Although the forest fire season starts and ends at the same time each year, from April 1 to October 31, the events and responses are always unique! Thus it was in the Northwest Region in 2012. The first confirmed fire was found on January 9 on a small island 25 kilometres north of Kenora. This [Read more]
THREADS volunteer operator Donna Gilles-Jalbert was excited to announce recently that she had new retail items available at the 2nd hand clothing and house wares shop she created to raise funds for the Manitouwadge Museum. Louis Bérubé, Owner /Operator of Freehawk Enterprises (an outdoor clothing [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – It was another incredible Trick or Eat food drive in Marathon this year as residents gave generously outdoing the previous year’s collection once again as they collected an estimated total of $11,655.00 worth of non-perishable food donations for their local food bank. [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Manitouwadge’s 3rd Annual Trick or Eat was a great success. 13 Adults and 22 youth participated in addition to 8 of the food bank’s regular volunteers who were on hand to help sort the food. An estimated $3000 worth of non-perishable food donations were [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – This week, members of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 242 were visiting local businesses and families for orders of wreaths to be laid at the 2012 Remembrance Day Ceremony Sunday, November 11th at the Manitouwadge Recreation Centre Auditorium. If you missed the [Read more]
Submitted by Holy Angels School participants It was fast furious and fun! Tuesday, October 23rd, the Grade 8 students from Holy Angels Catholic School participated in the Skills Canada-Ontario Cardboard Boat Races in Marathon. Student teams built their own boats out of cardboard and raced them [Read more]
A Celebration of Canada’s Medical Radiation Technologists MANITOUWADGE, ON — Manitouwadge General Hospital celebrates Medical Radiation Technologists (MRTs) Week, November 4-10, 2012. These nationally certified Technologists are committed to providing empathetic “high-touch” care to [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – The Greenstone OPP is requesting assistance from the public in regards to a mischief that occurred between October 2nd and October 4th 2012 on the Anaconda Road, northwest of Aroland. Unknown suspect(s) damaged a Ford F-150 pickup truck, green in colour which had been parked [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – Holy Angels Catholic School celebrated an opening September School mass with our school family. Father Alex Barrion welcomed students, staff, family and parish members to the new school year. During the celebration, there was a commissioning ceremony for all staff as they [Read more]
Break & Enter and Theft under $5000.00 Crime Stoppers and the Nipigon OPP are asking for your help in solving a Break & Enter and the theft of two firearms. September 24th 2012 an unknown suspect entered a camp using a pry tool and went into some of the outbuildings. The camp is located [Read more]
Thunderhawks Women’s Hockey – October 26 Game Recap INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MINNESOTA – The Confederation College Thunderhawks women’s hockey team opened with a 3-1 win over Minot State University in its first game of the Rainy River Community College Can-Am Tournament in International [Read more]
Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officers laid almost 160 charges and seized illegally harvested animals, including 29 moose, during an enforcement blitz in the northeast. The targeted area extended from the Hudson Bay and James Bay coasts in the north, to the French and Mattawa rivers in [Read more]
MARATHON PGM-Cu MINE Project JOINT REVIEW PANELPlease see the letter below from the Marathon Joint Review Panel regarding a request for confidentiality received from the Pays Plat First Nation. As per the Procedures for Requesting Confidentiality, the Panel is making this request available for a [Read more]
Canada’s nuclear industry is getting close to setting a final storage site for some 50,000 tonnes of accumulated nuclear waste. This is a decision that will have a major impact on Northwestern Ontario. Most people may not know that regardless of the location that’s chosen, people in [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Tuesday, October 23rd, Manitouwadge High School’s Grade 10 Civics students participated in a field trip recognizing Local Government Week (celebrated provincially the week prior). The field trip included an informal sit-down with Mayor John MacEachern and Council [Read more]
