Eric Thompson

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Eric came by this job in the usual way: a troll under a bridge told him to be a reporter or his family would be eaten. Now he writes about what's happening in West Nipissing. His family remains unconsumed.

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District hospitals make room for COVID patients transferred from south

Eric Thompson - April 28, 2021 0

The North Bay Parry Sound Health Unit is the only region in Ontario with a new case rate currently below 40 per 100,000 people,...

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Les surdoses d’opioïdes causent plus de morts pendant la pandémie

Eric Thompson - April 14, 2021 0

Une hausse alarmante des décès attribués à une surdose d’opioïdes a incité le Bureau de santé de North Bay Parry Sound et district à...

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L’Équipe santé familiale est en péril après la perte de 460 000$ volés par une employée

Eric Thompson - April 14, 2021 0

Une femme de Field a écopé d’une sentence de deux ans de confinement à domicile pour avoir détourné plus de 460 000$ de son...

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Local opioid-related deaths more than double during pandemic

Eric Thompson - April 14, 2021 0

A startling increase in opioid-related deaths in the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit area during COVID-19 has prompted a number of responses...

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Family Health Team in peril after employee steals $460,000

Eric Thompson - April 14, 2021 0

A Field woman has been sentenced to two years of house arrest after defrauding the West Nipissing Family Health Team of over $460,000 while...

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En raquettes à neige jusqu’en Russie

Eric Thompson - March 31, 2021 0

Après chaque saison de raquettes à neige, Jason Coleman fait du chantage à son entraîneur, Wayne St-Martin. «Chaque année depuis quatre ans, il me...

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Local snowshoer headed to world stage next winter

Eric Thompson - March 31, 2021 0

At the end of every snowshoeing season, Jason Coleman likes to give his head coach, Wayne St-Martin a scare. “It’s been four years he’s been...

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Duo trains for first full marathon in May

Eric Thompson - March 17, 2021 0

Andrea Bain and Liz Henning never imagined they’d be training for a marathon when the West Nipissing neighbours first started running together six years...

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« La pâte à modeler de Mère Nature »

Eric Thompson - March 3, 2021 0

En plein hiver et en pleine pandémie, que faire d’autres pour s’amuser en famille que des sculptures de neige? Cela explique peut-être le succès...

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Sculpture contest spawns striking snow art during shutdown

Eric Thompson - March 3, 2021 0

An artistic battle of cold components, the West Nipissing Public Library’s inaugural snow sculpture contest got a warm reception from a community looking for...

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