Over the past decade, many colleges and universities in Northern Ontario have significantly increased international student enrolment to compensate for a decline in domestic enrolment. This decline resulted from a shrinking population of young adults and decreased public funding. Demographic trends are set to shift, however, as the 18 to 21 age group in Northern Ontario is projected to grow ...

Michipicoten High School says, “THANK-YOU!”   The students and staff at MHS have been a busy bunch. As the holiday season approaches, we are taking time to reflect on the events and activities that have taken place at MHS over the past few months. We started the year off strong with an exceptional Showcase put on by Alamos Island Gold. ...

During the month of November, École Sacré-Coeur (Chapleau) launched a reading challenge for students from Kindergarten to grade 6. Each class had to keep track of the number of minutes they spent reading in an effort to accumulate as many minutes as possible. The students and class with the most minutes then won a prize. The grand prize went to ...

Pendant le mois de novembre, l’école Sacré-Cœur (Chapleau) a lancé un défi de lecture aux élèves de la maternelle à la 6e année. Chaque classe devait comptabiliser le nombre de minutes accordé à la lecture afin d’accumuler le plus de minutes possible. Par la suite, les élèves et la classe ayant accumulé le plus de minutes se méritaient un prix. ...

Argonaut Gold Inc. is pleased to announce the Company’s flagship mine, the Magino Mine, located in Ontario Canada, is nearing gold production rates shown in its current National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report following implementation of several key technical and operational improvements. Increased Mill Head Grade As previously announced by Argonaut, the Magino Mine began producing gold in June of this ...

Team Rank Wins G.P. TERRIS, Tom 1 6 6 FAHRER, Tom 2 5 6 BUCKELL, Chris 3 4 6 HALL, Dave 3 4 5 McCoy, Joe 3 4 5 LESCHISHIN, Barb 6 2 6 RAINVILLE, Heather 6 2 6 GLOVER, Justine 8 1 5 STOYCHOFF, Peter 8 1 5 SWITZER, Anya 8 1 5 CORLEY, Sarah 11 0 5 Next ...

  On Tuesday, November 7th, five staff members from St. Augustine French Immersion Catholic School participated in a fantastic training session with Tim Watts, National Archery in School Program (NASP) Coordinator with the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. Staff have been working on bringing the program back to the north for over three years. This year, the Huron-Superior Catholic ...

Workplace Safety North (WSN) in partnership with the Occupational Cancer Research Centre (OCRC) has launched three new posters showing the top occupational disease risks in the forestry, mining, and pulp and paper sectors.   Occupational diseases are health problems that can affect workers because of the type of work they do. An occupational illness happens when someone gets sick from ...

Dear Wawa, The T. A. Webb quote “A burden shared is a burden halved” has come to mind often since Gord passed in mid-October. The comfort and support given so generously to our family through kind words, gentle check ins, acts of kindness, warm hugs, beautiful cards, and meaningful donations has been so appreciated both in the moment and with ...

On Wednesday, December 6th, Sir James Dunn Public School hosted a Spaghetti Supper Fundraiser. The supper was held at the Michipicoten Memorial Community Centre and we are elated to say that we welcomed approximately 150 people for in-person dining and an additional 60 for take-out. This event was a fundraiser for our Grade 7/8 class trip. While fundraising was the ...

Team Rank Wins GP LESCHISHIN, Mark 1 5 6 TERRIS, Tom 1 5 6 FAHRER, Tom 3 4 6 McCOY, Joe 3 4 6 HALE, Ron 5 4 6 MITRIKAS, Eric 6 2 6 TERRIS, Spencer 7 1 6 REID, Michael 8 0 6 Game Schedule for December 18 Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 FAHRER MITRIKAS LESHISHIN ...

Team Rank Wins G.P. TERRIS, Tom 1 5 5 BUCKELL, Chris 2 4 5 FAHRER, Tom 2 4 5 HALL, Dave 2 4 4 McCoy, Joe 5 3 4 LESCHISHIN, Barb 6 2 5 GLOVER, Justine 7 1 4 RAINVILLE, Heather 7 1 5 SWITZER, Anya 7 1 4 CORLEY, Sarah 7 0 5 STOYCHOFF, Peter 10 0 4 Game ...

  Motivated to make a difference in the Chapleau community, students from École secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau) recently lent a hand to the people in charge of the Chapleau Food Bank.   With the Christmas holidays just around the corner, Pastor Dan and his team of volunteers were overstretched and really appreciated the support they received to prepare, assemble, and ...

  Motivés à faire une différence dans la communauté de Chapleau, des élèves de l’école secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau) ont tout récemment prêté main forte aux personnes responsables de la banque alimentaire de Chapleau.   À l’approche du congé de Noël, Pastor Dan et son équipe de bénévoles sont débordés. Ils ont grandement apprécié cet appui pour préparer, rassembler et ...

RANK WINS G.P. TAVELLA, Debbie 1 4 4 BONITZKE, Wendy 2 3 5 LESCHISHIN, Barb 2 3 3 SPENCER, Diane 2 3 5 BLANCHET, Emma 5 2 5 BUSSINEAU, Denise 5 2 3 KLOCKARS, Anna-Lisa 5 2 4 LOWE, Cheri 5 2 5 MATHIAS, Danette 5 2 5 PARSONS, Rochelle 5 2 4 BURGOYNE, Teri-Lyne 11 1 3 TREMBLAY, Cheryl ...