Superior-Greenstone District School Board was recently host to Microsoft Education as they prepared to roll out Office 365 to our leadership team. Office 365 is also available to all learners in the Board. The O365 tools will provide all our learners with tools to demonstrate their learning, and [Read more]
FROM THE EDITOR: Though Tyler Davis, Owner of Crossover Video and contributor of the weekly #CrossoverInsider is away this week he had wanted to ensure movie lovers in the region still had access to information about the week’s new releases and so provided the summaries below in advance. [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Students are Margaret Twomey Public School recently had the opportunity to activate their Superior-Greenstone District School Board Google accounts and learn all about the powerful learning tools they can access with Google Apps for Education. Students in Mr. Skworchinski’s [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – WOW! Each year one of our students, Miah Wheadon, and her family do an awesome job of making sure our students and staff are educated about epilepsy which, unfortunately affects Miah herself. On Epilepsy Awareness Day 2016, everyone at Manitouwadge Public School (MPS) [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – May 2nd, the Marathon area communities will begin our seven week Community Challenge to increase our levels of daily physical activity. There has been a tremendous response from area residents with 48 teams (over 375 participants) participating, which makes up over 10% of our [Read more]
Kevin Hart has been a busy man over the last couple of years. Since 2014, the diminutive comedian has appeared in ten movies while also performing his stand up comedy routine across the world. In 2014, Hart starred alongside Ice Cube in “Ride Along”, a comedy portraying him as a hapless [Read more]
Province Increasing Port Capacity, Strengthening Local Economy Ontario is helping Thunder Bay Port Authority expand its dock-side operations and construct a new storage facility to handle more cargo. With an investment of $1 million through the province’s Northern Ontario Heritage Fund [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Second-year students in the Native Child & Family Services program at Confederation College responded to the racism in the community with a “Stand Up” silent protest event, which took place today. This is the second year this event has been organized by students. In [Read more]
Movie lovers will be delighted to learn that some of the biggest movies of the year, actually some of the biggest movies ever, will be releasing over the next few weeks. Not a day goes by where we don’t get asked about “The Revenant”, the big budget adventure film which landed Leonardo [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON – Ontario New Democrat Deputy Leader Jagmeet Singh, (MPP, Bramalea-Gore-Malton) says Kathleen Wynne’s system of requiring Cabinet Ministers to use their ministerial portfolios in a fundraising quota scheme may have broken Ontario’s integrity laws. Singh has [Read more]
FONOM Urging Members to Support Ontario Farmers KAPUSKASING, ON ‐ The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) is encouraging its membership to use their influence within their communities to support and promote Ontario farmers by purchasing French’s ketchup. In 2015, French’s [Read more]
MANTIOUWADGE, ON – This week, Manitouwadge Public School (MPS) Grade 7 and 8 students paired up with students from Our Lady of Lourdes School (OLOL) and reluctantly left their textbooks behind to spend the day enjoying their Annual Curling Bonspiel. The young curlers have been preparing [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Students in the Tourism – Travel and Eco-Adventure program at Confederation College received hands-on experience today, thanks to a new collaboration with Wasaya. Following a detailed tour of the various sections of the aircraft, the fourteen Flight Attendant students who are [Read more]
CLICK PLAY on video above to view clip from Question Period. QUEEN’S PARK, ON – During Question Period today, Sarah Campbell, MPP for Kenora-Rainy River, called on Premier Wynne to prevent deadly fires in First Nations communities, and support a coroner’s inquest into the deadly house [Read more]
From the Editor: Days are getting longer, temperatures are rising (or trying to) and naturally, this results in larger numbers of Northern Ontario residents taking advantage of getting regular exercise outdoors. In my community, Manitouwadge, I’ve definitely notice a rise in the numbers of [Read more]
