TERRACE BAY, ON – There were many happy faces on Saturday January 26th as Trestle Ridge Ski Hill opened for the first time this season. The large snowfall a week earlier provided a nice base of snow and the dedicated volunteers were out prepping the hill for the kids. Approximately 50 [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Following the Public Meeting held by Kiwissa Ski Club October 16th, OntarioNewsNorth.com Editor Karina Hunter spoke with the Past President Ed Hedderson and newly elected President Lisa Schut regarding how they felt the meeting had gone and their thoughts on the season [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – After a very eventful season which included the addition of some incredible snowshoeing trails, the Marathon Cross-Country Ski Club has officially announced the end of the season. LOCKERS & KEYS________________ The club reminds those with lockers to please clear them out [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – During yesterday evening’s regular council meeting (CLICK HERE to view meeting in its entirety), Community Services Director Daniel Deschamps’ announced the planning of the first Northwestern Ontario Youth Winter Games scheduled to be held in Manitouwadge [Read more]
CLICK PLAY TO VIEW TERRACE BAY, ON – January 8th, 2012 a new channel poped-up on YouTube, it’s TRESTLE RIDGE. To date 3 videos have been uploaded by the user including the night skiing video above from January 15th and more recently, a great video of day skiing at the Terrace Bay [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Monday December 5th, the new Director of Community Services (aka Rec Director) Daniel Deschamps for the Corporation of the Township of Manitouwadge arrived to begin work following the arrival of the community’s new Economic Development Officer Anthony Friedrich the [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Marathon Cross-Country Ski and Snowshoe Club executives Leslie and Kim Ransom were pleased to announce recently, the opening of two new trails for snowshoers in Marathon. Snowfall in the past few weeks has allowed the newly completed and upgraded Cascade and BIG S snowshoe [Read more]
Recently I spent a weekend in Thunder Bay thanks to the Kiwissa Ski Club in Manitouwadge. The package included a two-night stay at the Best Wester Nor’ Wester, a $50 gift card at the Nor’ Wester and 4 full day ski passes at Loch Lomond. Lloyd invited along Matthew, a long time family [Read more]
We’ve arrived in Thunder Bay (myself, Lloyd & Emeraude and Mathew, a friend of Lloyd’s/the family) and we are finally in our room at the Best Western Nor’ Wester. The kids are all in bed and I was wandering to see if there are any events coinciding with our weekend in [Read more]
Frosty fun filled weekend by Karina Hunter M anitouwadge Frosty Days winter festival becomes bigger and better each year and this year’s winter festival was no exception. At the opening ceremonies, at the Kiwissa Ski Centre Friday February 10th Kiwissa Ski Club President, Ed Hedderson, [Read more]
Official but nameless by Karina Hunter It’s official, residents of Manitouwadge received notice this weekend in their ‘Ad Bags’ that construction of the new run at Kiwissa Ski Centre was officially completed the weekend of January 23rd, 2010. Traveling parallel to the Bunny Run, the [Read more]
KIWISSA IS OPEN MAIN RUN & BEGINNER HILL ARE OPEN TODAY – NOON to 4:30pm Lift ticket $15/person ALL DAY! Beginner Hill $5/person OR $10/family ALL DAY! MOVIES AT HIGH SCHOOL TODAY & TONIGHT Tuesday December 22nd – Two Show Times 2pm and 7pm FRED CLAUS (Rated PG) [Read more]
KIWISSA SENDING SKIERS TO LOCH LOMOND by Karina Hunte Kiwissa Ski Centre Kiwissa Ski Club, had offered those purchasing memberships prior to opening day, an added incentive this year, the opportunity to have their name entered to win a 2 night stay at the Nor’Wester Resort Hotel, 4 full day [Read more]
Revised article as per request of Chronicle Journal, watch for it this weekend in their pages… White Christmas at Kiwissa by Karina Hunter As Christmas holidays draw near, preparations at Kiwissa Ski Centre continue at full speed. In November, the hill got a kick start on clean-up when [Read more]
Well, I’ll post an article about this soon but for now, here are some photos to hold you over 🙂 Kiwissa employees have been hard at work for almost a week now, 16 hour shifts of snow-making in the hopes of opening the hill by the 20th or at the latest the 27th. Plus big [Read more]
