MARATHON, ON – Pinky McRae, Centre Coordinator of Contact North Marathon has provided the list of Glow and Grow programs for September 2011 (below). Registration information included on the document image below. All course are free and can be taken at the centre or at home. For more [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – In April 2010 OntarioNewsNorth.com reported of a formal partnership being announced between the Canadian National Institue for the Blind Eye Van (CNIB) and the Northern Diabetes Health Network (NDHN) in an initiative funded by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to [Read more]
COMMUNITY MEMBERS CELEBRATE OPENING OF THE REGIONAL EDUCATION ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH (REACH) AT CONFEDERATION COLLEGE THUNDER BAY, ON — The Honourable Michael Gravelle, Minister of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry, MPP Thunder Bay-Superior North and Bill Mauro, MPP for Thunder Bay [Read more]
Education goes a long way Contact North is here to help you reach your potential. Living in a small community doesn’t mean that education is not available. With Contact North’s distance education technology, you can study right here in Manitouwadge, either from our centre or from home. [Read more]
PowerPlan STREET TALK EPISODE 4 ONLINE While out on the streets of Wawa the Economic Development Corporation asked local youth if they have ever thought of entrepreneurship or owning a business as a career choice. Entrepreneurship is often not viewed as a career choice for many youth. In fact, [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Would-be hunters in Manitouwadge and neighbouring communities will be pleased to hear that the Hunter Safety and Firearms Training is being held at the end of the month to have them trained and ready for hunting in the fall. Instructor Alan Galay is offering [Read more]
VIA SKYPE… August 16th the Superior North CFDC will welcome University of Waterloo Lecturer Geoffrey Malleck for a workshop on ‘Creating an Entrepreneurial Culture’ thanks to the Northern Ontario Development Network, the Innovation Centre and SNCFDC’s Local Initiative [Read more]
Speaking in Terrace Bay August 16th, 2011 This is entrepreneurial culture for your business and community. Take in Geoffery Malleck and his unique course “principles of entrepreneurship”, Tuesday, August 16th at the Terrace Bay Superior North CFDC Boardroom. Geoff will inspire and promote [Read more]
EDUCATION GOES A LONG WAY Contact North Is Here To Help Your Reach Your Potential WHITE RIVER, ON – Living in a small community doesn’t mean that education is not available. With Contact north’s distance education technology, you can study right here in White River, either from our centre [Read more]
Northwatch to host Nuclear Waste Workshop in Wawa July 28th, 7 to 9 pm NORTH BAY, ON – Several communities in northern Ontario are allowing themselves to be studied as the possible location for an underground repository for all of Canada’s highly radioactive nuclear reactor waste as [Read more]
NORTHWATCH HOSTS PUBLIC ROUNDTABLE IN WAWA THURSDAY, JULY 28 Several communities in northern Ontario are allowing themselves to be studied as the possible location for an underground repository for all of Canada’s highly radioactive nuclear reactor waste as part of the nuclear industry’s [Read more]
OPP URGES MOTORISTS TO OBEY “MOVE OVER” LAWS TO ENSURE SAFETY OF EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AURORA, ON – Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers, other police service personnel, ambulance workers and firefighters will be out in force this holiday weekend keeping Ontario’s roads safe and [Read more]
McGuinty Government Names Council Of The Federation Award Winner Ningwakwe George, a passionate advocate for literacy who inspires Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people, is the winner of Ontario’s 2011 Council of the Federation Literacy Award. Premier Dalton McGuinty honoured Ms. George for [Read more]
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Catherine Cervin as the new Associate Dean of NOSM’s Postgraduate Education portfolio, beginning October 1, 2011. “The Northern Ontario School of Medicine,” said NOSM Dean, Dr. Roger Strasser, “is [Read more]
NetNewsLedger asked this be shared with OntarioNewsNorth.com readers… Thank you NetNewsLedger! THUNDER BAY, ON – If you are looking for something a little different, and likely very special to do on Saturday night. Here is an idea. Ben Bartlett and Shy-Anne Hovorka are hosting a music [Read more]
