MARATHON, ON – This week, Marathon Mayor & Council held a public Town Hall Meeting at during which they discussed the ongoing issue of their communities garbage disposal needs. OntarioNewsNorth.com Editor/publisher Karina Hunter sat down with Dumas yesterday to hear about the details of [Read more]
This week at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School MANITOUWADGE, ON – Mrs. Giles and her grade one students at Our Lady of Lourdes School are budding scientists. They are observing changes in the characteristics of living things and documenting their findings in their seasonal journals. [Read more]
A Capsular Moment Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) By David Bodunde, RPh Despite its jaw breaking name BPH is a term used to describe an enlarged prostate and is very common among men over the age of fifty. Medical science has not quite pinpointed the exact cause, but it is the result of small [Read more]
Article/Photos by Beverlee Coulter, © Beverlee Coulter 2010 MARATHON, ON – The first concert of the “off” season for Concerts in the Parking Lot took place this past Tuesday evening, October 5th. As you have likely surmised, the concert was not held in the usual parking lot locale but [Read more]
by Karina Hunter Public computer available to use at no cost. MANITOUWADGE, ON – As of the September 27th 2010, Manitouwadge residents have a newly integrated and renovated ServiceOntario centre where they can access health card and driver and vehicle services under one roof. Driver and [Read more]
FROM/DE: Marathon OPP Detachment DATE: October 04, 2010 MALE CHARGED WITH IMPAIRED OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE MARATHON ON. – Friday October 1, 2010, at 03:00am Marathon OPP officers observed a motor vehicle that was travelling in a back lane at a high rate of speed. The officers conducted a [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – While covering NOMA’s Semi-Annual Conference in Thunder Bay we caught up with NOMA Vice-President, Manitouwadge Mayor John MacEachern. MacEachern is running for Mayor once again and so we discussed the progress made during the past four years, where he is [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL REMEMBERS MANITOUWADGE, ON – The students, staff, some parents and grandparents were honoured on Thursday to be able to pay tribute to a very well known Canadian. Each year our students participate in the Annual Terry Fox School Run by taking part in a parade [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Students in Grade 3 are busy examining local soil samples in an effort to better understand the composition of soil. Armed with their tools, newspapers, toothpicks and a magnifying lens, students found: Pebbles Roots Seeds Mica Vermiculite Shells Insect Larvae. Jaden was [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE , ON – Tuesday, September 28th OntarioNewsNorth.com Editor/Publisher Karina Hunter sat down with Mayoral Candidate Dave Weadon. Weadon spoke of the job and cost cuts he feels are necessary within the municipality and of how he would like to see Manitouwadge move forward. [Read more]
To Manitouwadge residents, Last week Lee Stones Consultant for the Prevention of Elder Abuse North West Region and Estelle Morrill, Chair for the Schreiber/Terrace Bay Elder Abuse Prevention Committee area visited Manitouwadge. (Read the article about their official travels at [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE GENERAL HOSPITAL ANNOUNCEMENT The Manitouwadge General Hospital Board of Directors wishes to advise that at the Annual General Meeting of Members held on September 28, 2010, they accepted the resignation of their Interim Chief Executive Officer, Mrs. Judith Harris. In her letter of [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – September 28th, OntarioNewsNorth.com Editor/Publisher Karina Hunter sat down with Council hopeful, Eva Plourde to hear of her reasons for running for the position of Councillor, below you’ll find the complete interview from this meeting. Thanks to Eva for welcoming me [Read more]
Manitouwadge Cross Country Ski Club receives Local Initiatives Funding. MANITOUWADGE, ON – The Northern Trails Ski Club has received $2,851.16 through FedNor’s Local Initiatives Program. The money was used to partnership with other grant monies to complete the Kiwissa All-Season Trail. [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – September 28th, 2010 OntarioNewsNorth.com Editor/Publisher Karina Hunter, caught up with Councillor Gord MacDonald who is running for the position of Mayor in the 2010 Municipal Elections. MacDonald shared why he is running for Mayor and what he believes to be the main [Read more]
