United Way Centraide North East Ontario and government politicians were in Little Current last Friday to announce over $2.2 million in funding to support 25 projects in Northeast Ontario through the Community Services Recovery Fund. AMK MP Carole Hughes says the Fund is a one-time investment of $400 million to...

Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon students are celebrating the provincial Franco-Ontarian Day today. Communications director, Paul de la Riva, says Grade 7 and 8 students of École secondaire catholique La Renaissance in Espanola are in Blind River today at Jeunesse-Nord celebrate Franco-Ontarian Day. He says there will be a flag-raising ceremony,...

The fundraising has begun for the Manitoulin Secondary School robotics to compete at the international competition next year in Houston, Texas. The Providence Bay and Spring Bay Lions Club teamed up earlier this month for a golf tournament to raise funds for the school’s robotic teams that came in the...

The East Algoma OPP is investigating a fatal ATV collision that occurred late last week. Constable Bev Gauthier says last Thursday morning around 10 am, emergency services were called out to Astles Road in Blind River. She says the 62-year-old ATV driver from Blind River was transported to local hospital in...

Several criminal charges have been laid against two people following an impaired driving complaint made to the Manitoulin OPP. Constable John Hill says last week, police received a complaint of a possible impaired driver that had pulled into a retail parking lot on Centre Street in Espanola. He says the vehicle...

CJJM – 99.3 FM – Espanola held its Heart of Gold campaign for thousands of dollars for a Northern Ontario organization focused on assisting children with cancer. The running total raised so far for the Northern Ontario Families of Children With Cancer is just over $4,500 raised from the radiothon...