MANITOUWADGE, ON – Saturday, March 12 (CLICK HERE to view video, photos, artilce), kicking off March Break, Devan Pelletier organized a “Big Air and Rail” competition at Kiwissa Ski Hill. To participate, contestants were required to make a donation to the local Food Bank. [Read more]
Teachers and students in grade 7 classrooms across Canada can now access newly developed lesson plans and resources that explore fire’s crucial role in the health and functioning of Pukaskwa National Park’s boreal forest ecosystem. The lessons allow students to investigate the role of [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Tuesday, March 22nd at 7:30am Manitouwadge entrepreneurs and businesses are invited to an ‘Introduction to Marketing Online’ presented by the Manitouwadge Economic Development Office and Thunder Bay Entrepreneur Centre. This session is intended to help business learn how [Read more]
March 26, 2011 A Conference Hosted by the Northwestern Ontario Bio-Economy Corporation (NOBEC) The Northwestern Ontario Bio-Economy Corporation (NOBEC) is a non-profit organization with regional representation that facilitates research and fosters viable business opportunities focusing [Read more]
Second Time NOSM’s Entire Graduating Class Matches to Residency Programs on First Attempt Earlier this week, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) received notice that all undergraduate medical students in this year’s graduating class successfully matched to Canadian residency programs [Read more]
Using a combination of video- and tele-conference connectivity across Northern Ontario, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) held a regular meeting of the Board of Directors on Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Members of the Board approved the Financial Report for the period ending December 31, [Read more]
THIS WEEK AT MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL MANITOUWADGE, ON – Mr. Larsen and his JK/SK/Gr.1 classroom are really taking organics seriously. They have planted a bean seed and are expecting a record crop in the near future! These little farmers have nurtured their bean seed for some time now [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON- Earlier this week, students and staff of Our Lady of Lourdes School celebrated Shrove Tuesday (March 8th), with a special lunch. Shrove Tuesday, also known as “Pancake Tuesday”, “Fat Tuesday” or “Mardi Gras” is a Catholic holiday, the day [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – Wednesday, March 9th Books are for Eating Program continued at the Readers Roost as participants put on their brave faces to try something new, SUSHI! Not just any sushi of course but a dish they had made themselves. Most found it quite interesting though whether it was [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – The staff, students, and family members of Holy Angels Catholic School celebrated Shrove Tuesday with a school wide pancake breakfast followed by a special presentation of homemade bannock. Special thanks go out to the breakfast volunteers, Frank and Linda Trichilo, Anna [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – St. Patrick’s Day fun arrived early at Our Lady of Lourdes School in Manitouwadge today, many of the students and staff dressed in green on the request of student council while Junior and Senior Kindergarten students went on a school-wide hunt of a leprachaun who had [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – March 6, Holy Angels’ Gr. 8 student, David Mayry competed in the 2011 Canspell National Spelling Bee. David qualified to represent Holy Angels at a School Wide Spelling Bee held last November. Students from Gr 1-3 competed for fun, and Gr. 3 student, Cosimo Figliomeni [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – Reader’s Roost co-ordinator Elsa Figliomeni has combined the popular reading program with a new initiative called “Books are for Eating”, in which children are encouraged to learn about the culinary traditions of other cultures through storybooks. Books are [Read more]
Envirothon Forestry & Wildlife Workshop Day Attended by NSFC Sponsored Envirothon Team The Northeast Superior Forest Community (NSFC) acknowledges that the youth in our region are our future. It is important to provide our local youth with educational opportunities at an early age to help [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON– Monday, March 7th, students from Manitouwadge Public School (MPS) and Our Lady of Lourdes School (OLOL) gathered with their teachers in the latter school’s gymnasium for the official launch of the WITS program; an anti-bullying initiative that brings together schools, families [Read more]
