MANITOUWADGE, ON – Some rain and a tornado watch forced the township to move the festivities from the baseball diamond into the arena but no one seemed to mind as Manitouwadge residents came out to celebrate Canada Day together. Fireworks have been rescheduled for Friday, July 6th; people [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Tuesday, May 29th, families took to the baseball diamond behind the Recreation Centre for another initiative from the Healthy Kids Challenge: the Pop-Up Adventure Play for families. The event was described by organizers as “An evening where children are in charge. [Read more]
Information submitted by Marlene Turner MANITOUWADGE, ON – Superior 3B Division 2014 Senior Games continued today in Manitouwadge. The proud host community has welcomed competitors, 55 years and up, from communities across the Northshore (Wawa through Schreiber) since Monday when the games [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Last week the Township of Manitouwadge Community Services and Manitouwadge Early Years Best Start Hub collaborated to host their annual Easter Extravaganza in the Recreation Centre. Admission was free for this fun, all ages, event which included a half dozen crafting [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – April 10 & 11, 2014 the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) held an open house in the Manitouwadge Recreation Centre. The event was very well attended with approximately 120 residents visiting, among them were students from the secondary and elementary [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – The regular meeting of Manitouwadge Town Council September 11, 2013 was quite brief, lasting only about 30 minutes. Absent from the meeting were Mayor John MacEachern and Councillor Natalie Labbee; in attendance were Acting Mayor Connie Hunter who chaired the meeting, Clerk [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Saturday, June 8th Manitouwadge Ontario Provincial Police Detachment held their annual Bike Rodeo with the support of sponsors and local volunteers. The rodeo was also a Pit Stop for Segment 3 of the Manitouwadge Family Health Team’s Amazing Walk II which meant at [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Director of Community Services Paula McCloskey was pleased to share news this week of the return of Rubber Duck Hockey (RDH). RDH was initiated by parent volunteers Kerri Jackson and Nicki Chic in November when the pair realized there were a significant amount of children [Read more]
Submitted by Nickie Chik MANITOUWADGE, ON – A group of parents in Manitouwadge recently launched “Rubber Duck Hockey”, a parent attended ice time during which parents or caregivers take to the ice with their children to skate and play with hockey sticks. Both pucks and rubber [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Manitouwadge’s new Director of Community Services (Recreation Director) Dan Deschamps and Community Services Programmer Shawna Patterson attended Ms. McCauley’s Grade 3 Class at Our Lady of Lourdes yesterday. The pair had been directed to look into the possibility of an [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Saturday, December 10th holiday cheer was the order of the day at the Recreation Centre as Community Services Programmer Shawna Patterson had planned a day full of events for young and young at heart. The fun began at Noon in the Rec Auditorium where Patterson had crafts [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Saturday, October 15th Zumba Fitness Instructor Magdalena Dziekonski from Thunder Bay’s Pulse Fitness offered three Zumba classes at the Manitouwadge Recreation Centre Auditorium. Learn the steps a 2hr morning class, Zumba Gold a low-impact Seniors and Beginners [Read more]
Remarkable School Children Come Through for the MCAG! Submitted by Jackie Jung MANITOUWADGE, ON – Saturday, August 27th, 2011 the 2nd Annual Share the Care Bike Fundraiser for the Manitouwadge Cancer Assistance Group was held in Manitouwadge under a warm late summer sun. 10 Bikers took up the [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – In April 2010 OntarioNewsNorth.com reported of a formal partnership being announced between the Canadian National Institue for the Blind Eye Van (CNIB) and the Northern Diabetes Health Network (NDHN) in an initiative funded by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Community Programmer Shawna Patterson has made alot of changes to programs being offered by the Township of Manitouwadge since beginning in her position a year ago and for the most part, these have been very well received. The jury’s still out on the most recent [Read more]
