September 24, 2010 2:00 PM McGuinty Government Investment Gives Students Tools To Succeed, Get Jobs Students at Ontario colleges are using the latest technology and equipment to train for tomorrow’s high skill jobs. The province is investing in upgrading learning resources at its 24 colleges. [Read more]
**From the Editor: Though there is a ‘Mac’s Convenience Store’ in Marathon, their LCD screen is, unfortuntately, not currently functioning and when contacted, one of the owner’s commented that they were unsure of when it would be back online. If such a time comes, OntarioNewsNorth.com [Read more]
FROM/DE: Ontario Provincial Police-Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, Drug Enforcement Unit DATE: September 23, 2010 $12,000 in drugs seized by Thunder Bay law enforcement team Thunder Bay, ON – On the 17th of September 2010 Drug Enforcement Offices [Read more]
Rigo Pastora, 2nd Career Student September 23, 2010 12:15 PM McGuinty Government Building A Highly Skilled And Educated Workforce A survey of Second Career students shows that 93 per cent of students have graduated, and over 60 per cent have found jobs within an average of three months. Second [Read more]
September 23, 2010 9:30 AM McGuinty Government Celebrates The Arts and Culture Ontario is celebrating arts and culture by boosting its support to the Ontario Arts Council. The new Arts Investment Fund will help the arts sector, through the Ontario Arts Council, continue to grow and become more [Read more]
September 23, 2010 1:30 PM McGuinty Government Committed To Economic Development And Environmental Protection Ontario has made significant strides in economic development and environmental protection in the Far North with the passage of the Far North Act, 2010. A first in Ontario history, First [Read more]
September 22, 2010 2:00 PM McGuinty Government Invests In Friendship Centres Ontario is partnering with the Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres to build or renovate friendship centres so they continue to play a prominent role in the lives of urban Aboriginal people. Over the next three [Read more]
Queen’s Park Report Mike Brown, MPP Algoma-Manitoulin INTERNATIONAL PLOWING MATCH With the warm summer months now coming to an end it is time for us all to enjoy the cooler days, beautiful colours and the wonderful traditions of the Fall season. One such tradition is the much anticipated [Read more]
September 23, 2010 10:30 AM McGuinty Government Expands Program To Find Resolutions Thousands more families will benefit from improvements to Ontario’s family courts. The province’s Mandatory Information Program is being expanded from Brampton and Milton to the 17 Family Court branches [Read more]
True North Hardwood Plywood Inc. pleaded guilty and was fined $1,000 for depositing material on Crown land. Court heard that between March 1 and 25, 2010, approximately 80 truckloads of wood were placed in a gravel pit in Tomlinson Township by a contractor working on behalf of True North. True [Read more]
September 22, 2010 McGuinty Government Seeks Recommendations On Updating Legislation Ontario has launched an independent review of the Public Works Protection Act (PWPA) that will be led by the Honourable R. Roy McMurtry, a former Ontario chief justice. The review will take into account the [Read more]
50th Anniversary Plaque Unveiling & Celebrations by Brenda Grunt, Wawa-News.com Rod Morrison began the ceremony by welcoming everyone to this very special national, provincial, and municipal event. “The opening of the final link in the Ontario portion of the TransCanada Highway 50 [Read more]
(CHAPLEAU, ON.) – On September 20, 2010 at 10:25 pm Superior East OPP in Chapleau were dispatched to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 101 approximately 40 kilometres west near Shoals Provincial Park. An eastbound Hyundai struck a large moose and entered the ditch. As a result of this [Read more]
September 20, 2010 7:30 PM McGuinty Government Invites Feedback From Ontarians The government is seeking input from Ontarians as it updates its Long-Term Energy Plan. This updated plan will help guide the province as it continues to build a reliable, clean and cost-effective electricity system for [Read more]
AVOID BEING A VICTIM OF AUTO THEFT NIPIGON, ON –On September 18, 2010 while Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were investigating a reported incident, an officer was involved in a confrontation with an intoxicated male. The 26 year old male of Schreiber, Ontario was taken into custody [Read more]
