Trains Needed Outside of Toronto The recent launch of the UP Express to move travelers via rail from Pearson Airport to downtown Toronto is a good move to ease traffic congestion and pollution in Canada’s largest city. All levels of government in Ontario now need to demonstrate the same [Read more]
NORD-EST, ON – Cet été, les équipes des pêches du ministère des Richesses naturelles et des Forêts mèneront des études sur certains lacs de l’Ontario. Ils y surveilleront les populations de poissons, prendront des échantillons d’eau et chercheront à détecter les espèces [Read more]
Fisheries crews from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry will be on Ontario’s lakes this summer monitoring fish populations, taking water samples, and checking for invasive species. If you’re on a lake that is being monitored and see buoys showing the Ontario logo, please don’t [Read more]
In Northern Ontario we know all too well the challenges we face with access to healthcare. Many have to travel long distances for care, and at a time when there seems to be continuous cuts to services, and wasted millions it becomes extremely frustrating. This week my colleague and NDP Health [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON – The legislature returned this week to turmoil and scandals once again. The present liberal government is embroiled in three separate OPP investigations for Ornge, Gas Plants email deletions, and the recent Sudbury bribery scandal. Thursday, minutes before question [Read more]
NORTHERN ONTARIO MUSIC AND FILM AWARDS 2015 will mark the return of the Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards (NOMFA). As of 2015, the NOMFA will be held on a biennial basis, with the next event being held in May 2017. In 2008, Music and Film in Motion (MFM) launched the NOMFA conference in [Read more]
Au cours de l’actuelle session, le gouvernement a adopté 9 projets de loi Aujourd’hui, les travaux de la présente session de l’Assemblée législative de l’Ontario ont pris fin et le gouvernement a fait d’importants progrès dans la mise en œuvre de son plan en quatre [Read more]
Government Passed Nine of Its Bills During Current Session The current sitting of the Ontario legislature wrapped up today, with the government making significant progress on implementing its four-part plan for Ontario. Since the session began in July, the government passed nine bills to improve [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – C’est avec joie que les élèves de l’École publique Franco-Manitou ont retrouvé leur lutine de Noël cette semaine. La lutine, qui s’appelle Miss Madame, se promène la nuit, très espiègle et coquine, jouant des tours dans les classes. Les élèves [Read more]
Highway Construction Improves Roads, Bridges and Creates Jobs in Northeastern Ontario Ontario continues to expand and improve highways throughout Northern Ontario, creating and sustaining more than 5,500 construction jobs while making travel safer and more efficient for families, visitors and [Read more]
Th Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) commends the provincial government for recognizing the need to expand the time frame in which northern drivers can use studded tires. Studded tire use had been permitted from October 1st to April 30th and as weather conditions in northern [Read more]
Ontario Government Committed to Keeping Drivers Safe Drivers who live in northern Ontario can now put on studded tires earlier and keep them on longer, providing motorists with more options to stay safe during severe or extended winter weather. Northern Ontario residents can now use studded tires [Read more]
Ensemble, l’École de médecine du Nord de l’Ontario (EMNO), la population et les communautés du Nord de l’Ontario créent un plan stratégique pour les années 2015-2020. De mai à septembre 2014, le Dr Roger Strasser, le doyen et directeur général de l’EMNO, le Dr David Marsh, le doyen [Read more]
Together, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) and the people and communities of Northern Ontario are creating a Strategic Plan for the School for the years 2015-2020. From May to September 2014, NOSM’s Dean and CEO Dr. Roger Strasser, Associate Dean of Community Engagement and Senior [Read more]
SUPPORT OF NORTHERN ONTARIO TOURISM SUDBURY, ON – The Government of Canada, through the Federal Economic Development Initiative in Northern Ontario (FedNor) is investing in the expansion of Dynamic Earth, a major tourist attraction and tourism driver for the North. The project will also benefit [Read more]
