Minor Injuries Reported WAWA, ON – August 15, 2012 at 7:50 am Superior East OPP in Wawa received a report of a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 101 at Kinniwabi River Bridge. It was reported that a pickup truck had struck a loader at the bridge causing minor injuries to both the driver [Read more]
Leo PANTTILA – It is with deep sorrow we announce the passing of Leo Panttila on Saturday August 4, 2012 at the Lady Dunn Health Centre, Wawa at the age of 94 years, just four days short of his 95th birthday. Much beloved husband of Aune of 70 years. Dear dad of Kerrie (Joey), Kim [Read more]
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED ENVIRONMENT CANADA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHAPLEAU – MISSINAIBI LAKE AGAWA – LAKE SUPERIOR PARK GERALDTON – LONGLAC – CARAMAT – MARATHON – SCHREIBER – WAWA – WHITE RIVER – PUKASKWA [Read more]
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED ENVIRONMENT CANADA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR AGAWA – LAKE SUPERIOR PARK MANITOUWADGE – HORNEPAYNE GERALDTON – LONGLAC – CARAMAT – MARATHON – SCHREIBER – WAWA – WHITE RIVER – PUKASKWA [Read more]
STUNT DRIVER CHARGED WAWA, ON – June 28, 2012 at 8:00 pm Ontario Provincial Police Superior East Detachment in Wawa were conducting radar patrol on Highway 17 in Lendrum Township. A 1995 Dodge Caravan was recorded driving in excess of 50 kilometres per hour of the posted 90 kilometres per hour [Read more]
Nuclear Waste Workshops in Spanish, White River, Manitouwadge, Blind River and Elliot Lake NORTH BAY, ON – Several communities in northern Ontario are allowing themselves to be studied as the possible location for an underground repository for all of Canada’s highly radioactive [Read more]
The 2012 field season should be an exciting one for the Anishinabek/Ontario Fisheries Resource Centre (A/OFRC) and its Lake Sturgeon research initiative in Northeastern Lake Superior! In the White River, the A/OFRC will continue to undertake a Lake Sturgeon radio telemetry project in partnership [Read more]
Falcons and Stingers set to defend titles. WAWA, ON – The Marathon High School Falcons and Lake Superior High School Stingers are ready to defend their titles once again. The Stingers are chasing their 3rd consecutive while the Falcons are seeking their 7th or 8th. The Marathon squad is also [Read more]
Many moons ago, before being elected as your MPP, I worked with Cherokee Logging as a cut and skidder operator and as a sawmill worker with Gogama Forest Products. My family, along with many families and communities in the North relied solely on the forestry industry. During my time working in the [Read more]
Molson Coors Community Cheer announces 2012 donation recipients totaling $1 million Molson Coors will provide funding to 21 community projects across Canada TORONTO, ON – More than 100 communities across Canada applied to receive funding for their community projects from Molson Coors [Read more]
March 6th, 2012, more than 800 students and staff members from the Conseil Scolaire Publique du Grand Nord de l’Ontario (French Public School Board based out of Greater Sudbury but also serving more rural communities like Dubreuilville, Manitouwadge, Marathon, Longlac and Elliot [Read more]
Release by Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario HORNEPAYNE, ON – February 16, the girls’ junior volleyball team from École secondaire Saint-Joseph in Wawa topped competing teams with stellar play during the North Shore Secondary School Athletic Association (NSSSAA) championship [Read more]
From: Bishop’s Office – Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, ON, Friday morning (Dec 30, 2011) in Rome, the Holy Father, Benedict XVI announced the appointment of the Most Reverend Noël Simard, as Bishop of Valleyfield, Quebec. Since his episcopal ordination on October 3, 2008 [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Township of Manitouwadge Town Council will have their first regular council meeting in a month tonight, after November 9th’s meeting had been cancelled. Tonight’s meeting will, as always, be broadcast live on OntarioNewsNorth.com’s home page at 7pm. [Read more]
Twenty-seven local artisans from around Algoma know that their creativity and artistic focus is an integral part of our unique creative economy. In early October the Ontario Crafts Council in conjunction with the NORDIK Institute, the Ontario Crafts Council, the Town of Wawa Cultural Mapping [Read more]
