Provided by the Marathon & District Chamber of Commerce; published courtesy of OntarioNewsNorth.com Changes to the Canada Revenue Agency Website On October 4, 2010, the CRA will replace the existing Government of Canada epass system with a new CRA user ID and password service. This new [Read more]
Schreiber’s Municipal Elections SCHREIBER, ON – Congratulations to Mayor Don McArthur who received his acclamation to office as Mayor of the Township of Schreiber September13th. The race for councilors for Schreiber continues however, Mark Figliomeni; Pat Halonen; Lorraine Huard; Bob Kruse; Jon [Read more]
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Entertainment & Accomodations Give-A-Way on OntarioNewsNorth.com! Prizes for the give-a-way were a PAIR of 2010-11 Nite on the Town Entertainment Series of the Arts (NOTES) Season Tickets PLUS (+) One Night Accomodations for Two at the Northwood [Read more]
September 22, 2010 McGuinty Government Seeks Recommendations On Updating Legislation Ontario has launched an independent review of the Public Works Protection Act (PWPA) that will be led by the Honourable R. Roy McMurtry, a former Ontario chief justice. The review will take into account the [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Electoral Candidates for the Township of Manitouwadge 2010 Municipal Elections to be held Monday, October 25th are ready to take advantage of the opportunity to communicate their platforms, ideas, motives and inspirations. The response to electoral hopeful, running for [Read more]
50th Anniversary Plaque Unveiling & Celebrations by Brenda Grunt, Wawa-News.com Rod Morrison began the ceremony by welcoming everyone to this very special national, provincial, and municipal event. “The opening of the final link in the Ontario portion of the TransCanada Highway 50 [Read more]
Manitouwadge Wolverines Senior Boys’ Invitational 2010 MANITOUWADGE, ON – Saturday, September 18th, Marathon High School Falcons Senior and Junior Volleyball players travelled to Manitouwadge for the annual Wolverines’ Senior Boys Volleyball Invitational. The Wolverines’ [Read more]
AVOID BEING A VICTIM OF AUTO THEFT NIPIGON, ON –On September 18, 2010 while Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were investigating a reported incident, an officer was involved in a confrontation with an intoxicated male. The 26 year old male of Schreiber, Ontario was taken into custody [Read more]
Date : September 20, 2010 Prompted by events such as the bankruptcy of Marathon Pulp Inc, the Town of Marathon, Ojibways of the Pic River and the Township of Manitouwadge formed a joint venture enterprise. The purpose of the business is to make available to the Province, forest management [Read more]
**To read about the CNIB/NDHN Health Fair which David Bodunde attended CLICK HERE. A CAPSULAR MOMENT Diabetic Eye Disease By David Bodunde I paid a visit to the travelling eye van that has been in Manitouwadge for the past two weeks, to have my eye’s checked out by the travelling [Read more]
WIN!WIN!WIN! Here is your chance to enjoy a FULL SEASON of NITE ON THE TOWN ENTERTAINMENT performances PLUS if you are from outside Manitouwadge – no worries! Stay the night with accommodations for TWO at the NORTHWOOD ADVENTURE TOUR & INN thanks to NOTES, Northwood and [Read more]
DUBREUILVILLE, ON – The Annual Dubreuilville Strongman Challenge was held last weekend, September 10th – 12th, a great success once again as the community welcomed both Junior and Adult Competitors, along with their support teams, families and/or fans from far and wide. Approximately 3000 [Read more]
Photos & article courtesy of Doug Hunt. Doug’s name has now been entered into OntarioNewsNorth.com’s September Contributor’s Draw for $100 CASH – to learn how you could qualify to WIN $100 Cash just by sending in the photos or video you have captured at a local event, [Read more]
Olympian Katie Weatherston Inspires at LEX Awards Banquet THUNDER BAY, ON – Olympic Hockey Gold Medalist Katie Weatherson described her long journey to winning the 2006 Torino Women’s Hockey Tournament to the players of the Lakehead Express Soccer Club (LEX) Saturday, September 11th at the [Read more]
This week 10 students, 5 from Pic Mobert and 5 from Pic River, will begin the Mining Essentials Program in Marathon. Below is a video with Riley Burton who will be offering the program on behalf of Confederation College as well as the original press release from August 2010 when the program was [Read more]
