MANITOUWADGE, ON – May 6, 2015, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Manitouwadge detachment received information regarding a theft of pulp logs that belong to B&M Hauling. This has been an ongoing problem for the company as there are sometimes partial loads of pulp logs left in areas [Read more]
TORONTO, ON – Following the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities’ concerns regarding Bill 52 and Greenpeace Canada’s fabricated attacks on Northern Ontario’s forestry sector , Provincial Ministers Bill Mauro and Michael Gravelle met in Toronto with Kapuskasing Mayor Spacek, [Read more]
Hypocrisy in Action: Greenpeace Encouraging False Information Attack Large eNGO attacking economic driver of northern communities with false information campaign allege The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities is condemning Greenpeace Canada’s attempt to use false information to [Read more]
KAPUSKASING, ON – The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) is saddened to hear of the recent announcement by Resolute Forest Products that they will permanently close the newsprint mill in Iroquois Falls on December 22, 2014. Forestry companies that operate across [Read more]
NORTHERN ONTARIO – Northern Ontario Municipal leaders are expressing concerns that the Government of Ontario has moved forward with re-introduction of its anti-SLAPP legislation without proper consultations with industry, municipalities, and others who will be impacted by the proposed [Read more]
Province Allowing Wood Frame Buildings up to Six Storeys Ontario is introducing safer, more flexible and affordable design options for the construction of wood frame buildings. Through changes to the Ontario Building Code, wood frame buildings can now be built up to six storeys high, raising the [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]
TORONTO, ON – Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. (the “Company” or “Noble”) TSXV:NOB, FRANKFURT:NB7, OTC.PK:NLPXF) is pleased to provide an update on its Project 81 which is one of the largest freehold land positions in the province of Ontario if not the country. [Read more]
Ontario has appointed Daryl Skworchinski (of Marathon) as chair of the province’s Nawiinginokiima Forest Management Corporation (NFMC). In addition, Grant Goodwin (Manitouwadge), Donald Fry (Sault Ste. Marie), Raymond Boudreau (Dorion), Tina Forsyth (White River), and Gaétan Malette [Read more]
McGuinty Government Growing Forestry Sector, Creating Jobs Ontario has established the province’s first Local Forest Management Corporation, the Nawiinginokiima Forest Management Corporation, to re-energize the forestry sector, create jobs and boost the economy. This government agency will [Read more]
Many moons ago, before being elected as your MPP, I worked with Cherokee Logging as a cut and skidder operator and as a sawmill worker with Gogama Forest Products. My family, along with many families and communities in the North relied solely on the forestry industry. During my time working in the [Read more]
