By Rosalind Russell – Local area school students will be busy today, and throughout the week, marking Earth Day 2024. This year’s theme is Planet versus Plastics with students focusing on ways to reduce their use of plastics, not only at … Continue reading →

By Rosalind Russell – The Public Services Standing Committee was provided an update on the Centennial Arena project in Elliot Lake with Dr. Dan Tingley of Wood Research and Design. Tingley says he expects the reconstruction of the arena, which needs … Continue reading →

By Rosalind Russell – Elliot Lakers will see a detour in place this week due to road reconstruction on Hillside Drive North near the Seniors Park. Starting tomorrow, the detour will be in place until Friday and the bus stop located in … Continue reading →

By Rosalind Russell – Hydro One has rescheduled a planned outage to the end of the month of a Manitoulin Island community. According to the release, the utility had originally planned the outage for Wikwemikong April 14th, but had to … Continue reading →

By Rosalind Russell – Blind River Town Council will be hosting a public session in late May focusing on one of their municipal parks and nesting turtles in the vicinity. Blind River resident, Ben Wiesner, asked council for the meeting … Continue reading →

By Rosalind Russell – Following years of discussion, Greater Sudbury council has finally made the decision to build a new arena/convention/events centre in the downtown rather than renovating the existing arena. At its meeting this week, Council unanimously voted to … Continue reading →

By Rosalind Russell – Espanola Council has appointed a new treasurer to oversee the town’s financial affairs and strategic financial management.  Julie Bouthillette brings over 10 years of public sector accounting experience with the majority being in the municipal sector … Continue reading →

By Rosalind Russell – The Espanola Fire Department is offering free home inspections to residents.  Fire Chief Mike Pichor says the inspections will start on Monday, April 29th.  He says they are offering the inspections for two reasons, to assist … Continue reading →

By Rosalind Russell – The Spanish Health Committee has started planning the annual Spring Market.  Committee Chair Jocelyne Bishop says the event will be held on Saturday May 4th at the Spanish Four Seasons Waterfront Complex from 10 am to … Continue reading →

By Rosalind Russell – Local area food banks have received some much-needed support from their respective communities.  Earlier this week, the Elliot Lake Royal Canadian Legion Branch 561 donated $2,000 from their bingo proceeds to The Elliot Lake Food Bank.   … Continue reading →