This week in the legislature Ontario New Democrats were successful in passing a motion calling on Ontario to support a universal plan for $15 per day childcare. The leadership of Ontario New Democrats has ensured that Ontario officially endorses the $15 a day child care plan put forward by Tom [Read more]
5:21am EST Wednesday 12 November 2014 Snowfall warning in effect for: Manitouwadge – Hornepayne Snowfall, with total amounts of 15 to 20 cm is expected. The winter storm continues to produce significant snow although it will slowly wind down today and become lighter. Total snowfall amounts [Read more]
This week Liberal and PC Members voted together to ensure that they could sell off public assets whenever they please. New Democrats moved an Opposition Day Motion which would protect public assets and stop any political party from a fire sale of public assets. This is the economical equivalent of [Read more]
Manitoulin Family Resources is set to open their newly constructed food bank this month. While I am saddened that I will be in Ottawa and unable to join their celebrations for this achievement, I am more than a little frustrated that in a country as rich as ours the number of Canadians who rely [Read more]
Wolverine defeat tough Hawk squad to win title MANITOUWADGE, ON – The Manitouwadge High School Wolverines Junior and Senior Boys Volleyball teams have each won their division’s North Shore Secondary School Athletic Association (NSSSAA) 2014-15 championship title. In addition to each [Read more]
FROM : OLG TORONTO, ON – Congratulations to Hornepayne resident Noah Medeiros for winning $250,000 in the October 26, 2013 LOTTARIO draw. LOTTARIO was launched by Ontario Lottery and Gaming in 1978 as Ontario’s first on-line terminal lotto game. The winning ticket was purchased at G & L [Read more]
Tight three way battle in West Central Division of NSSSAA. The Lake Superior High School Stingers will host the Manitouwadge High School Wolverines in Senior Girls Basketball action in Terrace bay tomorrow ( Senior X2). Depending on how the games unfold there could be a three way tie. The [Read more]
SAULT STE.MARIE, ON – Spreading the warmth – that’s the goal of the 19th Annual CTV Coats for Kids Campaign with the help of community supporters and students from St. Basil Secondary School and St. Mary’s College. An annual sponsored program for the past 19 years, Coats for Kids [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – The traditional northern fan-base for the Montreal Canadiens are breathing a sigh of relief now that the team’s French language regional broadcasts will be available in the area. As Ginette Reno sang the anthem for the Habs home opener, news was spreading through the north that [Read more]
Today New Democrats announced they would call for a referendum to approve sale of public assets in the upcoming legislative session. NDP Leader Andrea Horwath put the Liberals on notice that any sale of OLG, LCBO, Hydro One or OPG will have to be put to a referendum. We believe our public assets [Read more]
KIRKLAND LAKE, ON – NDP Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP John Vanthof is clearly frustrated following the Competition Bureau’s warning that the Liberal government’s sale of Ontera would give buyer Bell Aliant the power to shut out telecom rivals in the North. The Liberals signed-off on [Read more]
Most people don’t have the time or desire to watch question period and given the way it has been going recently that probably isn’t such a bad thing. It is largely understood that most Canadians take a dim view of the confrontational nature of parliament, but events this week went far beyond [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – New Democrats have ramped up pressure in House of Commons for the government to call an inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women, says Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes. New Democrats took control of the House agenda on Friday forcing a debate and a vote on the [Read more]
The ServiceOntario centre located in Hornepayne at 56 Fifth Avenue will be re-opening on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. The regular hours of operation at the centre are: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. Can’t get to a ServiceOntario centre in person? Save time and money by [Read more]
Parliament held an emergency debate on Canada’s response to the situation in Iraq this week. The fact that it was an emergency debate and not a government-led one spoke volumes about the Prime Minister’s go-it-alone approach on this issue. That was hammered home when Thomas Mulcair was the [Read more]
