Lionel ‘Benny’ BÉGIN passed away peacefully on Tuesday April 1, 2014 at the Manitouwadge General Hospital at the age of 85 years. Benny was born in Hearst, Ontario on December 5, 1928. As a young man Benny worked various jobs before coming to Manitouwadge in 1957 where he worked at [Read more]
Five Ontario men were fined a total of $16,400 and received hunting license suspensions for an illegal moose hunt and an attempted cover up in 2011. Jan Kuczek of Schomberg pleaded guilty to illegally party-hunting moose, failing to immediately attach a game seal, possessing wildlife illegally [Read more]
Provincial Investment Ensures Research and Innovation will Continue Ontario and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) have signed an agreement to continue vital freshwater research at the Experimental Lakes Area — the only freshwater research facility of its kind in [Read more]
WAWA, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Wawa Detachment is currently investigating a theft of a FRABILL portable ice hut from Wawa Lake sometime between March 29 and 30, 2014. The hut was located approximately 100 metres from shore off of Highway 101, approximately four kilometers [Read more]
TORONTO, ON – KWG Resources Inc. (TSX-V: KWG) (“KWG”) is pleased to report that further laboratory tests on the reduction of the Black Horse chromite using natural gas have been completed. The results of these tests provide substantial encouragement that the newly developed method may be [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – March 27th, students at Holy Angels School dressed up like each other for Twin Day, with donations going to our Water Project in Africa. Even though some students were missing because of bad weather, a lot of twins were seen around the building. Thank you to Miss [Read more]
RED ROCK, ON – St. Hilary School students and staff celebrated “Spirit Week” during the first week of March.>We decided that we needed some “extra” fun activities to lift our spirits during this LONG, COLD WINTER! The week was packed full of fun and learning! It all started Monday [Read more]
Interested parties are reminded that the Marathon Joint Review Panel is requiring Stillwater Canada Inc. to provide monthly updates regarding the status of the work to update the project’s feasibility study and to respond to the Panel’s information request. The Panel invites participants to [Read more]
TYLER’S INSIDE REVIEW April has arrived, and of course a new month means a new batch of exciting new releases to look forward to. This month features a slew of big titles from a variety of genres including a couple of huge blockbusters. Lord of the Rings fans can rejoice as the second [Read more]
NORTHSHORE/GREENSTONE, ON – Spring weather continues to make travelling difficult in the area as Highway 17 was closed earlier today due to thawing snow and ice. Highway 17 was closed to traffic at Terrace Bay to westbound traffic, and eastbound at Rainbow Falls because of water over the [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – Mrs. Roy, Mr. Fenton & the Grades 5-8 class’ of Holy Angels School recently enjoyed an outing many among them described as “The time of their life!”. The Grade 5-8 class had snowshoes provided by the Superior North Catholic District School Board, on-hand to [Read more]
Gerald ‘Gerry’ Pilon passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday March 27, 2014 at the age of 70 years. Loving father of Danny and Jerry (Melissa). Step-grandfather of Tricia. Dear brother of the late Marcel Pilon, the late Leo Pilon (Angela) and Susan Gadory. Gerry will be [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – Early in the morning on March 28, 2014 officers of the Nipigon and Schreiber Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of theft of fuel from a business in the Town of Nipigon. At approximately 8:25 a.m., members of the Schreiber Detachment located and [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Thursday March 20th, 2014, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment received a call for an alarm at the Marathon Center Mall. Officers attended the area and located a male exiting the rear of the building from an access door to the Marathon Drug Associates. Joseph [Read more]
HORNEPAYNE, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Hornepayne Detachment began investigating a complaint of sexual assault on March 17, 2014. The assault was reported to have occurred during the early hours of March 16 in a residence in Hornepayne. March 19, 2014 the accused, 20 year old [Read more]
