Posts Tagged ‘Northeastern local news’

Valdy Coming To Northern Ontario – Manitoulin Already Sold-Out!

Valdy Coming To Northern Ontario – Manitoulin Already Sold-Out!

Before you know it,  Valdy will be visiting  the back roads of Northern Ontario once again. Many people saw this unique and talented man, who has been a professional musician since the seventies, when he performed on CP’s Holiday Train last year. Come out to enjoy his talents again to hear [Read more]

FIRE SEASON OFFICIALLY ENDS – Final Northeast Region Update

FIRE SEASON OFFICIALLY ENDS – Final Northeast Region Update

**Please Note: This is the last report of its kind for 2012. This service will start again on OntarioNewsNorth.com in the spring of 2013.  As the 2012 forest fire season officially ended this week on Wednesday October 31st, only one active fire remains in the Northeast Region. Hearst 32 is 100 [Read more]

Statement On Wawa Disaster Relief Funding

Statement On Wawa Disaster Relief Funding

Statement On Wawa Disaster Relief Funding From Madeleine Meilleur, Ontario Minister Of Community Safety and Correctional Services Yesterday, Madeleine Meilleur, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, issued the following statement: “The Premier recommended the appointment of [Read more]

Special weather statement for: Manitouwadge, Hornepayne, Wawa, White River and others

Special weather statement for: Manitouwadge, Hornepayne, Wawa, White River and others

Manitouwadge – Hornepayne – Wawa – White River – Pukaskwa – Agawa – Lake Superior Park – Kapuskasing – Hearst – Timmins – Cochrane – Chapleau – Gogama. Snow, ice pellets, and some freezing rain. An area of snow associated with [Read more]

Statement from Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services on Wawa Flood Emergency

Statement from Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services on Wawa Flood Emergency

  Yesterday, Madeleine Meilleur, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, released the following statement on the ongoing emergency situation in Wawa and the surrounding area: “Our thoughts continue to be with the residents of Wawa, the Michipicoten First Nation, and the [Read more]

WAWA OPP UPDATE 5 – HIGHWAY 17 SOUTH BOUND OPEN

WAWA OPP UPDATE 5 – HIGHWAY 17 SOUTH BOUND OPEN

WAWA, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police Superior East Wawa Detachment advise that Highway 17 south bound from Wawa has been reopened. There will be two lanes open with gravel sections.  The OPP and Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) warn the motorists to drive with extreme caution in [Read more]

STATE OF EMERGENCY IN WAWA – OPP Update 4

STATE OF EMERGENCY IN WAWA – OPP Update 4

 WAWA, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police Superior East Wawa Detachment advise that Highway 17 at Wawa continues to be closed both north bound and south bound.  The highway has been closed since October 25, 2012 as a result of high levels of water that caused the road to erode away in several [Read more]

Wawa Mayor Invites Premier, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Commissioner of Community Safety to Tour Area Devestation

Wawa Mayor Invites Premier, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Commissioner of Community Safety to Tour Area Devestation

WAWA, ON – Flood conditions in Wawa continue to worsen.  While the rain stopped 36 hours ago, the runoff continues to cause severe problems while the Municipality of Wawa assesses the true extent of the damage. The Michipicoten First Nation is still stranded from the municipal road system [Read more]

STATE OF EMERGENCY IN WAWA – OPP Update 3

STATE OF EMERGENCY IN WAWA – OPP Update 3

WAWA, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police Superior East Wawa Detachment advise that Highway 17 at Wawa continues to be closed both north bound and south bound.  The highway has been closed as a result of high levels of water has caused the road to erode away. Currently the Municipality of Wawa [Read more]

Statement by Premier Dalton McGuinty on the Flooding in Wawa

Statement by Premier Dalton McGuinty on the Flooding in Wawa

Today, Premier Dalton McGuinty released the following statement on the declaration of a state of emergency by the Municipality of Wawa: “Following a night of heavy rain, the Municipality of Wawa has declared a state of emergency as a result of severe flooding. Our government has been in [Read more]

Statement from Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha on State of Emergency in Wawa

Statement from Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha on State of Emergency in Wawa

Statement from Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha on State of Emergency in Wawa   ELLIOT LAKE, ON – Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha made the following statement today after the Municipality of Wawa and surrounding areas in north-western Ontario declared a state of emergency due [Read more]

Huron-Superior Catholic DSB Expands Reading Recovery to Schools In White River, Wawa, Chapleau, Hornepayne, etc

Huron-Superior Catholic DSB Expands Reading Recovery to Schools In White River, Wawa, Chapleau, Hornepayne, etc

The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board has expanded the reach of its Reading Recovery program for the 2012-2013 school year.   The Reading Recovery program was implemented in Sault Ste. Marie schools last year and the response has been very positive.  This year the program has arrived [Read more]

“Auditor General Report should be outline for government action” Says Hughes

“Auditor General Report should be outline for government action” Says Hughes

Michael Ferguson, Canada’s Auditor General (AG), reported to parliament this week and his findings are enough to keep the place busy for a long time.  Among them is a worrisome claim that the government’s budgets are not even analyzed by Finance Canada until months after they have been [Read more]

Mayor Linda Nowicki Declares State of Emergency in Wawa

Shutting down the Legislature won’t make gas plant scandal go away: NDP

Shutting down the Legislature won’t make gas plant scandal go away: NDP

QUEEN’S PARK, ON – NDP House Leader Gilles Bisson condemned Dalton McGuinty for shutting down the Legislature as the committee to investigate the gas plant scandal was to commence.   “Today was the last day the hearings into the gas plants scandal could have started. However, instead of [Read more]

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