McGuinty Government Celebrates Ontario’s Francophone Community Three individuals are being honoured for their contributions to the vitality of the province’s Francophone community. The recipients of this year’s Ontario Francophonie Awards are: Jean Comtois, Francophone Award [Read more]
McGuinty Government Creating Jobs and Help Families Thirty two projects in Northwestern Ontario are nearing completion, improving safety, keeping traffic moving and creating greater economic opportunities and more than 1,900 construction related jobs in the region. A total of 494 kilometres of [Read more]
From MP Carol Hughes, Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing It might come as no surprise that Liberals and Conservatives have killed another anti-scab bill. A bill that promoted measures that would have made illegal the unfair hiring of replacement workers during labour disputes. Last Wednesday’s vote [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Students from JK-Gr.8 at Ecole Publique Franco-Manitou walked, with teachers and parent volunteers Friday morning, October 22nd, to visit Joan and Neil Mongrain, parents and co-gardeners with Dean Mongrain. The Mongrain family are well known in Manitouwadge for their [Read more]
Ontario Making School Buses Safer October 22, 2010 McGuinty Government Marks School Bus Safety Week As another successful School Bus Safety Week draws to a close, Ontario is improving the safety of school buses by requiring additional safety measures for all new buses in the province. Starting [Read more]
RED ROCK, ON – Wednesday, October 20th, teens, council members and the Mayor and parents interested in reviving the once popular Teen Town met to discuss how they would move forward with the project. Teen Town was very popular decades ago and Mayor Gary Nelson, who feels it is important to [Read more]
October 22, 2010 Condo Survey To Conclude October 31, 2010 Ontario is encouraging condominium owners to provide any comments or concerns they have about condo living before the online condominium survey wraps up on October 31, 2010. The survey, posted at www.ontario.ca/condos, asks condo owners [Read more]
October 21, 2010 McGuinty Government Supporting Businesses To Create Jobs And Growth Ontario is creating faster and more streamlined government-to-business services that respond to the needs of businesses, while helping save time and money. Today, the Ontario Legislature passed the Open for [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Recently a very exciting Chess Tournament was held at Manitouwadge Public School. An impressive number of chess playing students have been coming out early each morning to hone their skills in front of the chess boards in the library and the practice paid off! All of the [Read more]
Students Enjoy Fry Bread RED ROCK, ON – As part of their Social Studies Unit on Early Aboriginal People, the grade 5/6 class of St. Hilary’s School participated in a culinary experience of traditional Fry Bread this week. Understanding the idea that sharing food is a large [Read more]
October 21, 2010 McGuinty Government To Consult On Fire Safety Ontario will begin consultations on how to improve fire safety in residences for seniors, people with disabilities and other vulnerable Ontarians. The province will seek advice from residents, their families, and organizations, [Read more]
From the Township of Manitouwadge NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF MANITOUWADGE Recently there have been increased reports of Coyote/Wolf sightings in the Manitouwadge area. These animals are generally shy and avoid humans. However, [Read more]
October 20, 2010 McGuinty Government Proposes New Rules, Higher Standards For Broader Public Sector Ontario is proposing strict new rules that would prevent organizations funded with taxpayer dollars from using public funds to hire external lobbyists to ask for more funding. The proposed Broader [Read more]
GERALDTON, ON – On October 19, 2010 the Greenstone EMS and Greenstone Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a serious, single vehicle ATV rollover approximately 30 kilometers south of Longlac near Tricorn Lake. A 62-year-old male from St. Williams, Ontario was transported by ambulance [Read more]
*PLEASE NOTE: Prior to beginning any new diet or excercise regimen please speak with your family physician. DID YOU KNOW… …muscle is almost as dense as fat; a pound of fat is 1.7 times bigger than a pound of muscle. So even though muscle weighs more than fat, fat makes you look bigger. [Read more]
