Ontario Helping Festivals and Events Grow The new Ontario government is giving local festivals and events a boost to help grow tourism, create jobs and support economic growth across the province. This year, 203 festivals and events received funding through the Celebrate Ontario fund. This [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Tuesday April 9, 2013 at approximately 5:15 pm, an officer from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment observed a dark coloured Chevrolet Impala speeding on Highway 17 in Pic Township, east of Marathon. Police stopped the vehicle and while speaking to the [Read more]
New Ontario Government Lays Foundations for Future Growth A number of communities and First Nations in Northwestern Ontario are identifying investment opportunities that will create new jobs and grow the local economy. With support from the Northern Communities Investment Readiness (NCIR) [Read more]
The students are all smiles as they begin. Photos HAS SCHREIBER, ON – March 28th, the students at Holy Angels School learned, hands-on, about a very delicious Italian tradition – the making of “Sguetti” bread at Easter. Not only is the desert they made a wonderful Italian [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Thursday, April 4, 2013 at approximately 8:30pm the Manitouwadge Volunteer Fire Department responded to a residential fire call at 7 Otter Avenue. The homeowners/family were out already when the fire department arrived and fire had already spread to the attic area, Fire [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Monday, March 27th, Grade 2 through 8 students from École Publique Franco-Manitou, accompanied by their Social Sciences Teacher Tina Piquette, visited Long-term care patients at Manitouwadge General Hospital. As part of Language studies, the students had written stories, [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – The Manitouwadge Diabetes Health and Wellness Program “Just Move It!” resistance band exercise program has existed for quite some time however, due to lack of space the exercise program, which is open to any Manitouwadge residents, had not been promoted and [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Education takes on a whole new meaning when you live in the North and you are a student at MPS. Mrs. Schleier’s class recently braved the snow to learn how to construct Quinzees in the bush. With shovels, pans and lots of enthusiasm, eager learners readied themselves to [Read more]
NDP: CP oil spill in White River larger than originally reported ELLIOT LAKE, ON – Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha says community concerns surrounding a train derailment and oil spill near White River are increasing as the size of the reported spill has increased from 4 barrels to 400. [Read more]
ELLIOT LAKE, ON – The oil spill near White River is raising anxiety for people in the area who are questioning the validity of the information they are receiving, according to Carol Hughes. The MP for Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing commented on the spill that occurred when 22 cars derailed about [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – During February, OntarioNewsNorth.com On The Road promoted a $250 cash give-a-way contest in honour of Valentine’s Day, March 7th a live draw was streamed online and the lucky winner of the $250 cash prize was Jackie Jung (during the broadcast, we also gave away two [Read more]
TERRACE BAY, ON – Wednesday, March 6th the staff at St. Martin School planned and hosted a Math Olympics in the gym to celebrate World Math Day. Upon entering into the gym each school family assembled together to create a Math Flag, which teams used to cheer their teammates on during their [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – Wednesday, March 6, 2013, Holy Angels School hosted a Science Fair for students from . The students hypothesised, tested and presented wonderful projects on many interesting topics which included: structures, magnets, electricity and liquids – to name a few. Winners [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Wednesday, March 27th, the Township of Manitouwadge Community Services department, in collaboration with the Manitouwadge Best Start Hub, welcomed families to the Recreation Centre Auditorium for their annual Easter Extravaganza. Children and parents alike, enjoyed Easter [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON– Gypsy Jazz trio “The Lost Fingers” just celebrated their 20th country visited and shared many memories from these travels with audience members in Manitouwadge Monday, March 25th where they performed as part of the 2012-13 Nite on the Town Entertainment Series. [Read more]
