NIPIGON, ON – Nipigon youth ages 3 – 16 are invited to register for Box Lacrosse before the end of the month (late-April registration closing). Volunteers are also needed to help with timekeeping, coordinating referees, game statistics, player ranking, coaching, refereeing, etc. What [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Sunday, February 16th, during the Frosty Days Winter Carnival, in collaboration with the Ontario Free Fishing Weekend the Manitouwadge Outdoor Enthusiasts (MOE), supported by local sponsors and a team of volunteers, hosted their annual Free Kids Ice Fishing Derby on [Read more]
By Chris Hewson The Schreiber North Star Midget Girls improved their tournament record to 2 wins in as many starts this season. Our girls played in the 14th Annual Kathy Sanders Memorial Girls Hockey Tournament in Dryden over the weekend of January 10 – 12th. In addition to the North Stars, [Read more]
The Lake Superior High School Stingers will host the North Shore Secondary Schools Athletic Association (NSSSAA) 2013-14 Winter Championship . They secured a birth with their recent win over the Geraldton Composite High School Knights 21-25, 25-23, 15-9. The NSSSAA 2013-14 Girls Volleyball and Boys [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – From September to December Holy Angels School put on a floor hockey league at the Holy Angels School gymnasium. Congratulations to the winners of this league, they were the “Kookens”: Peter MacEwen, Lexi Armstrong, Christopher Speziale and Kennedy Bahm. This team had a [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – The 25th Annual Thunder Bay District Crime Stoppers Charity Hockey Game will be held on Thursday, January 2nd, 2014 at the Fort William Gardens. The Police All Stars will take on the Thunder Bay Senators/Thunder Bay Thunder Cats Alumni. The doors will open at 5:45 pm, [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – The Northshore Stars Girls’ Bantam B Hockey Team, including 13 and 14 year olds from Dubreuilville, Pic River, Marathon, Terrace Bay, Schreiber, Nipigon, Geraldton and Longlac, has returned home this week from Mississauga, Ontario where they faced off, against 17 other teams, to [Read more]
Health Canada gets it right after a decade of shame In the good news file, children in this country will face one less threat in their toy-boxes as Canada finally banned products containing phthalates this week. These chemical additives are used to soften plastic and vinyl, have often found their [Read more]
Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Mike Brown GOVERNMENTS OF ONTARIO AND CANADA INVEST IN HURON CENTRAL RAILWAY Sault Ste. Marie, ON – Mike Brown, MPP, Algoma-Manitoulin, is pleased that the Government of Canada has matched the previously-announced Provincial share of $15 million by its investment today in [Read more]
Forest fire situation update East Fire Region September 10, 2010 Next update will be issued on Friday, September 17 There were no new fires of note between September 7 to 10. Currently there are four fires being observed in the Cochrane District, no problems are anticipated. The fire hazard remains [Read more]
Forest fire situation update East Fire Region August 30, 2010 Two new fires were reported on August 29. North Bay 94, north of Temagami, was 0.1 hectares in size but has since been declared out. Wawa 32, a lightning fire north of Missinaibi Lake, is not under control at 0.4 hectares. On Saturday, [Read more]
This is the most recent report received, as of Aug.29-04:25 from the East Fire Region; to read Saturday, Aug.28th‘s report from the West Fire Region CLICK HERE Forest Fire Situation Update East Fire Region August 27, 2010 No new fires were reported on August 26. Two hundred staff will be [Read more]
Forest Fire Situation Update West Fire Region Saturday August 28, 2010 The forest fire hazard is high across northwestern Ontario. There is one new fire today in the West Fire Region. Thunder Bay Fire 60 is a small 0.1ha lightning caused fire burning on an island at Amik Lake north on hwy 527. All [Read more]
