Vendredi dernier, les élèves de l’École Saint Nom de Jésus (Hornepayne) ont préparé et envoyé de belles cartes à divers commerces, regroupements et membres de la communauté afin de leur dire un gros MERCI pour leur travail. Quelle belle activité pour propager la joie et la gratitude ainsi que renforcer les liens communautaires.  

  Last Friday, students from École Saint Nom de Jésus in Hornepayne prepared and sent beautiful cards to various businesses, groups and members of the community to say a big THANK YOU for their work. What a great activity to spread joy and gratitude as well as strengthen community bonds.

Dear Brenda, Recently, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) celebrated Earth Day by announcing that 1450 square kilometres of Boreal forest in Northern Ontario, near Hearst, is to be protected. Certainly, it’s a step in the right direction. The cost of purchasing this land from Domtar is 46 million dollars. Comparatively, 3182 square kilometres were withdrawn from the Crown Land ...

Tim Vine, Ontario Liberal Party Candidate for Algoma-Manitoulin is starting off his campaign to become Algoma-Manitoulin’s next MPP in the Northwest portion of the riding.  The campaign starts in Chapleau, where Tim will be canvassing voters and hosting a Meet and Greet to meet potential constituents. Tim arrived the afternoon of May 3rd and hit the ground running – heading ...

Confederation College is pleased to announce it will continue to offer a one-year certificate program focusing on teaching science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to Indigenous women and youth. The Embark, Indigenous STEM Education program was introduced in the 2021 school year and aims to remove barriers and ground students in cultural knowledge while helping them excel in STEM fields. ...

The congregation welcomes everyone to Worship at First United Church.  Services are held on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. If anyone has a question or concern please leave a message on the answering machine at the Church (705) 856-2926. The recent Thrift Shop was a huge success.  Thank you very much to everyone who helped in so many ways. The Prayer ...

Eye doctors located in cities throughout Ontario are helping the planet and the local community by reducing waste and keeping otherwise non-recyclable disposable contact lenses and their packaging out of the landfill.   Through the Bausch + Lomb Every Contact Counts Recycling Program, consumers are invited to bring all brands of disposable contact lenses and their blister pack packaging to ...

Le premier ministre Doug Ford a confirmé aujourd’hui que l’honorable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, lieutenante-gouverneure de l’Ontario, a accepté son conseil de signer la proclamation de dissolution de la 42e Législature de la province de l’Ontario. La dissolution prendra effet aujourd’hui à 16 h. Conformément aux dispositions de la Loi électorale, la lieutenante-gouverneure a également ordonné que le bref pour la tenue ...

Premier Doug Ford today confirmed that the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, has accepted the premier’s advice to sign a proclamation dissolving the 42nd Parliament of the Province of Ontario, effective as of 4:00 p.m. today. Pursuant to the provisions of the Election Act, the Lieutenant Governor also called for the issuance of writs for the general election ...

On April 29, 2022, at approximately 7:00 p.m., members from the Sault Ste Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint of a possible impaired driver on a motorcycle that left a store in Heyden and left in southbound direction on Highway 17 towards Sault Ste Marie. Shortly after 7:30 p.m., members from the Batchewana ...

Well, it is finally back.  The Spring By Hand Festival will be held on Saturday, April 30th at the Michipicoten Memorial Community Centre.  Due to Covid, it has been absent for the past two years. For those of you not familiar with the By Hand Festival here is a little history.  The By Hand Festival began in the mid 1980’s.  ...

  Miller Technology is pleased to announce the first sale of its new battery electric utility vehicle for mining to the Young-Davidson Mine of Canadian mining company Alamos Gold Inc. “This is a great day for Miller, for North Bay, for Northern Ontario and for Canada,” said Dan Bachand, the CEO of Miller. Also joining the press conference at Miller ...

Grade 7 and 8 students at École Saint-Joseph in Wawa stand out as true leaders. During a two-week period, under the direction of teacher Ms. Ashley Hunt-Robinson, students invested a great deal of energy in their classroom project to create board games. As part of this school project, they used the material at their disposal, added attractive colours, took the ...

Les élèves de la 7e et la 8e année de l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa) se sont démarqués en tant que vrais leaders. Pendant plus de deux semaines, sous la direction de l’enseignante Mme Ashley Hunt-Robinson, les élèves ont créé en salle de classe des jeux de société. Pour ce faire, ils ont utilisé le matériel à leur disposition, ajouté des couleurs ...

Manitou Gold Inc. is pleased to provide an exploration update on its winter drill program at the Baltimore deformation zone (the “BDZ”) grid within the Goudreau Project, northeastern Ontario. The objective of the winter drill program was to test several targets within a key geological/structural setting, supported by coincident geophysical and geochemical anomalies. This unique structural setting is located within ...