RED ROCK, ON – Red Rock’s 2016 Canada Day celebrations was a huge success. The festivities were held at the beautiful Red Rock Marina waterfront. The day started with a delicious brunch hosted by the Red Rock Royal Canadian Legion. The afternoon events began at 3:00 with the 2nd Annual [Read more]
Ontario Power Generation Must Do Additional Studies OTTAWA, ON – Federal minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna issued directions to Ontario Power Generation yesterday to carry out additional studies to support their request for an approval of a controversial plan to bury [Read more]
From: Northwatch Federal Report is Flawed – Ontario Must Take Action QUEENS PARK, ON – Calling the federal review report issued last week on a proposal to bury nuclear waste beside Lake Huron “deeply flawed”, one hundred public interest groups have issued an “Open Letter to the [Read more]
Ontario’s New Democrats, vowed to fight the privatization of Ontario’s hydro system and campaign against the sell-off of public assets by the Liberals. The Liberal Government of Ontario is currently reviewing proposals to sell off a significant amount of our shared public assets. This [Read more]
A New Era of Cleaner Air in Ontario Ontario is now home to North America’s largest power plant fuelled completely by biomass. The Atikokan Generating Station conversion is complete and the station is now generating electricity and helping meet local power needs in northwestern Ontario. [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Confederation College officially opened the Ontario Power Generation BioEnergy Learning and Research Centre (OPG-BLRC) yesterday as part of BioEconomy Week. Partners, supporters and community members were on hand for the opening and had the opportunity to participate in a [Read more]
KINCARDINE, ON – At least three of Ontario’s political parties will step in on the future of the underground radioactive waste dump Ontario Power Generation (OPG) wants to build beside Lake Huron, according to the results of a policy survey released by civil society organizations today. [Read more]
Workshop in Mindemoya in Advance of July 5th Deadline to Register MINDEMOYA, ON – A federal hearing on a proposal to bury a mix of radioactive wastes on the shore of Lake Huron has been announced, with only seventeen days for members to public to register their interest in participating. A [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON – New Democrat Leader Andrea Horwath renewed her call for a hard cap on public sector CEO salaries following the release of the 2012 Sunshine list. “When public sector CEOs are getting pay hikes that are bigger than most people’s paycheques something’s not working. [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Recently OntarioNewsNorth.com spoke with business owner Jim Moffat, Manitouwadge Economic Development Corporation Board Member and one of the 9 delegates who participated in a Southern Ontario tour, including among its stops the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station [Read more]
Pictured are Terrace Bay Fire and Emergency Services’ new Support unit, Mobile Command Post and Rescue UTV fitted with its winter tracks. Photos courtesy TBFES TERRACE BAY, ON – In early 2010, members and staff of the Terrace Bay Fire Department brought forth the importance of branching [Read more]
NIPIGON ADDED TO NUCLEAR INDUSTRY’S “STUDY” LIST Northwatch to host Nuclear Waste Workshop in Nipigon November 23, 7 to 9 pm NORTH BAY, ON – Several communities in northern Ontario are allowing themselves to be studied as the possible location for an underground repository for all of [Read more]
March 31, 2011 McGuinty Government Committed To Eliminating Waste And Finding Savings In keeping with its commitment to increased accountability and transparency, the salaries and taxable benefits of Ontario Public Service (OPS) and broader public sector employees who were paid $100,000 or more in [Read more]
October 1, 2010 10:10 AM McGuinty Government Permanently Shuts Down Four More Coal Units Ontario families will breathe cleaner air after four additional dirty coal-fired units were permanently shut down, reducing smog-producing coal generating capacity by 40 per cent since 2003. Today’s [Read more]
September 2, 2010 10:45 AM McGuinty Government Investments Create A Stronger, Cleaner Electricity System Despite being one of the hottest summers on record, Ontario’s energy system has had more than enough power to meet demand. Ontario has added over 8,000 megawatts (MW) of new clean energy [Read more]
