With 26 boat-related drownings reported in Ontario last year, and all cases males, young anglers came out today to encourage their parents – especially dads – to Gord Ellis, Get it On! campaign spokesperson, joined the youth in sending the messages out to parents that “this means you, [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Geoscientists from five American and Canadian universities are installing a series of seismometers in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Ontario as a part of the SPREE (Superior Province Rifting EarthScope Experiment) Project.These seismometers will record earthquakes that occur [Read more]
May 29, 2011 It seems the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship has another new sponsor this year, even if that sponsor is under the guise of an older one. Since amalgamating with Pinewood, Badiuk Equipment, has taken on all the responsibilities of both businesses, including the sponsorship to [Read more]
McGuinty Government Invests In More Defibrillators for Community Centres, Arenas, Schools Ontario families will have greater access to defibrillators to help if someone has a heart attack. Ontario is bringing more of these life-saving machines to publicly funded sport and recreation centres and [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – This week our pre-registered junior kindergarten students for next school year were certainly introduced and treated to an outstanding session at MPS. They were involved in a workshop that was put on by a very talented visiting team consisting of Shirley Saasto-Stopyra [Read more]
Today, students, teachers, school administrators and other members of the school community celebrated their successes in creating healthier school environments during the first annual Share, Inspire, Celebrate event hosted by the TBDHU’s Healthy Schools team. Highlighting their experiences with [Read more]
Speaker has a big role to play in parliamentary decorum When Parliament begins to sit in earnest next week with all the pomp and ceremony of the throne speech out of the way, Canadians will be watching to see if the much-promised civility in the House of Commons comes to pass. While June 2nd was [Read more]
Andrew Scheer elected by peers after 6 rounds of voting “I’d like to offer my congratulations and support to Andrew Scheer, the new Speaker, in his election to this vital position,” said Hyer after voting for almost 7 hours. “We’ve had problems that have gotten worse and worse in [Read more]
June 3, 2011 There were no new confirmed fires reported at the time of this report on June 3. Currently there are two active fires situated in the Thunder Bay district both receiving rainfall today. Thunder Bay Fire Number 22 located 38 kilometres east of Savant Lake on the CN railway line near the [Read more]
Le gouvernement McGuinty veille à ce que les Ontariens continuent à recevoir les services indispensables Les Ontariennes et les Ontariens seront en mesure d’accéder aux services indispensables du gouvernement de l’Ontario pendant toute interruption résultant d’une grève [Read more]
Confederation College Sees Over 1400 Graduates in 2011 THUNDER BAY, ON – Students from the Thunder Bay campus were the first to receive certificates, diplomas and honourary diplomas today at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium during Confederation College’s graduation ceremonies. President [Read more]
Confederation College Sees Over 1400 Graduates in 2011 THUNDER BAY, ON – Students from the Thunder Bay campus were the first to receive certificates, diplomas and honourary diplomas today at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium during Confederation College’s graduation ceremonies. [Read more]
McGuinty Government Continues To Lead The Way In Accessibility Ontario is celebrating National Access Awareness Week 2011 – and continuing the journey toward becoming a world leader in accessibility – by putting in place its next three accessibility standards. These three standards [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Marathon FAST Club and Pukakswa National Park partnered to present the Pukakswa Duathlon Race, Saturday, May 28 2011. The race consisted of a 5km run, 20km bike, and 2.5km run completed in sequence. Including racers, there were approximately 30 people in attendance. Gloomy [Read more]
McGuinty Government Expands Innovative Swim to Survive Program Ontario is providing funding to help more than 80,000 seven- and eight-year-old children across the province receive free basic water safety and survival skills training. The province is supporting the expansion of the Lifesaving [Read more]
