Espanola council has approved the in-kind donation request from the Espanola Pickleball Club to waive the arena floor and rink side auditorium rental fees on June 1st to offset the costs associated with hosting an invitational inter club tournament. This is a first-time request from the Espanola Pickleball Club, which...

A Canadian ultra-marathoner is running across Canada replicating Terry Fox’s run, raising funds and awareness of the fight against heart disease. Ryan Keeping of Halifax, Nova Scotia, has set himself a goal of running across Canada in under 100 days. That’s 7,386 kilometres running 75 kilometres a day for 99 days. He...

Elliot Lake Emergency Food Bank has received a food donation from Kraft Heinz Canada for the Kraft Hockeyville program. The food bank was selected as the social service program that Kraft would support this year. Kraft sent seven skids of food valued at $46,000 and will send another shipment in September. The...

The Spring Smile Cookie numbers are in, and it was a success at Tim Horton franchises across the North Shore Corridor. The Espanola and McKerrow locations raised $17,259 for the Espanola Helping Hand Food Bank while the Little Current location raised $6,682 for Local Food Manitoulin. The Elliot Lake franchise raised...

A flag-lowering was held in Espanola at town hall Monday morning for Victims and Survivors of Crime Week. Victims Crisis Assistance Service Executive Director for Manitoulin and the North Shore Amy Collins says she appreciates Espanola Mayor Doug Gervais signing the Proclamation. She says the event also included the flags being...

Espanola’s downtown core is getting another new business with the impending arrival of the Dollar Tree. The business located at the intersection of Highway Six-Centre Street and Barbar Street will likely open in mid to late June according to the general contractor on the site. The signage has gone up and...