McGuinty Government Opens Nominations To Celebrate Excellence In Education Nominations are now open for this year’s Premier’s Awards for Teaching Excellence. There are six award categories that recognize individuals who make a difference in education: Teacher of the Year New Teacher [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Last month, the Superior North Catholic District School Board sent 9 primary teachers to the Inspiring Laungauge, Literacy and Learning Among First Nations Children Conference. Teachers learned about early childhood Development and cultural safety in Practice with children, [Read more]
St. Edward Fire Escape Plan Winners NIPIGON, ON – Every year the Nipigon Fire Department ask students from JK to Grade 3 to complete a home fire escape plan. This year our winners are left to right: JK – Addyson Wawia SK – Gabryella Goinette Grade 1 – Ian Zechner Grade 2 [Read more]
Article & Photo from Superior North Catholic School Board website CLICK TO VISIT Marathon Hosts Skills Canada Races MARATHON, ON – Grade 7/8 students from across the region met in Marathon on Friday, October 22nd to compete in the Skills Canada Cardboard Boat Races. Schools from the [Read more]
LIFE AT OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC SCHOOL Today has been a very busy day at Our Lady of Lourdes School. You guessed it! It was the Halloween Frenzie! What a terrific day it was! The morning unfolded as usual, focussing on Literacy and Numeracy. In the afternoon, Miss Gorges’ grade one [Read more]
Electronic Whizzes at Manitouwadge Public School MANITOUWADGE, ON – Mrs. Meagher’s JK/SK/Grade 1 class have been very busy this month. Amid all the excitement of getting ready for the big Halloween celebration they have been learning about many different types of books that we can [Read more]
Halloween – Play Safe Members of your local OPP detachment are reminding drivers to take extra care on Sunday evening as the streets will be filled with ghosts and goblins. Police are also reminding the kids and parents of a few safety tips to consider: Wear bright or [Read more]
October 26, 2010 McGuinty Government Supports Small Businesses With Transition Payments Starting this week, the province is helping 800,000 Ontario businesses with support of transition payments of $300 up to $1000 as they adapt to the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST). By harmonizing its two sales taxes, [Read more]
October 26, 2010 “LOCAL FIRST NATIONS PUT THE MNR ON NOTICE, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY” Garden River and Batchewana First Nations are joining forces to battle the continued harassment of their citizens by the Ontario Government.Most recently, The Ministry of Natural Resources, and their [Read more]
West Fire Region October 15, 2010 Please note – the next update is scheduled for Friday, October 22 Two prescribed burns were ignited in the West Fire Region on October 15. Red Lake District ignited the Odin Lake Prescribed Burn. It is located about 48 kilometres north, northwest of Red Lake [Read more]
From Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP Carol Hughes As I prepared myself to vote on the registry last month, I was struck by the way in which stereotypes dominated the debate and felt that both sides were not being fairly represented by broad, sweeping characterizations. Not all anti-registry [Read more]
This week at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School MANITOUWADGE, ON – Mrs. Giles and her grade one students at Our Lady of Lourdes School are budding scientists. They are observing changes in the characteristics of living things and documenting their findings in their seasonal journals. [Read more]
October 7, 2010 McGuinty Government Continues To Invest In Northern Growth The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) will continue to support investments in private sector job creation, community and infrastructure development, emerging technology and northern energy under the [Read more]
Article/Photos © 2010 Lindy Coughlin, RPN North Shore Family Health Team SCHREIBER, ON – October 6th, the North Shore Family Health Team of Schreiber and Terrace Bay held their first Cancer Health Fair from 3-7pm at the Schreiber Recreation Centre. The fair provided residents with [Read more]
St. Martin Hosts Spring Clothing Swap TERRACE BAY, ON – Wednesday, September 22nd St. Martin hosted their bi-annual clothing swap. The swap continues to generate a considerable amount of interest in both Terrace Bay and Schreiber. For several weeks parents from the communities brought [Read more]
