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Espanola Fire Chief Mike Pichor is retiring at the end of the month
By Rosalind Russell – Espanola’s long-time Fire Chief Mike Pichor is retiring at the end of the month. Pichor, who has been involved in fire services for over 40 years, the last 20 or so as fire chief, will formally … Continue reading
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Espanola Regional Hospital Foundation receives $10,000 gift to support nurses
By Rosalind Russell – The Royal Bank of Canada and its foundation have donated $10,000 to the Espanola Regional Hospital & Health Centre Foundation to mark National Nursing Week. The bank made the donations yesterday (May 5) as part of … Continue reading
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Smile Cookie campaign a huge success across the region
By Rosalind Russell – The Smile Cookie campaign run by Tim Hortons outlets across the country has been successful in our local region. In Espanola, $20,700 was raised for the Espanola Helping Hand Food Bank while $17, 913 was raised … Continue reading
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Rainbow board hosts Third Annual Eco Summit
By Rosalind Russell – The Rainbow District School Board hosted the Third Annual Eco Summit on Monday, drawing together eco-leaders from Grades six to 12 to Sudbury’s Fraser Auditorium. Board education director Bruce Bourget says environmental education and sustainability is … Continue reading
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Smile cookies
By Grant Lewis – We all realize the importance of Food Banks in our country, province,cities and towns. Your local Helping Hand Food Bank is required to submit a quarterly report to Food Banks Canada with monthly updates. Like everywhere … Continue reading
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Giant Tiger donation to Food Bank
By Grant Lewis – Dan Vanier and his staff have come through again in their ongoing support of your local Food Bank. Two thousand dollars was raised in a check out donation program. Seen here are a few of the … Continue reading
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Municipal Info Session
By Aidan Kallioinen – Espanola CAO Joseph Burke recently hosted the first of four sessions designed for those interested in running for the upcoming 2026 Municipal Elections. Burke’s session focused on the roles and responsibilities of local governments, the duties … Continue reading
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Curling Club Cleanout
By Aidan Kallioinen – Volunteers with the Espanola Curling Club spent the better part of their Saturday morning last week on a Spring cleaning project, going through decades of old records and long forgotten memorabilia found in storage. This comes … Continue reading
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