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Article content Luigi Fontana says it was just a normal Sunday, in the hours leading up to the fateful moment when he learned his seven-year-old daughter Emilia had fallen into the frigid waters of the Blanche River at the Swastika duck pond. “Church wrapped up and we came home,” Fontana said, recounting the ordeal in a series of emails and messages with Northern News. “We generally take it very relaxed on Sundays, so when the neighborhood kids knocked on the door asking for my three kids to come out they begged and we said yes. Our community here in Swastika has a lot of kids and they ...

Author of the article: Joe O'Grady Publishing date: May 03, 2021  •  May 3, 2021  •  1 minute read  •  Article content Local police are hailing the life-saving efforts of some members of the public who helped save a child from drowning after she fell into the Blanche River in Swastika on Sunday, May 2. At 7:41 p.m. frontline members of the Kirkland Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to the report of a child that fell into the water at the Swastika duck pond. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Local girl r...

Article content While ethnic expulsion wasn’t an official declaration in Russia, Poland and Ukraine in the late 1800s, Jewish families were realizing a not-so-subtle push to relieve them of their livelihood. Samuel Levy was a shop keeper who found he had no source of supplies. Simon Henerofsky, a carpenter, was unable to even buy a new hammer or nails.  David Korman, a dairy farmer, was helpless as the Russian soldiers took away his cows, leaving him with no source of income. Isaac Gurevitch lived on the Russian border, witnessed what was happening, so he just walked away from all he owned...

Author of the article: Northern News staff Publishing date: Dec 31, 2020  •  December 31, 2020  •  1 minute read  •  The District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board (DTSSAB) has donated a recently decommissioned ambulance unit from its Emergency Medical Services (EMS) division to Blanche River Health. Pictured are (L-R): James Besley, Paramedic Deputy Chief with Timiskaming Emergency Medical Services; Andrew Brown, CFO, Blanche River Health; Jennifer Boudreault, Manager Health Information, and Privacy/Security Officer, Blanche River Health. Photo by Courtesy...