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Espanola Duck Race set for Canada Day

North Shore Search and Rescue says it’s hoping to sell all 5,000 tickets to this year’s Canada Day Duck Race.Fundraising Chair Steve Jackson says the proceeds will go towards the 2025-26 operating costs. He says that without any government support, the … Continue reading

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Tryouts for Espanola Soccer Travel/Rep Team

By Rosalind Russell – Tryouts for the Espanola Soccer Team will be held this weekend. According to the release, this is not a registration for their house league, but all players wanting to try out must be already registered. All … Continue reading

46th La Cloche Art Show good to go

By Rosalind Russell – The 46th Annual La Cloche Art Show will be taking place June 28th to July 05th in Whitefish Falls (20 minutes south of Espanola). Chair Sue Miron says their distinguished artist this year is Paulette Stewart of … Continue reading

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Espanola Spartans Banquet set for early June

By Rosalind Russell – The Annual Espanola Spartans Athletic Banquet is set for Monday, June 9th at Espanola High School. Dinner is at five pm followed by the presentation of 2024-45 school year athletic awards. Family and friends are welcome to … Continue reading

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Canadian inflation slightly slowed down

By Rosalind Russell – Lower energy prices helped inflation slow down to 1.7 per cent in April. That’s according to Statistics Canada who says The Consumer Price Index is down from 2.3 per cent in March. The agency says gasoline … Continue reading

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Canada Post’s latest proposal, and release of IIC Report

By Rosalind Russell – Canada Post has presented its latest contract offer in labour negotiations with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers less than a week after the union received a strike mandate from workers.According to the release, in a bid … Continue reading

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Muskoka included in Northern Ontario FONOM map

By Rosalind Russell – The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities is welcoming the latest Ontario budget, which also changed the map of their coverage area to include the District of Muskoka.FONOM President Danny Whalen says expanding the provincial definition of … Continue reading

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CJHL re-elects Northern Ontario rep at AGM

By Rosalind Russell – The local commissioner of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League has been re-elected to a seat on the Canadian Junior Hockey League.Robert Mazzuca has been re-elected as the chair of the Canadian league.The hockey organization recently … Continue reading

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Algoma Public Health issues suspension orders over immunizations

By Rosalind Russell – Algoma Public Health has issued hundreds of suspension orders for students who have not kept their immunizations up to date.Candice Carter, manager of the immunization program, says 549 suspension orders have been issued to high school students … Continue reading

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Annual scenario used for evaluating emergency preparedness plan in Elliot Lake

By Rosalind Russell – Local mining company BHP and the City of Elliot Lake held a  Emergency Field Exercise last week, with the goal to foster a shared state of readiness to respond to emergency events.According to the release, the … Continue reading

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