A well-known volunteer in Kapuskasing has been chosen as the Ontario Senior of the Year. Guy Paradis was presented with the award during town council meeting on Monday night.
Paradis has been helping out a number of organizations and events from La Forge-Joe Godin, Kapuskasing Sno-Rovers Club to Kap Kraze...
Cochrane town council has declared a food insecurity emergency, and food bank manager Ardis Proulx hopes municipalities from Hearst to Kirkland Lake follow suit.
She says the idea comes from Feed Ontario, which thinks it’s a good way to advocate for resources from government and to get people talking.
“By doing...
This week’s look at Kapuskasing history is all about a devastating fire in Val Albert We head to the July 3rd, 1963 edition of the Northern Times where a fire leveled three homes on a section of Highway 11.
The origin of the fire that started at 2:45 pm was...
The Model Town’s rich forestry history will be celebrated later on this month. A forestry legacy event is set for Saturday, June 28th from 2 to 6 pm at the Welcome Centre.
There will be a free barbecue, kids zone tree planting and much more. Organizer Tristan Hardy of Integrity...
Kapuskasing’s Sensenbrenner Hospital is in joining other hospitals across the northern Ontario to host a walk-in mammography day next Wednesday, June 18th from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
The screening is open to those between the ages of 50-74 who either haven’t had a mammogram in a while or are...
The Mayor of Kapuskasing reported that there has been some progress made with Extendicare and building the new long term care facility in the community.
Dave Plourde says Extendicare officials were in town about three weeks ago to get soil samplings at possible site locations. He adds that there might...