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Northeast Regional Mayors Group Back in Session (w/interviews)

Northeast Regional Mayors Group Back in Session (w/interviews)

   MANITOUWADGE, ON – The Northeast Regional Mayors Group, consisting of Manitouwadge Mayor John MacEachern, White River Mayor Angelo Bazzoni, Dubreuilville Mayor Louise Perrier, Wawa Mayor Linda Nowiki, Hornepayne Mayor Morley Forster and Chapleau Mayor Andre Byham held their first [Read more]

Northeast Region Forest Fire Situation Update

Northeast Region Forest Fire Situation Update

PROVINCIAL OVERVIEW – Five new fires were reported on Friday, September 2. No control issues were experienced with these starts. In 2011 to date, 1,097 fires have burned a total of 628,977 hectares in the province. Approximately three-quarters of current active fires are located in the Far [Read more]

Brown Announces $750,000 in Funding for Searchmont

Brown Announces $750,000 in Funding for Searchmont

Renovations to Improve Recreation and Tourism SEARCHMONT, ON – Mike Brown, MPP for Algoma-Manitoulin is pleased to announce that Searchmont will be receiving $750,000 in funding through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC). Searchmont Ski Association Inc. (SSAI) will be [Read more]

Hwy 17 Re-Opened – Update on MVC Near Wawa

Hwy 17 Re-Opened – Update on MVC Near Wawa

FATAL MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISON Update – Double Fatality  WAWA, ON – As reported earlier Superior East OPP (Wawa) was called to a motor vehicle collision that occurred approximately 15 kms south of Wawa on Highway 17.  The collision occurred at 7:18 am and involved a north bound transport truck [Read more]

Hwy 17 East CLOSED Due to FATAL MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISON

Hwy 17 East CLOSED Due to FATAL MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISON

WAWA, ON – Superior East OPP (Wawa) is currently investigating a motor vehicle collision that occurred approximately 15 kms south of Wawa on Highway 17.  The Technical Traffic Collision Investigation unit has been called to the scene. The collision involved a transport truck and car.  It was [Read more]

Conservative snooping law needs to learn from British tabloid scandal

Conservative snooping law needs to learn from British tabloid scandal

It is hard to know when the rights of an individual are important to the Conservative government. If you will recall, the official reason they abandoned the long-form census was that it was too intrusive into the lives of Canadians. The policy was apparently based on one complaint they received to [Read more]

Construction Trailer/Equipment Stolen

Construction Trailer/Equipment Stolen

FROM:    SUPERIOR EAST OPP               CHAPLEAU, ON – August 12, 2011 Superior East OPP in Chapleau received a report of a theft of a construction trailer containing several thousand dollars worth of equipment from a location 60kms southwest of Chapleau, 5 kms off Toll Lake [Read more]

NAME OF ACCUSED RELEASED IN SEXUAL TOUCHING INCIDENT

NAME OF ACCUSED RELEASED IN SEXUAL TOUCHING INCIDENT

  DATE:  August 9, 2011 WAWA, ON –  July 9, 2011 Superior East OPP in Wawa had received a report of an incident of inappropriate touching at a local Restaurant.   On July 17, 2011. as a result of investigation and tips from the public, 36 year old Nathan JANSEN of CHAPLEAU, Ontario was [Read more]

Hughes Joins NDP Caucus in Supporting Nycole Turmel as Interim Leader

Hughes Joins NDP Caucus in Supporting Nycole Turmel as Interim Leader

  OTTAWA, ON  –Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes joins with her New Democrat colleagues in unanimously supporting Nycole Turmel as interim leader of the New Democratic Party, while Jack Layton temporarily steps aside to fight a second battle with cancer. “We have overwhelmingly [Read more]

NSFC Announces Official Winner of Fall/Winter 2010 Photo Contest

NSFC Announces Official Winner of Fall/Winter 2010 Photo Contest

CHAPLEAU, ON – This past September, the Northeast Superior Forest Community invited all residents and visitors of the Northeast Superior region to capture special moments spent enjoying our local forests and submit their photos for a chance to win prizes (and bragging rights). The organization [Read more]

WAWA ADDED TO NUCLEAR INDUSTRY’S “STUDY” LIST

WAWA ADDED TO NUCLEAR INDUSTRY’S “STUDY” LIST

Northwatch to host Nuclear Waste Workshop in Wawa July 28th, 7 to 9 pm NORTH BAY, ON – Several communities in northern Ontario are allowing themselves to be studied as the possible location for an underground repository for all of Canada’s highly radioactive nuclear reactor waste as [Read more]

Nuclear Waste in Wawa? Public Information Session

Nuclear Waste in Wawa? Public Information Session

NORTHWATCH HOSTS PUBLIC ROUNDTABLE IN WAWA THURSDAY, JULY 28 Several communities in northern Ontario are allowing themselves to be studied as the possible location for an underground repository for all of Canada’s highly radioactive nuclear reactor waste as part of the nuclear industry’s [Read more]

Northeast Region Fire Situation Update

Northeast Region Fire Situation Update

July 24, 2011 – 15:30 (3:30pm) PROVINCIAL OVERVIEW There are over 118 active fires currently burning in the province. We expect fire growth to continue on unsecured areas of fires. Winds will be southerly today in the northwest and smoke issues should be reduced throughout the region. Fire [Read more]

Hughes on Headlines: Civic Holiday

Hughes on Headlines: Civic Holiday

One of the great things about summer in Ontario is that we get a holiday at the start of three consecutive months. Sandwiched in between the flashier Canada Day and the more widely celebrated Labour Day is our Civic Holiday which is set for the first Monday in August. These holidays are much [Read more]

Evacuees Warmly Welcomed – Interview with Wawa Mayor

Evacuees Warmly Welcomed – Interview with Wawa Mayor

WAWA, ON – Wednesday, July 20th OntarioNewsNorth.com Editor/Publisher Karina Hunter had the opportunity to speak with Mayor Linda Nowicki, via Skype, regarding the evacuees welcomed into her comunity. Mayor Nowicki was clearly very pleased to have the opportunity to welcome the Sandy Lake [Read more]

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