Monday, April 5 marked the 49th annual Senior’s Easter Tea in Dorion. Easter Monday would not be the same without this annual event. This year, there were approximately 50 attendees from the area including Thunder Bay, Nipigon, Red Rock and Dorion. This event provides old friends the [Read more]
Schreiber’s 125th receives big approval! by Karina Hunter Pictured are members of Schreiber’s 125th committee during their regular meeting Monday, March 29th. Among agenda items discussed at the meeting were the ongoing Photo Contest being coordinated by the Schreiber Public Library; [Read more]
Dorion’s Canyon Country Birding Festival committee is happy with the progress of this year’s Festival on May 15 & 16. Our earlybird deadline has come and gone (March 31), and we are very pleased with the response! We have some new participants, and many returning ones this year [Read more]
New Authors at OntarioNewsNorth.com by Karina Hunter, Editor/Publisher I’d like to extend a very warm welcome to some new contributors at OntarioNewsNorth.com. Recently I was joined by some regional neighbours who will be posting news and events coverage from their respective [Read more]
Majorie House and Kanawayhitowin collaborate by Karina Hunter This week, Marjorie House and Kanawayhitowin: Taking Care of Each Other’s Spirit presented Raising Awareness in Your Communities and Providing Support for the Women-Children-Men in Your Communities a learning opportunity for [Read more]
Video: Morley Chertkoff, International Studies Director, CBEI and Judi Maundrell, Vice-President, Academic Confederation College sign agreement; March 29th, 2010 Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Manitouwadge pilot community for English Language Studies It has been approximately 2 years [Read more]
Dorion Birding Festival Drawing attention In 2006 a group attending an economic development workshop discussed the potential for a birding festival in our area. In 2007, two Lakehead University students completed a study on birding festivals and in 2008 a number of representatives from Dorion, [Read more]
Community Easter Party by Karina Hunter Saturday, March 27th, the Manitouwadge Best Start Hub organized a Community Easter Party at the Rec Centre Auditorium as a fundraiser for the Brass Bell High School Bursary Fund which awards bursaries to High School Graduates entering a field involving [Read more]
Manitouwadge Minor Hockey hosts IP1 Jamboree by Karina Hunter Manitouwadge Minor Hockey hosted an IP1 Jamboree today at the Manitouwadge Recreation Centre Arena; two teams from Marathon and a team from Wawa traveled to participate in the Jamboree which included a free coffee & lunch, penny [Read more]
Mens' Open Hockey, sponsored all year by Manroc Developments Inc., ended in Manitouwadge Saturday; a group of about a dozen regulars and several more floaters attended the Recreation...VIDEO MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR ALL VIEWERS - VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED - PARENTAL DISCRETION IS STRONGLY [Read more]
PHN visits Best Start Hub by Karina Hunter Shirley Saasto-Stopyra, Public Heath Nurse for the Thunder Bay District Health Unit spoke at the Manitouwadge Best Start Hub today as part of her monthly visits there. A group of approximately eight Moms, with babies and their siblings, enjoyed [Read more]
Elementary school students smash with law enforcement by Karina Hunter The groups were brought together by game organizer Isobel Noble of the Manitouwadge/Marathon Youth Justice Committee to offer the sports enthusiasts the opportunity to form new alliances and friendships through their [Read more]
MP Bruce Hyer speaks on International Day for the Elimination of Discrimination OTTAWA – Bruce Hyer, MP spoke in support of a new Northwestern Ontario Immigration Portal, launched at the Italian Cultural Centre in Thunder Bay today after multicultural festivities and a community breakfast in [Read more]
After attending Snow Tour 2010 I shared the experience with media through submissions of a variety of articles/editorials to newspapers and magazines – I wanted to allow these to publish, and allow M.Brown, by whom I was contracted to photograph this event, the opportunity to share [Read more]
St.Patrick’s Day Tea by Karina Hunter Ladies of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Catholic Women’s Society (CWS) in Manitouwadge organized and hosted a tea Sunday in celebration of St.Patrick’s Day. Many residents came out to socialize and enjoy the treats offered, those who purchased tea [Read more]
