Province Maintaining Transportation Infrastructure Driver licence fee increases come into effect this September to help maintain Ontario’s transportation infrastructure. Additional fees for reinstatements, replacements and commercial permits will follow effective January 1, 2017. As of [Read more]
Province Committing $15 Million Annually to Connect Municipal Roads to Highways As part of the largest infrastructure investment in Ontario’s history, the province is committing $15 million annually to a new Connecting Links program, which will help municipalities pay the construction and [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Lakehead University’s Department of Social Work has become Northwestern Ontario’s hub for the Youth Research and Evaluation eXchange (YouthREX). YouthREX is a provincially-funded program that allows each hub to engage with small and grassroot youth-serving organizations [Read more]
Ontario Brain Institute to Improve Treatment of Brain Disorders Ontario is supporting ground-breaking research to improve the diagnosis and treatment of conditions such as autism, depression, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. This major investment is part of the province’s ongoing [Read more]
Ontario Supports Program to Encourage Children and Youth to Get More Daily Physical Activity Premier Kathleen Wynne announced today a partnership with ACTIVE AT SCHOOL and the Ontario Physical and Health Education Association (Ophea) to get children more active every day. ACTIVE AT SCHOOL will be [Read more]
Ontario Strengthening Protections for Vulnerable Workers Today, Bill 18, the Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014, passed third reading with all party support in the Ontario legislature. The new act supports Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy, and is designed to further [Read more]
Ontario is providing support to student employees for demonstrating excellent performance while working in Ontario Parks. Now in its 15th year, the Ontario Parks Partners Bursary Awards recognize summer students each year for their commitment to great work, unparalleled service, and leadership in [Read more]
NORTHWESTERN, ON – The Industrial Rd, a.k.a. Hwy 625 or Caramat Road, has been the subject of much lobbying, debate and buck passing since the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources quietly ended it’s maintenance of the Road in Spring of 2013 eventually resulting in the road becoming [Read more]
The Ontario government is investing $21,800 to support economic development in Thunder Bay-Superior North. With support from our government’s Rural Economic Development (RED) Program, the Top of the Lake Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with other area Chambers, is creating a shop-local [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Severe weather, power outages, forest fires, and industrial accidents – they can all happen. That’s why Marathon High School and the Superior Greenstone District School Board have partnered to educate high school students on practical survival skills should an emergency [Read more]
While the Liberals and Conservatives continue to battle it out in a “he said, she said” libel lawsuit over gas plant scandal accusations; New Democrats continue to listen to your concerns and take action. This week my colleague MPP Sarah Campbell, Kenora Rainy River, used her Private Members [Read more]
Ontario Increasing Minimum Wage Ontario is increasing the minimum wage from $10.25 to $11 per hour on June 1, 2014. This new rate reflects the rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) since the last minimum wage increase in 2010 and is part of the provincial government’s commitment to fairness. [Read more]
Premier Kathleen Wynne issued the following statement today: “On behalf of the people of Ontario and readers everywhere, I am so proud to congratulate Alice Munro on winning the Nobel Prize for Literature. Her book, Lives of Girls and Women, has always been a favourite of mine, and I am part [Read more]
Ontario Making it Easier to Access Important Government Services Ontario is now allowing drivers to renew their licences online – the first province in Canada to do so. Ontario drivers need to renew their licences every five years. Now, eligible drivers who renew online [Read more]
Members to Chart the Way Forward on Improvements to the Justice System Ontario has appointed 11 individuals to a committee that will help enhance First Nation representation on juries. Led by co-chairs Alvin Fiddler, Deputy Grand Chief of Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Irwin Glasberg, Assistant Deputy [Read more]
