake found in a Manitouwadge Public School classroom recently. Building the snake was part of the Kindergarten class’ method of measuring in mathematics. The students wasted no time using the [Read more]
HAVE YOU CHEERED FOR WAWA TODAY? The Wawa Community Centre needs your “cheers”! Molson is giving away up to $1 million dollars and the Wawa Rotary Club wants Wawa to win big. A request to renovate the Michipicoten Community Centre heating and cooling system was accepted by the Molson Coors [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Saturday, December 24th the final (of four) December Gift Card Give-a-way winners was drawn and Jackie Jung was the lucky $100 Gift Card WINNER. The draws, which occurred Saturdays from December 3rd to 24th were Owner Robert Rousselle’s early Christmas Gift to customers [Read more]
TERRACE BAY, ON – The Terrace Bay Pulp mill which has been closed for the past two months is now for sale. CBC-News reported yesterday that local managers and the union have been told Terrace Bay Pulp is looking for new ownership, leaving the fate of 350 workers in the balance. The article [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]
WAWA, ON – January 8, 2012 at 4:45pm Superior East OPP officers in Wawa located an IPOD Touch in the Tim Horton’s parking lot. It’s described as white in colour in a white case. The owner can claim the IPOD by contacting The OPP and identifying the unit. “If you have any information [Read more]
