Winter, summer, spring and fall, one of the most common topics for calls and letters my office receives is in regard to transportation concerns. This isn’t surprising given that so many of us have to travel often for business, recreation, medical and other reasons. People contact me to express [Read more]
Province Undertakes First-Ever Strategy on Arts and Culture in Ontario TORONTO, ON – The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport has launched a province-wide consultation to develop the first Culture Strategy for Ontario. From October through December, people in Ontario can participate in [Read more]
The Joint Panel reviewing the Marathon PGM-Cu Mine project has set the date of the public hearing which will commence February 20th in Marathon, ON. The linked document (below) is meant to help participants prepare for the public hearing and answer some of the key questions that participants [Read more]
Stillwater Canada Inc. has submitted 13 additional responses to information requests (IRs) issued by the Marathon Joint Review Panel last November and December. The additional responses are as follows (a link to the posting on the registry is provided): Response from Stillwater Canada to [Read more]
April 26/13, Stillwater Canada Inc. submitted additional responses to some of the information requests (IRs) issued by the Marathon Joint Review Panel last November and December. The additional responses received are outlined below with a link to the posting on the public registry: Response from [Read more]
March 1, 2013, Stillwater Canada Inc. submitted responses to some of the Information Requests (IRs) issued by the Joint Review Panel last November and December. Responses have been received to the following IRs, and are available on the public registry at the links below: Project Description (IR [Read more]
Mayor Alan Spacek of Kapuskasing and President of the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) joined forces with other municipal and trade organizations to support the provincial government’s newly proposed regulation under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for the forest sector. [Read more]
KENORA/TORONTO, ON – In an Environmental Registry posting on January 24, 2013 the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) outlined its preferred transition measures for various economic development sectors under the Endangered Species Act (2007). This proposed regulation is consistent with a [Read more]
McGuinty Government Ensures Sustainable Development, Protects Old Growth Forest Ontario is protecting the environment and giving clarity to developers by ensuring the Wolf Lake Old Growth Forest in the Timiskaming District remains a protected area. Retaining Wolf Lake’s Forest Reserve status [Read more]
WAWA DISTRICT (MNR), ON – Outdoorsmen & women from the Wawa District may be releived to learn that the deadline for submission of comments regarding the Crown Land Use Atlas Harmonization (CLUAH) Project options has been extended for 7 days. OntarioNewsNorth.com thanks Dino Tarini of [Read more]
