FONOM and NOMA Team Up With Grain Farmers to Launch Growing Ontario: A New Voice for Northern and Rural Ontario KAPUSKASING, ON – Municipal leaders along with the agriculture and forestry sector have banded together to launch a bold new strategy called Growing Ontario to celebrate the innovation [Read more]
KAPUSKASING, ON – The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) participated in Ontario’s first ever State of the North Summit hosted by The Empire Club of Canada on April 2, 2015 in Toronto. The event, which consisted of expert panelists representing industry, municipal and First [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – The regular meeting of Manitouwadge Town Council September 11, 2013 was quite brief, lasting only about 30 minutes. Absent from the meeting were Mayor John MacEachern and Councillor Natalie Labbee; in attendance were Acting Mayor Connie Hunter who chaired the meeting, Clerk [Read more]
NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO – The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) held local transportation exhibits last month (July) in Wawa, Schreiber and Hornepayne, Northwestern Ontario communities involved in the “Learn More” process. The mobile transportation exhibit originally made [Read more]
Alan Spacek, Mayor of Kapuskasing, and President of the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM), expressed his satisfaction with a high level meeting held with Premier Kathleen Wynne and Cabinet Members Zimmer, Orazetti, Gravelle, Jeffrey, Murray and Parliamentary Assistant to the [Read more]
KENORA/TORONTO, ON – In an Environmental Registry posting on January 24, 2013 the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) outlined its preferred transition measures for various economic development sectors under the Endangered Species Act (2007). This proposed regulation is consistent with a [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – The 30th annual Northwestern Ontario Regional Conference will be held on Thursday, September 27th & Friday, September 28th at the Victoria Inn in Thunder Bay. The event will bring together municipal leaders, business representatives and economic development practitioners [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – Representatives of the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA) are in Ottawa this week for meetings with provincial leaders to discuss issues and opportunities in Northwestern Ontario during the Association of Municipalities of Ontario annual conference. “Northwestern [Read more]
SUPPORT FOR FERROCHROME PROCESSOR Submitted by: NOMA Resolutions Committee Background WHEREAS the proposed Northwestern Ontario locations for a ferrochrome processor have led to the development of partnerships between municipalities and First Nations communities; and, WHEREAS the construction of a [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Organizers of the Northwestern Ontario Regional Conference announced today that Progressive Conservative Leader, Tim Hudak, and New Democratic Party Leader, Andrea Horwath, have confirmed their participation in the scheduled Provincial Leaders debate on Northern issues in [Read more]
The Northeastern Superior Mayors Group views the introduction of the Growth Plan for Northern Ontario as a great step towards a long journey back to prosperity for Northern Ontario. Over the next 25 years, the plan will ensure a strategic framework that sets out policies and actions on how the [Read more]
