KAPUSKASING, ON – The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) will be meeting in the City of Elliot Lake on Friday, September 9, 2016 for the regular meeting of the Board of Directors. The Board will be discussing a number of issues including infrastructure funding for local and [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – The Native Child and Family Services program at Confederation College has earned approval as a program equivalent to a Social Service Worker program. This approval was issued by the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers after a comprehensive review process [Read more]
Province Enhancing Digital Infrastructure in the North Ontario is providing more communities in the North with access to broadband internet service. With an investment of more than $2.3 million through the province’s Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), the Chukuni Communities [Read more]
Scroll down to view release in English Avez-vous des postes qualifiés à combler ? • Gestion • Professionnel • Techinique • Métiers spécialisés À partir du 1er juin 2016, avec le nouveau programme de Mobilité francophone, il sera possible de recruter des travailleurs étrangers [Read more]
Jack G. Heimbecker of Paris pleaded guilty and was fined $900 for unlawfully attaching a seal to game wildlife killed by another person. He received a one-year hunting suspension.Two southern Ontario men have been fined a total of $2,700 and each given a one-year hunting suspension for party [Read more]
* UPDATE * NAPS Crime Unit Executes Canada-Wide Warrant SIOUX LOOKOUT, ON – On January 21, 2016, the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service North West Region Crime Unit laid additional charges of sexual assault and sexual interference against Casey MACDONALD of Calgary, Alberta. MACDONALD will next [Read more]
TORONTO, ON – The Ontario NDP has launched a Safe Northern Roads Petition (click image below to view petition on NDP site), calling on the government ensure that northern roads and infrastructure are safe for drivers. Following the failure of the Nipigon River Bridge which severed the [Read more]
Information provided by the Canadian Cancer Society NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO – October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and the Canadian Cancer Society Northwest Region has challenged the mayors to help us raise awareness (by spreading the word, sporting pink clothing, painting their nails [Read more]
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry laid 35 charges and issued 81 warnings during a three-day enforcement blitz on Highway 105, between Ear Falls and Vermilion Bay, Ontario. From June 16 to 18, 2015, conservation officers checked 824 anglers, including 712 non-residents, for compliance [Read more]
There were six new forest fires confirmed in the Northwest Region by the afternoon of April 30. Kenora District Fire Number 13 is under control at 3.2 hectares (ha) and is located near Rough Rock Lake. Kenora District Fire Number 14 is under control at 0.4 ha and is located in Wabaseemoong First [Read more]
Sept. 25th / Franco-Ontarian Day in Northwestern Ontario THUNDER BAY, ON – AFNOO (Association of Francophones of Northwestern Ontario) is pleased to invite you to join Franco-Ontarian Day celebrations taking place in your community, September 25th across Northwestern Ontario. Everyone is [Read more]
AUDIO Below (by CBC Superior Mornings): Byron LeClair from Pic River spoke to CBC Superior Mornings’ Lisa Laco about the Memorial SIJHL Exhibition Hockey Game held yesterday and the healing power of hockey. The hockey game was held at the Town of Marathon Arena, in honour of Jordan [Read more]
Ontario Government Committed to Keeping Drivers Safe Drivers who live in northern Ontario can now put on studded tires earlier and keep them on longer, providing motorists with more options to stay safe during severe or extended winter weather. Northern Ontario residents can now use studded tires [Read more]
By Chris Hewson The Schreiber North Star Midget Girls improved their tournament record to 2 wins in as many starts this season. Our girls played in the 14th Annual Kathy Sanders Memorial Girls Hockey Tournament in Dryden over the weekend of January 10 – 12th. In addition to the North Stars, [Read more]
A Northeastern Ontario man has been fined $1,000 for illegal moose hunting. Cory Bernas of Sundridge pleaded guilty under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and was fined for hunting moose without a licence. October 7, 2013, Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officers contacted a moose [Read more]
