By Rosalind Russell – The Espanola Minor Association held its annual general meeting last night, which included naming its executive and planning for another season. Elected President, Aidan Kallioinen says over 15 people attended the gathering despite the weather to … Continue reading →

By Rosalind Russell – The Public Works Office in Espanola will be undergoing major renovation starting Monday, April 1st, so that means the staff will have to be housed elsewhere temporarily.  To that end, the public works administrative staff will … Continue reading →

By Rosalind Russell – Espanola Town CAO/Clerk Joseph Burke has an explanation as to why the Espanola Helping Hand Food Bank was turned down in its ask for the municipality to take care of their rent expenses.  The organization had … Continue reading →

By Rosalind Russell – MP Carol Hughes rose in the House of Commons yesterday to celebrate the achievements of athletes from the Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing riding who recently competed at the Special Olympic Canada Winter Games in Calgary.  From Manitoulin Island, Skip … Continue reading →

By Rosalind Russell – An Espanola dentist is doing his part to help the Espanola Helping Hand Food Bank and the community.  Dr. Maninder Singh of Singh Dentistry will donate $500 per month for a year.  Food bank spokesperson, Grant … Continue reading →

By Rosalind Russell – The Kraft Hockeyville push to have Elliot Lake win the grand prize of $250,000 for repairs to its arena is on.  Elliot Lake has been selected as one of the four finalists for the annual Kraft … Continue reading →

By Rosalind Russell – Public Health Sudbury & Districts has formally welcomed Dr. Mustafa Hirji as the new Medical Officer of Health and Chief Executive Officer.   Board Chair, René Lapierre, says the board and the staff officially welcomed Dr. Hirji at … Continue reading →

By Rosalind Russell – The bears are out early this year.  Just as recently as this weekend, bears have been spotted in Elliot Lake and Sagamok, so the public should be aware with the mild weather, they are hungry and … Continue reading →

Photo and article by Grant Lewis – Sometimes Mother Nature can be sweet and cooperative and other times she can be downright NASTY.  For the Executive, staff, and instructors at Boogie Mountain this winter she was most unmotherly. Instead of … Continue reading →

Photo and article by Grant Lewis – Rare diseases are not all that rare. One in twelve Canadian kids have a rare disease.  Remember, there are over 7,000 known rare diseases!! Good news however. Genome sequencing has made huge advances … Continue reading →