MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWS MANITOUWADGE, ON – Manitouwadge Public School is very pleased to welcome two former students back with us. Justin Fleurent and Lea Leduc spent all of their elementary school life as students at MPS and are now back doing their high school Coop placement. Justin [Read more]
Celebrate Ontario Helps Festivals And Events In Thunder Bay-Superior North March 4, 2011 Ontario is helping festivals and events in Northwestern Ontario boost tourism, generate economic activity, welcome new visitors to the region, and support and create new local jobs. [Read more]
Manitouwadge High School MARCH 4 & 5 Invitational Badminton Tournament @ MHS 8 Relay For Life Assembly @ 12:40 10 Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra Performance: 1:00 to 1:45 > JK – Gr. 6 2:00 – 3:00 > Gr. 7 – 12 [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Our Lady of Lourdes Junior and Senior Kindergarten students attended the Manitouwadge Recreation Centre this Wednesday for their last school skating outing. The students enjoyed a bi-weekly skate at the arena all winter, often accompanied by a class of senior grade [Read more]
PUBLIC NOTICE Please Be Advised On The Feeding of Foxes and Other Wildlife In Manitouwadge The Township of Manitouwadge continues in their efforts to remind residents to PLEASE NOT FEED or put scraps of any type of food out for wildlife including fox, feral or stray cats, ravens, coyotes or wolves. [Read more]
Moose Hunting Party Members Fined for Illegal Hunting February 25, 2011 (Rec’vd March 3rd) Two Ontario residents have been fined a total of $2,250 for charges related to illegal moose hunting. Renee Poirier of Marathon was fined $1,000 for unlawfully hunting cow moose and $500 for failing [Read more]
If you know a social worker, the week of March 7 to 13 would be a good time to wish them a “Happy Social Work Week.” The Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW) is celebrating National Social Work Week from March 7 to 13, 2011. The theme this year, Social workers can be found in [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Contact North’s Marathon Office has released the schedule of PARO Women’s Enterprise workshops which will be offered during March with the theme of “CREATE, FOCUS, ACHIEVE”. These workshops are open to the public, free of charge and available at all [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Manitouwadge Curling Club Ladies Representative Shawna Patterson is looking forward to a first she has organized for the club this weekend (Saturday, March 5), a Glow-In-The-Dark-Bonspeil. How will curlers manage when the lights go out you may wonder; well, Patterson has [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Marathon/Manitouwadge detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police released this review for the week of February 22nd through 27th, 2011 Calls for Service – 60 Traffic Tickets – 7 Criminal Charges – 3 R.I.D.E. Checks – 15 Results of R.I.D.E. 244 Vehicles [Read more]
The Academy Awards have come and gone and I must say I did quite well with my predictions! Keep reading for a complete summary of the contenders, my picks, and the actual winners. For now, let’s have a look at what new movies will be available at Crossover tomorrow; Burlesque: starring Cher and [Read more]
Photos courtesy MHS Teacher Gord Martin MANITOUWADGE, ON – Last Tuesday, February 22nd, senior students in Manitouwadge High School’s (MHS) SHSM (Specialist High Skills Major) Environment Program (Northern Studies) were seen hiking through town on snowshoes, complete with [Read more]
Superior North Emergency Medical Services Rural and Remote Paramedics vote for strike action! TORONTO, ON – Feb. 25 /CNW/ – CAW Local 229 members from 14 remote and rural paramedic stations throughout the district of Thunder Bay voted 100% in favour of strike action. The strike vote [Read more]
A CAPSULAR MOMENT Herbal Weight Loss Agents Obesity has become one of the major health problems in Canada. It is estimated that 10 to 25% of all teenagers and 20 to 50% of all adults have a weight problem. Many factors have contributed to the increasing rates of overweight and obesity and they [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Friday, February 18th, Junior and Senior Kindergarten students, and their teachers, from Our Lady of Lourdes travelled, with the help of parent drivers, to Kiwissa Ski Centre for an afternoon of sliding and fun. Teachers had brought along crazy carpets while several [Read more]
