Parliament saw welcome moments of agreement this week which amounts to good news for Canadians as we passed a New Democrat motion on a pan-Canadian palliative and end-of-life care strategy and got down to work on a government bill for drug safety. The motion should jump-start the government [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – During the Council meeting held on Monday, May 26, 2014, Council announced their intention to fill a vacant seat on Council created by the passing of Dustin Pascoe, by appointment. The Town of Marathon is currently seeking candidates interested in appointment to the office of [Read more]
HERON BAY, ON – Parks Canada plans to conduct a prescribed fire in Pukaskwa National Park between May 30 and June 2, weather permitting. The prescribed fire will occur near Willow Lake in a 425 hectare mixed-wood area located in the north central part of the park’s backcountry. The site is [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Thunder Bay – Superior North Liberal candidate, and incumbent, Michael Gravelle was back in Marathon again last week, one of many stops, during his travels through the Northshore and Greenstone campaigning door-to-door and discussing issues, with residents and [Read more]
Full Un-Edited Livestream – Debate starts at the 40 minute mark. Ontario Election 2014 Northern Leaders’ Debate – Live from Thunder Bay Ontario, hosted by the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA), the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce (NOACC), the [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – The June 2014 Issue of OntarioNewsNorth.com’s printed publication has been slightly delayed in the printing stage but we are still hopeful that distribution will begin on the West tomorrow. The business which prints ONN On The Road for OntarioNewsNorth.com (for this [Read more]
TERRACE BAY, ON – St. Martin School’s Grade 7/8 students, as part of their Lenten journey, created models of Jesus’ crown of thorns using modeling clay and toothpicks. As each student fulfilled their Lenten promise they removed a thorn (toothpick) from their crown. With [Read more]
Information submitted by Marlene Turner MANITOUWADGE, ON – Superior 3B Division 2014 Senior Games continued today in Manitouwadge. The proud host community has welcomed competitors, 55 years and up, from communities across the Northshore (Wawa through Schreiber) since Monday when the games [Read more]
INSIDER REVIEW You’re young, you’ve got everything going for you and you have seemingly found the love of your life. There’s just one small problem- your parents do not approve and they’ll stop at nothing to prevent you from being together. This is the dilemma facing our two young lovers in [Read more]
RED ROCK, ON – The Superior North Catholic District School Board has Native Language in four of our schools: St. Brigid (Nakina), St. Joseph (Geraldton), Our Lady of Fatima (Longlac) St. Edward (Nipigon) April 23 and 24, the Native Language teachers gathered at St. Hilary School in Red Rock [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – Saturday, April 26th, a full church watched as eight students received Communion for the first time. The students were well-prepared for their roles in the Mass as they performed their readings and other jobs beautifully, adding to the importance of this event. It takes a lot [Read more]
The Screen for Life Van a large RV that travels around Northwestern Ontario offering cancer screening services to women including screening mammograms and colorectal cancer screening test are available to women ages 50-74 while cervical cancer screening services are offered for women 30yrs and [Read more]
*Susan Bryan, Nature Reserves Committee Chair spoke to OntarioNewsNorth.com in greater detail about the importance of this parcel and some of the unique flora and fauna that live within it, and much more (including photos, map, etc) at www.youtube.com/OntarioNewsNorth Thunder Bay Field Naturalists [Read more]
from: Rousselle’s Valu-Mart, Manitouwadge The Spring Garden Guide It’s the season of rebirth and re-growth! We know all you green-thumbs can’t wait to get back in those gardens so we came up with this guide to get you started!! Make your beds. Rid planting areas of any weeds and spread [Read more]
