Representatives from across the north shore were “down in the dumps” during discussions held in the Township of Dorion on June 8th at the regular meeting of the Thunder Bay District Municipal League. Reeve Wendy Wright (Gillies) asked for a dialogue on the issues of landfill sites (AKA [Read more]
TORONTO, ON – Congratulations to Michael Dillon of Chapleau for winning $100,000 with ENCORE (May 4, 2019 LOTTO 6/49 draw). Michael matched six of the seven ENCORE numbers in exact order to win the $100,000 prize on his ticket purchased at [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – On the 10 of May 2019 at 1:47 pm members of the Greenstone Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment attended a residence on Osesky Drive in Geraldton, ON to follow up on an investigation. Police were confronted by an individual who threatened police with an edged weapon [Read more]
The 7 public health units in Northern Ontario will be working together on climate change and health vulnerability and adaptation reports over the next 2 years with funding support from Health Canada. Climate change is a threat to human health around the world. The changing environment resulting [Read more]
(Français inclus) OTTAWA, ON– Kashechewan residents displaced by flooding of the Albany River were in Ottawa Monday to demand the government live up to its promise to relocate them. “The time has come for the government to keep their promise and move this community to higher ground. The [Read more]
Le Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario (CSCNO) est fier d’annoncer la nomination de Mme Corinne Langevin au poste de direction adjointe de l’école secondaire catholique Champlain (Chelmsford) et de Mme Anne Marineau au poste de direction adjointe à l’école Notre-Dame-du-Sault [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON — The Leader of the Official Opposition, Andrea Horwath, released the following statement, to mark this year’s National Day of Mourning: “On today’s National Day of Mourning, New Democrats across the province honour the memories of all workers who have been killed as a [Read more]
TORONTO, ON – The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) is reviewing the 2019-2020 Grants for Student Needs (GSN) for impacts on school boards across Ontario but continues to have strong concerns regarding the impact of proposed increases in secondary class sizes and the [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – On April 19, 2019 at approximately 1 a.m., members of the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a complaint of an altercation at the POW WOW Grounds in the community of Aroland First Nation involving a firearm. OPP and Nishnawbe-Aski (NAPS) [Read more]
Over the past few years, escape rooms have emerged as a popular way for people of all ages to pass the time. Often done in specific themes, escape rooms test people’s abilities to work together to find clues while solving a series of riddles to unlock themselves from the room- usually within a [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON – NDP Deputy Leader, John Vanthof, issued the following statement following news that the Ford Conservatives are cutting funding for the Ontario Library Service-North by 50 per cent: “After cutting education, health care and the public services Northern families depend on, [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – April 10th, the Manitouwadge Family Health Team’s Registered Dietician, Kiera MacKenzie, hosted a kids’ cooking competition at the Manitouwadge High School. Competitors, ages 10-14 years old, could enter individually, or in teams of 2 or 3 chefs. The young [Read more]
Dr. David Cameron, Regional Supervising Coroner for Inquests, announced today that an inquest will be held into the deaths of Henry Meekis and Harold McDonald. Mr. Meekis, 58, died on December 23, 2012, and Mr. McDonald, 52, died on January 6, 2013, in separate incidents when their grooming [Read more]
Doug Ford is making deep cuts to the programs and services that matter most to Ontario families. The Ford government inherited one of the top economies in the world. An economy that led the G7 in jobs and growth for 5 years, with the lowest unemployment rate in decades. Instead, he has [Read more]
