Posts Tagged ‘northern ontario’

Laid-Off Ontarians Graduating Into Second Careers

Laid-Off Ontarians Graduating Into Second Careers

Rigo Pastora, 2nd Career Student September 23, 2010 12:15 PM McGuinty Government Building A Highly Skilled And Educated Workforce A survey of Second Career students shows that 93 per cent of students have graduated, and over 60 per cent have found jobs within an average of three months. Second [Read more]

CRA Website Changes

CRA Website Changes

Provided by the Marathon & District Chamber of Commerce; published courtesy of OntarioNewsNorth.com Changes to the Canada Revenue Agency Website   On October 4, 2010, the CRA will replace the existing Government of Canada epass system with a new CRA user ID and password service.  This new [Read more]

Far North Act Passes

Far North Act Passes

September 23, 2010 1:30 PM McGuinty Government Committed To Economic Development And Environmental Protection Ontario has made significant strides in economic development and environmental protection in the Far North with the passage of the Far North Act, 2010. A first in Ontario history, First [Read more]

High Heating a Hot Topic for Hughes

High Heating a Hot Topic for Hughes

HST MAKES FUEL PRICES EVEN HIGHER FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO OTTAWA, ON – On the first day of Autumn, with furnaces set to roar into action across Northern Ontario, Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP Caro Hughes is asking why the Conservative government made the cost of heating fuel even more expensive. [Read more]

Helping Urban Aboriginal People

Helping Urban Aboriginal People

September 22, 2010 2:00 PM McGuinty Government Invests In Friendship Centres Ontario is partnering with the Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres to build or renovate friendship centres so they continue to play a prominent role in the lives of urban Aboriginal people. Over the next three [Read more]

Ontario Families Benefit From Justice Improvements

Ontario Families Benefit From Justice Improvements

September 23, 2010 10:30 AM McGuinty Government Expands Program To Find Resolutions Thousands more families will benefit from improvements to Ontario’s family courts. The province’s Mandatory Information Program is being expanded from Brampton and Milton to the 17 Family Court branches [Read more]

Sporting Events, Comedy Show & Movie Night in Manitouwadge

Sporting Events, Comedy Show & Movie Night in Manitouwadge

Manitouwadge High School Upcoming Events, September/October 2010 EVENING ENTERTAINMENT OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC Movie Night – September 25th Jimmy the Janitor Comedy Show – October 16th September: 22nd              NSSSAA Golf Tournament @Marathon [Read more]

$1,000 Fine For Depositing Material On Crown Land

$1,000 Fine For Depositing Material On Crown Land

True North Hardwood Plywood Inc. pleaded guilty and was fined $1,000 for depositing material on Crown land. Court heard that between March 1 and 25, 2010, approximately 80 truckloads of wood were placed in a gravel pit in Tomlinson Township by a contractor working on behalf of True North. True [Read more]

Public Works Protection Act Review

Public Works Protection Act Review

September 22, 2010 McGuinty Government Seeks Recommendations On Updating Legislation Ontario has launched an independent review of the Public Works Protection Act (PWPA) that will be led by the Honourable R. Roy McMurtry, a former Ontario chief justice. The review will take into account the [Read more]

HUGHES ‘TIME TO PAY ATTENTION TO PENSIONS’

HUGHES ‘TIME TO PAY ATTENTION TO PENSIONS’

MP calls on government to attend to Seniors’ concerns OTTAWA, ON – Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes is calling on the government to double the Canada Pension Plan, raise the Guaranteed Income Supplement for low-income seniors and protect workplace pensions. In a tongue-in-cheek [Read more]

Hwy & Goose Celebrate 50th Anniversary

Hwy & Goose Celebrate 50th Anniversary

50th Anniversary Plaque Unveiling & Celebrations by Brenda Grunt, Wawa-News.com Rod Morrison began the ceremony by welcoming everyone to this very special national, provincial, and municipal event. “The opening of the  final link in the Ontario portion of the TransCanada Highway 50 [Read more]

MOOSE-CAR COLLISION RESULTS IN FATALITY

MOOSE-CAR COLLISION RESULTS IN FATALITY

(CHAPLEAU, ON.) – On September 20, 2010 at 10:25 pm Superior East OPP in Chapleau were dispatched to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 101 approximately 40 kilometres west near Shoals Provincial Park.  An eastbound Hyundai struck a large moose and entered the ditch.  As a result of this [Read more]

Wolverines’ Second Line Take First Place

Wolverines’ Second Line Take First Place

Manitouwadge Wolverines Senior Boys’ Invitational 2010 MANITOUWADGE, ON – Saturday, September 18th, Marathon High School Falcons Senior and Junior Volleyball players travelled to Manitouwadge for the annual Wolverines’ Senior Boys Volleyball Invitational.  The Wolverines’ [Read more]

Ontario To Update Long-Term Energy Plan

Ontario To Update Long-Term Energy Plan

September 20, 2010 7:30 PM McGuinty Government Invites Feedback From Ontarians The government is seeking input from Ontarians as it updates its Long-Term Energy Plan. This updated plan will help guide the province as it continues to build a reliable, clean and cost-effective electricity system for [Read more]

Northern Communities, Working Together

Northern Communities, Working Together

Date :  September 20, 2010  Prompted by events such as the bankruptcy of Marathon Pulp Inc, the Town of Marathon, Ojibways of the Pic River and the Township of Manitouwadge formed a joint venture enterprise. The purpose of the business is to make available to the Province, forest management [Read more]

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