McGuinty Government Leading The Charge In Clean Transportation Ontario’s vision to have one out of 20 vehicles to be electrically powered by 2020 is moving forward. Eight charging stations are now up and running in Ontario in partnership with world leader Better Place. The company also [Read more]
THIS WEEK AT MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL MANITOUWADGE, ON – Mr. Larsen and his JK/SK/Gr.1 classroom are really taking organics seriously. They have planted a bean seed and are expecting a record crop in the near future! These little farmers have nurtured their bean seed for some time now [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON- Earlier this week, students and staff of Our Lady of Lourdes School celebrated Shrove Tuesday (March 8th), with a special lunch. Shrove Tuesday, also known as “Pancake Tuesday”, “Fat Tuesday” or “Mardi Gras” is a Catholic holiday, the day [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – Wednesday, March 9th Books are for Eating Program continued at the Readers Roost as participants put on their brave faces to try something new, SUSHI! Not just any sushi of course but a dish they had made themselves. Most found it quite interesting though whether it was [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – The staff, students, and family members of Holy Angels Catholic School celebrated Shrove Tuesday with a school wide pancake breakfast followed by a special presentation of homemade bannock. Special thanks go out to the breakfast volunteers, Frank and Linda Trichilo, Anna [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – St. Patrick’s Day fun arrived early at Our Lady of Lourdes School in Manitouwadge today, many of the students and staff dressed in green on the request of student council while Junior and Senior Kindergarten students went on a school-wide hunt of a leprachaun who had [Read more]
Terrible Natural Disaster Strikes Japan Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty today made the following statement regarding the earthquake and tsunami in Japan: “Like many Ontarians, I was shocked this morning to hear news that an earthquake and subsequent tsunami had struck Japan. I met this [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – March 6, Holy Angels’ Gr. 8 student, David Mayry competed in the 2011 Canspell National Spelling Bee. David qualified to represent Holy Angels at a School Wide Spelling Bee held last November. Students from Gr 1-3 competed for fun, and Gr. 3 student, Cosimo Figliomeni [Read more]
March 11, 2011 DANGERS OF SPRING ICE NIPIGON, ON –The Nipigon and Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) want to remind the public to practice proper ice safety. Spring means changing and therefore uncertain ice conditions on the local lakes and rivers. The OPP are encouraging people [Read more]
Improving access to care. That’s why the North West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) invested $353,971 into telemedicine – to improve access to quality health care for the people of Northwestern Ontario. Fourteen organizations across the region will use the money to buy new telemedicine [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Tuesday, March 8 Nite on the Town Entertainment Series (NOTES) of the Arts presented their last show of the 2010-11 season, Jim Witter’s Long and Winding Road, a Beatles Tribute. The show brought in music lovers of all ages, many returning, having loved Witter when [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – Reader’s Roost co-ordinator Elsa Figliomeni has combined the popular reading program with a new initiative called “Books are for Eating”, in which children are encouraged to learn about the culinary traditions of other cultures through storybooks. Books are [Read more]
Envirothon Forestry & Wildlife Workshop Day Attended by NSFC Sponsored Envirothon Team The Northeast Superior Forest Community (NSFC) acknowledges that the youth in our region are our future. It is important to provide our local youth with educational opportunities at an early age to help [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON– Monday, March 7th, students from Manitouwadge Public School (MPS) and Our Lady of Lourdes School (OLOL) gathered with their teachers in the latter school’s gymnasium for the official launch of the WITS program; an anti-bullying initiative that brings together schools, families [Read more]
Holy Angels School Celebrate Winter Playday SCHREIBER, ON – February 24th 2011, Holy Angels School participated in a wonderful day full of sports, food and of course, fun. In celebration of Schreiber’s Winter Carnival Week, students had the opportunity to play several outdoor activities [Read more]
