McGuinty Government Marks Emergency Preparedness Week Emergency Preparedness Week is a great opportunity for families across the province to take a look at how prepared they would be should an emergency situation occur. It is a Canada-wide joint Federal-Provincial-Territorial-Municipal initiative [Read more]
A CAPSULAR MOMENT SURVIVING THE “HAYING” SEASON By David Bodunde, Rph It is that time of the year again when a lot of people start looking for relief from allergic rhinitis or “hay fever”. Symptoms include itchy, runny noses and eyes, sneezing and swollen sinuses, and sometimes a [Read more]
Did your Northshore School celebrate Music Monday? Submit your photos/videos to Editor@OntarioNewsNorth.com to see them featured in our daily headlines and in the ‘Education’ news! McGuinty Government Supports Education Week Education Week in Ontario began on a high note today, with [Read more]
A CAPSULAR MOMENT INSOMNIA By David Bodunde, Rph Insomnia is difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep or both and may be due to inadequate quality or quantity of sleep. The symptoms include being unable to fall asleep, stay asleep, waking up very early or not feeling refreshed after [Read more]
McGuinty Government’s Proposed Act Would Put Patients First Ontario is proposing comprehensive new initiatives to improve the quality and accountability of the province’s health care system and ensure the needs of patients come first. Later today, the province will introduce the [Read more]
Northern CBYD Program announced in Marathon by Karina Hunter April 23rd Keith White, Business Development Manager, DigNORTH, presented the company’s innovative Ontario Call Before You Dig program to municipal leaders attending the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA) 2010 [Read more]
Making The Justice System Easier And More Accessible McGuinty Government Launches New Tool To Help Court Users Ontario is taking the next steps in its family justice reforms by providing information sessions and launching an online tool to complete legal forms. The new Ontario Court Forms [Read more]
McGuinty Government Promotes More Canadian Content All students and educators in Ontario now have free, online access to award-winning Canadian films from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Through an agreement between the government and NFB, Ontario classrooms can now access the Screening [Read more]
McGuinty Government Honours Officers And Their Families Ontario remembered the lives of fallen police officers today at Queen’s Park. Premier Dalton McGuinty presented Tribute to the Fallen plaques to the families of four police officers. OPP Provincial Constable Alan Hack and Ottawa Police [Read more]
Marathon’s Giant Community Yard Sale, was held yesterday, May 1st. The Annual event, held at the Marathon Recreation Complex Arena, is a great reason to start Spring Cleaning. One woman, who started with 3 tables filled with items and was packing up into just one rubbermaid container at [Read more]
Scrapbooking @ the Moose Hall by Karina Hunter Saturday, May 1st, Close to My Heart Scrapbooking Consultants welcomed approximately a dozen, pyjama clad ladies to the Moose Hall for their ‘PJ Crop ‘till you Drop’ Scrapbooking event and the release of CTMH’s newest scrapbooking supply [Read more]
Poohfest Recognized in Top 100 Each year, Festivals & Events Ontario recognizes and celebrates the many top-notch festivals and events our province currently enjoys through the annual Top 100 Ontario Festivals program (formerly the Top 50). The Top 100 Ontario Festivals program acknowledges [Read more]
Seeing Diabetes education in the North by Karina Hunter The Canadian National Institue for the Blind Eye Van (CNIB) has partnered with the Northern Diabetes Health Network (NDHN) in an initiative being funded by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to bring screening and education [Read more]
HUGHES REMINDS ONTARIANS HST STARTS TOMORROW ON SOME PURCHASES Elliot Lake – With the HST set to come into force this summer in British Columbia and Ontario, New Democrat National Revenue Critic, Carol Hughes is reminding Ontarians that the first phase of the HST actually begins this Saturday in [Read more]
Though I intend to keep providing a few articles to The Echo, I realized it was time to let it’s readers, who have been really great about encouraging my contributions know why my articles aren’t there any more so have submitted this to The Echo for this week’s paper. K.Hunter, [Read more]
