Moto-cross is returning to the Massey Agricultural Fair. A couple of years ago, the Massey Agricultural Society decided not to host moto-cross, which had been a staple of the fair since 1992, but cancelled due to lack of volunteers and insurance costs. However, according to the society, the popular sport is...

Elliot Lake will be featured on a summer television show sharing local history. TV Ontario filmed an episode on Elliot Lake last summer for Crossroads: Beyond Boom & Bust”. Janice MarteIl, who headed up the McIntyre Powder Project, and some of the mine workers are part of the film. Martell says she...

Loblaw outlets in Espanola and Elliot Lake joined their peers across Canada this weekend to break a Guinness World Record. On Saturday, June 14th at exactly 12 noon Parmigiano Reggiano joined Loblaw Companies to achieve a new record for the most Parmigiano Reggiano wheels cracked simultaneously (multiple venues). With over 450...

Over 100 Es panola High School Grade Nine students attended seminarsyesterday morning with local business and career leaders from the area. Deborah De Melo, the Coordinator for the provincial Gateway to the Trades Program, says the idea for the new program is to give Grade nine and ten students an...

Under municipal bylaw, if a company will be making noise during the hours the Noise Bylaw is in effect, they must ask for an exception under the statute. To that end, Special Projects Manager Joel Yusko appeared before Espanola council on Tuesday evening to ask for the exemption, since the...

Elliot Lake council has approved a staff recommendation to set a building permit fee of 1.1 percent of the project value, for large projects not specifically covered by the city’s existing fee schedule. Chief Building Official William McCaffery says the value of construction will be determined by a written cost...