Porcupines are well-known for their barbed quills that can grow up to a foot or more and most people would turn and walk the other way if confronted with this large animal to avoid being pricked. The ...

Chantal Poirier, manager of the Espanola Tim Hortons franchise, says the sale of chocolate chunk cookies, plus donations and the purchase of plushies, has brought in a total of $12,888 for the ...

A Greater Sudbury Police officer has been acquitted of threatening to cause bodily harm concerning an alleged incident following a kids’ hockey game at the Espanola Recreation Centre in 2024. “I am ...

On Sunday, May 4, former Espanola resident Tara Vivian was at the starting line of the Toronto Marathon, attempting her first running race for that distance of 42.2 km. At 53-years old, she finished ...

Community Living Espanola officially kicked off the start of Community Living Month on Thursday, May 1 with the raising of their flag at the Espanola Town Office. They were joined by council members, ...

Even if it doesn’t look like spring has sprung, the young-at-heart seniors at the Queensway Drop-In Centre brought out their Easter bonnets and strutted their stuff down the runway. Completing the ...

Jim Belanger came from a family of pioneers that settled in the Azilda area more than 130 years ago. On Monday, he became a pioneer of sorts himself, becoming the first MP for the new riding of ...

On Saturday, April 12, the weather co-operated for the 150 or so people who came out to Boogie Mountain to try their skills at the various jumps, or better yet, skimming across one of two pond skims ...

Malcom Moffatt, local singer and musician, is to be inducted into the Great Northern Opry with the Northern Ontario Country Music Association (NOCMA). Moffatt is retired from LIUNA in Sudbury and ...

It has been a difficult start to 2025 for fighting fires in Ontario. According to the Ontario Fire Marshal (OFM), from Jan. 1 to Feb. 7, there have been 14 fatalities in just six weeks caused by fire.

For Angela Houle, the Exalted Ruler of the Espanola Elks Lodge #346, the replacement of their kitchen’s air conditioner can’t come soon enough. “We haven’t had a working air conditioner in the kitchen ...