Your Community Care Access Centre connects you with the care you need, at home and in your community. We provide access to home, community and school health services, facilitate placement into long-term care homes, and provide information and referral to a broad range of community-based health [Read more]
Province Proposing New Legislation to Take Action Against Invasive Species Ontario is taking strong action to address the social, ecological and economic threats that invasive species pose to our natural environment. The Invasive Species Act, to be introduced today, would support the prevention, [Read more]
ELLIOT LAKE, ON – People struggling just to keep up need to know their government has their back, and that just isn’t happening according to Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, MP Carol Hughes. Hughes was commenting on NDP Leader Tom Mulcair’s Affordability Tour which stopped in Sault Ste. Marie [Read more]
The Algoma Workforce Investment Corporation (AWiC) appoints new Labour Development Coordinator to the Superior East Labour Development Task Force (SELDTF) The Algoma Workforce Investment Corporation (AWiC) is pleased to announce that Tamara Liddle has been appointed to the position of Labour [Read more]
HORNEPAYNE, ON – December 22, 2013 at 6:00 am officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Hornepayne Detachment were advised that a 2003 Ford F-150 had just been stolen from a residence on Riverside Drive in Hornepayne. This vehicle was recovered shortly thereafter and [Read more]
Sault Ste. Marie, ON – Lindsay Liske was acclaimed Chair of the Board of Trustees for Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board and Leslie Cassidy-Amadio as Vice-Chair at the monthly Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday night. Liske, an Espanola resident, will be entering his second [Read more]
WAWA, ON – December 9, 2013 just after 10:30 pm the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa and White River Detachments were advised by a member of the public of a possible impaired driver on Highway 17 between the two communities. The vehicle, a 1997 Lincoln Town Car was located [Read more]
From: ALGOMA PUBLIC HEALTH Algoma Public Health has confirmed that our district has had a first positive case of Lyme disease that was contracted in our region and not travel related. Lyme disease can be a serious illness that can be spread to humans by the bite of an infected tick. Ticks are tiny [Read more]
Algoma Country and Tourism Thunder Bay were recognized at the Annual Ontario Tourism Summit in Toronto. They were awarded Tourism Marketing Partnership Award for Ride Lake Superior from the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation. The Ride Lake Superior program brought together [Read more]
Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island – Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay – Agawa – Lake Superior Park 9:46 PM EST Saturday 16 November 2013 Rain tonight giving 50 mm by Sunday night. Rain at times heavy in advance of an approaching low [Read more]
BATCHEWANA, ON – Since the Sault Ste. Marie Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) news release was issued,“Charges laid in the death of Jesse Roach”, Batchewana First Nation’s leadership have been inundated with outraged community members. In the official release On November 4, 2013 the OPP [Read more]
The Hon. David Orazietti, Minister of Natural Resources explains the current reorganization of his ministry and changes to the bear management program. RELATED LINKS NDP MPP VANTHOF MISLEADS NORTHERNERS ON MNR TRANSFORMATION (Aug.30.2013) NDP: MNR cuts ignore Northern needs (Aug. 28.2013) Another [Read more]
From: David Orazietti, M.P.P. Sault Ste. Marie Conveniently Forgets his NDP Government Hacked $107 million from MNR SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – In a recent media release, NDP MPP John Vanthof, of Timiskaming-Cochrane, misleadingly claimed* that MNR’s internal reorganization will hurt Northern [Read more]
Letter & photos submitted by Shelly Oksanen-Dubreuil Shelley (fourth from left) and her running group with Jamie McDonald (centre with white shirt). Photos courtesy SOD Hello, Sharing this link ( regarding Jamie McDonald a young man who is running across Canada , inspiring story to share .. Can [Read more]
The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) is in the midst of implementing a three-year transformation plan, which was first communicated in the 2012 Ontario Budget. The plan is designed to modernize the way the ministry does business and help put the ministry on financially sustainable footing. The [Read more]
