Many more video footage from this evening still uploading, check back Monday eveening (Feb.25) to see it all! MANITOUWADGE, ON – Saturday, February 16th Nite on the Town Entertainment welcomed musicians from Marathon, Pic River and Manitouwadge to the high school auditorium for an evening of [Read more]
TERRACE BAY, ON – February 18th ski and snowboard enthusiasts from across the region went to Trestle Ridge Ski Hill to enjoy some great FREE skiing. [Read more]
FROM THE EDITOR: Thanks to Kim & Leslie Ransom we have yet another update on the happenings at the Marathon Cross-Country Ski and Snowshoe Club (at the Marathon Golf Course site driving into Marathon from Hwy 17) for this, Feb 22-24th, 2013, weekend. Get out there, tell Kim & Leslie you [Read more]
TORONTO, ON – KWG Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:KWG)(“KWG”) has released a study that it commissioned by the international engineering firm Tetra Tech WEI Inc. to compare the capital and operating costs of both a railroad and an all-weather road to the Ring of Fire. The study [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Sunday, February 17th the Manitouwadge Outdoors Enthusiasts held their 3rd annual Family Fish Derby. The derby is always held on the same weekend as the Ontario Free Winter Fishing weekend to allow anglers to participate without a fishing licence which opens the derby to [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – Shrove Tuesday is a day of celebration before the beginning of our Lenten Liturgical Season. Throughout Canada, people traditionally eat pancakes on this day, as fat, butter and eggs are to be used in limited amounts or given up during the Lenten season. Holy Angels School [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – January 29th, Holy Angels Catholic School held their Literacy Day events with the theme of 15 minutes of Fun. Students were split into 4 multi grade teams. The teams were named “Mad Gabbers”, “Wii Love Books”, “Book Crawlers” and “Maniac Mocking Jays”. Each [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – Officers of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police were busy overnight in response to a multiple vehicle collision. On February 19, 2013, at 8:47 pm, officers were dispatched to Highway 11 in the area of Orient Bay following the report of a collision between [Read more]
Thank you to MOE and to all the volunteers that hosted the fishing derby and bar b q. You have no idea what these events do to a child who has never experienced this kind of winter fun. My grandson has been excited since he read in the news letter that the derby was on [Read more]
Mayor Alan Spacek of Kapuskasing and President of the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) joined forces with other municipal and trade organizations to support the provincial government’s newly proposed regulation under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for the forest sector. [Read more]
The North West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) announced today that it will provide more than $988,000 in funding to increase crisis withdrawal and stabilization services at St. Joseph’s Care Group’s Balmoral Withdrawal Management Centre (Detoxification) in Thunder Bay. As part of a [Read more]
KENORA/TORONTO, ON – In an Environmental Registry posting on January 24, 2013 the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) outlined its preferred transition measures for various economic development sectors under the Endangered Species Act (2007). This proposed regulation is consistent with a [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Saturday, February 9th the moment ski and snowboarding enthusiasts in Manitouwadge had been waiting for since December finally came, Kiwissa Ski Hill’s opening day for the 2012/13 season. Though limited runs were accessible, just 2 of the 10 on the hill, these were [Read more]
Kim Inglis, CIM, PFP, FCSI, AIFP is an Investment Advisor & Portfolio Manager with Canaccord Wealth Management, a division of Canaccord Genuity Corp., Member – Canadian Investor Protection Fund. www.reynoldsinglis.ca. Read her column “Money’$ Worth” every other week here on [Read more]
INSIDER SCOOP Award season is in full swing with the big night- the Academy Awards- set to air on February 24th. Award nominated movies will slowly start trickling onto the shelves in the weeks leading up to and after the ceremony. This week, Denzel Washington demonstrates his acting chops in [Read more]
