MARATHON ON – Monday January 28, 2013 approximately 2:40 pm, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment observed a vehicle stuck in a snow bank along the side of Highway 17 near White Lake Provincial park. A lone male occupant exited the driver’s seat when [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Sunday February 3, 2013 approximately 10:20 pm, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment were advised of a motor vehicle collision involving two transports on Hwy 17 approximately 15 km west of Marathon ON. A westbound commercial motor vehicle was [Read more]
TORONTO, ON —The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s (PDAC) annual convention, taking place March 3 – 6,2013, will see the global mineral industry converge on Toronto in the tens of thousands. In 2012, over 30,000 people attended the convention. “Canada leads all countries [Read more]
KMPG to Present Findings of Municipal Service Delivery Review At Special Meeting of Council This Week MANITOUWADGE, ON – Fall of 2012 Council agreed to commission the services of KPMG Inc. to provide a Municipal Service Delivery Review. KMPG advises services companies and public-sector [Read more]
DUBREUILVILLE, ON – Though many snowmobile clubs in Northwestern Ontario have folded in recent years, like the once thriving Manitou Sno-Drifters from Manitouwadge, causing the North of Superior Snowmobile Association (aka OFSC District 16) to be defunct and in the process of being [Read more]
Joint Review Panel Invites Public Comment on Public Hearing Procedures for Proposed Marathon Platinum Group Metals and Copper Mine Project January 31, 2013 – The Joint Panel reviewing the proposed Marathon Platinum Group Metals and Copper Mine project invites the public to comment on the draft [Read more]
Ontario’s next Premier and her cabinet will be sworn-in on February 11 at Queen’s Park. Kathleen Wynne became Premier-designate this morning after she met with The Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. He asked her to form the next government of Ontario. On February [Read more]
Well, not quite but it is exciting that our community’s name has landed in the pages of a best-selling Ojibway author’s latest novel even if it is just as a fictional community. Award winning and best-selling Ojibwe writer Richard Wagamese’s new novel ‘Indian Horse’ is [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – January 20, 2013 officers of the Nipigon OPP Detachment completed an investigation resulting in three individuals being charged with a weapon offence. A warrant was executed at a residence located within the community of Lake Helen First Nation. As a result, a 31 year old [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – Championship curling returns to Nipigon, February 6 -10, 2013 as the Nipigon Curling Club will host the top men’s curlers in Northern Ontario. Nine teams will compete at the Nipigon Community Centre arena for the Dominion 2013 NOCA (Northern Ontario Curling [Read more]
PIC RIVER, ON – Pic River First Nations, in partnership with the Township of Marathon, started to look at the development of the coastal trail between their two communities over 7 years ago however as often happens, there were changes of staff along the way and the project was placed on the [Read more]
INSIDER SCOOP In 2007, scary movie lovers were teased and tantalized by the previews for Paranormal Activity- a movie unlike any that we’d seen before. Word of mouth and strong marketing helped to fuel a massive 193 million dollar worldwide box office haul for a movie that shockingly cost only 15 [Read more]
TERRACE BAY, ON – There were many happy faces on Saturday January 26th as Trestle Ridge Ski Hill opened for the first time this season. The large snowfall a week earlier provided a nice base of snow and the dedicated volunteers were out prepping the hill for the kids. Approximately 50 [Read more]
SUPERIOR EAST, ON -Recently the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Detachments have had several online and telephone frauds reported. In one instance a victim was telephoned and advised that it was Google calling. This is called the “Anti-Virus”, the victim was told his [Read more]
