January 13, 2011 McGuinty Government Taking Next Step To Make Forest Industry More Competitive Ontario intends to introduce legislation later this year that would modernize its forest tenure and pricing system. This would help re-energize Ontario’s forest sector by creating new jobs and [Read more]
TERRACE BAY, ON – The Township of Terrace Bay held the official grand opening ceremony for its new Cultural Centre today and approximately 150 people were in attendance. Chief Administrative Officer Carmelo Notarbartolo was the Master of Ceremony for the event which included speeches from [Read more]
Patients across Northwestern Ontario benefit from one regional integrated reporting system THUNDER BAY, ON – 168 physicians and nurse practitioners are now receiving patient reports electronically from 12 hospitals in the North West Local Health Integration Network (NW LHIN) through the Physician [Read more]
MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION LEADS TO IMPAIRED CHARGE NIPIGON, ON –During the weekend of December 31, 2010 to January 3, 2011 Nipigon and Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP): Issued 44 Provincial Offence Notices Responded to 37 calls for service. Officers investigated 3 motor vehicle [Read more]
HIGHWAY NOW RE-OPENED Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Advisory: Location: Highway 17 / from White River to Terrace Bay Brief Description of Event: Due to white out conditions in the area the highway will be closed until [Read more]
*SCROLL DOWN FOR FORECAST FROM ENVIRONMENT CANADA* One of the new features for 2011 will be our Weather Watchers club, open to all OntarioNewsNorth.com readers, Weather Watchers is for anyone seeing extraordinary weather conditions (whether it be a beautiful sunset, or like in this post [Read more]
All photos/video by Karina Hunter, ©opyright OntarioNewsNorth.com 2010 SCHREIBER, ON – Sunday, December 12th, 2010 residents of Schreiber and neighbouring communities gathered at the Schreiber Recreation Centre for “Reason for the Season’ a moving and heartfelt performance by [Read more]
December 21 – Christmas Lights Contest Winners From TerraceBay.ca TERRACE BAY, ON – The final judging of the Top 5 finalists for the Christmas Lights Contest based on the votes submitted by residents of Terrace Bay took place on December 21st. Congratulations to the Top 5 finalists! [Read more]
STOLEN TRUCK RECOVERED NIPIGON, ON –During the weekend of December 17 to December 19, 2010 Nipigon and Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to 26 calls for service and issued numerous Provincial Offence Notices. Officers conducted five R.I.D.E. checks and investigated one motor [Read more]
The Holidays are Heating Up: Keep Fire in its Place While the holiday season can be one of the most festive times of the year, it also can be one of the deadliest. Already, nine people have died in fires in Ontario since November 1, 2009. The fact that these fires occurred in a variety [Read more]
Reaching out to Seniors with “Friendly Visiting” As younger family members leave our communities in search of job opportunities and friends enter care facilities or pass away, many seniors find themselves without a support network. For those seniors who live alone, and particularly those with [Read more]
Advent Assemblies SCHREIBER, ON – Monday November 29, and Monday, December 3, 2010 Holy Angels School celebrated the first and second weeks of Advent. The first candle, the candle of Hope, was lit by C.J. and Nicholas Figliomeni. The students were welcomed with life size candles and a wreath [Read more]
TERRACE BAY, ON – The Township of Terrace Bay continues to rebrand its image with the recent completion of a new marketing project. Terrace Bay worked with the Thunder Bay design company Shout Media to develop new tourism brochures and a tradeshow style display unit to more effectively [Read more]
Franco-Terrace Grade 3 Student to have art featured in Policing Calendar In 2010, Grade 3 students from 201 classes in 169 schools across Ontario were asked to design posters reflecting their perspectives of police officers at work and in the community. Thousands of posters were submitted, of [Read more]
Advent at Franco-Terrace As part of their Advent celebrations, students and staff at École Catholique Franco-Terrace prepared Christmas cards that were sent to Canadian Forces as a thank you for everything they are doing for us and to wish them a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. MORE INFO Visit [Read more]
