CAUTION STILL NEEDED THOUGH SNOWMOBILE SAFETY WEEK HAS ENDED With the OPP reporting one death and 4 injuries since November due to snowmobile collisions in the Northwest region, and several incidents of property damage, Thunder Bay’s SAVE (Snowmobile ATV Vessel Education) is urging sledders of [Read more]
February 2, 2011 McGuinty Government Seeking Input To Help Improve Services For Young Children Ontario is seeking input on the best way to provide more timely, effective and convenient supports to children and their families. The input will help the province develop Best Start Child and Family [Read more]
“TOGETHER WE EDUCATE HEART, MIND AND SOUL.” Superior North Catholic District School Board invites parents/guardians to the Registration Tea at Our Lady of Lourdes School, on Thursday, February 10th from 1:30-2:30 P.M. Registered children must be 4 years of age, on or before December 31, [Read more]
February 1st, 2011 A Dryden-area man has been fined $2,100 unlawfully selling moose antlers. Clifford Wise of Eagle River was convicted under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and charged $1,500 for unlawfully selling moose antlers and $600 for providing false information to a Ministry [Read more]
XSTRATA LAB MAKES CANADA’S FIRST CHROME FROM BIG DADDY Montreal, Canada – February 3, 2011 – KWG Resources Inc. (TSXV: KWG) announces that a historic milestone was achieved this morning when the first high carbon ferrochrome was produced in a test melt of the Big Daddy chromite bulk [Read more]
February 3, 2011 SCHREIBER, ON – Whether a prediction of an early spring is a good or bad thing varies greatly, depending on whom you speak to on the Northshore because though we have some of the roughest winters in Canada, many live in our region exactly because of that. It [Read more]
Feb. 3, 2011 CLEVELAND, /PRNewswire/ Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF) (Paris: CLF) today, in connection with its ongoing discussions with stakeholders, released preliminary project information for potential development of its Black Thor chromite deposit in the McFaulds Lake or Ring of [Read more]
NORTHSHORE & GREENSTONE, ON- PARO, a not-for-profit and grassroots organization focused on addressing the many unique challenges facing women as entrepreneurs and primary family caregivers, is offering the following workshops to Northshore residents at Contact North in Marathon during [Read more]
February 1, 2010 McGuinty Government Continues To Help Traffic Flow And Keep Roads Safe For 20 years, Ontario’s COMPASS system has been helping keep travellers safe, managing congestion and keeping travellers moving along some of the busiest highways in North America. There are currently 222 [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Thursday, February 3rd, Chelsea DeGagne, Volunteer Coordinator for North of Superior Programs presented 2 information sessions at the Golden Age Club and was very pleased with the number of Manitouwadge seniors who stepped up to offer themselves as volunteers. DeGagne [Read more]
February 1, 2011 Montreal, Canada –- KWG Resources Inc. (TSXV: KWG) yesterday (Mon.Jan.31.2011) had its helicopter evacuate a man injured in the campsite being installed beside the Koper Lake ice runway for a threatened blockade of exploration activities in the area. The man was given first aid [Read more]
Plans are moving full steam ahead for the 9th annual Live from the Rock Folk Festival to be held August 5-7, 2011 in Red Rock along the shores of beautiful Lake Superior. The festival is once again inviting the public to submit a slogan to brand 2011’s event. The winner will receive two weekend [Read more]
February 1, 2011 McGuinty Government Keeping Roads Safe For Ontario Families One year ago today, police began enforcing the ban on hand-held cell phone use while driving, helping to make Ontario’s roads safer. The law helps police get distracted drivers off our roads and while at the same [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Monday, January 31st at approximately 9am, Manitouwadge Volunteer Fire Department answered a call to a home on Neebig Ave where smoke had backed up through the woodstove filling the residential home full of smoke. Two fire trucks attended the scene, removing the [Read more]
January 31, 2011 FORT HOPE, ON – January 28, 2011, Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service Drug Enforcement Unit members charged a woman and a youth after executing a search warrant issued under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act at a residence in the First Nation Community of Eabametoong. The [Read more]
