Before this year’s omnibus budget was passed, Conservative Member of Parliament David Wilks discussed it with his constituents. They were upset with many of the clauses, and Wilks explained that, even though he agreed with many of their concerns, it was impossible for him to vote against the [Read more]
Minister Michael Gravelle and Members of Terrace Bay Council officially celebrated the 40 kwh solar project by TNT Properties on Friday August 24. TNT Properties has successfully installed their solar power system on their building at 29 Simcoe Plaza in the middle of the newly revitalizated [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]
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]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Underground Sunshine Productions, the team filming a documentary about Northwestern Ontario communities in the ‘Learn More’ process with the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has extended their stay in Manitouwadge. OntarioNewsNorth.com caught up with [Read more]
As Canadians, we are blessed with vast natural resources. We have the ability to be a global energy leader, if we are smart in investing in and developing our resources. Being smart doesn’t just mean digging minerals out of the ground and shipping them abroad. It means getting the maximum out of [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – The delegation of representatives from Town Council, Township employees and Manitouwadge Economic Development Corporation Board Members has returned from their Southern Ontario tour with the Nuclear Waste Management Organization. For details of where they were visiting and [Read more]
GEORGIAN BAY, ON VIA SKYPE – July 26th, OntarioNewsNorth.com Editor Karina Hunter spoke with Terry Plaskitt, Owner of Georgian Bay Solar and Wind which designs and installs wind and solar energy systems across Northern Ontario. Plaskitt explained the benefits of these systems, what [Read more]
The Government of Canada selected Canada’s plan for the long-term management of used nuclear fuel in June 2007. The approach, called Adaptive Phased Management, involves the development of a large infrastructure project in an informed and willing host community. The Nuclear Waste Management [Read more]
The development of the Alberta oil sands is a hot topic. The Harper Conservatives have promoted Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline ever since it was proposed in 2006. It is supposed to carry raw bitumen – the tar-like product of the oil sands – from Alberta to Kitimat, on the rugged [Read more]
OntarioNewsNorth.com will be conducting an interview with Underground Sunshine Production in coming weeks (prior to their Northshore visit) if you have questions you’d like us to ask, please leave them below in the comments. IS NUCLEAR THE SOLUTION TO SOLVING THE ENERGY CRISIS, AND THE [Read more]
Tracked to a Location on White Fish Lake WAWA, ON – Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Wawa Detachment was advised by Algoma Power on June 15, 2012 that a hydro smart meter had been stolen from a Bell Canada building in Montreal River, Ontario. The meter was removed on June 14 at [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – At Our Lady of Lourdes School, solar panels were installed to create energy for our school. A large television creen tracks the amount of energy created by our solar panels every day. Students from Mrs. Gillman’s grade 5 class wanted to investigate data [Read more]
Nuclear Waste Workshops in Spanish, White River, Manitouwadge, Blind River and Elliot Lake 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 Canada’s highly radioactive [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON – Today in Question Period, Andrea Horwath pressed the McGuinty Liberals about the impact of high electricity prices on creating value-added jobs from the Ring of Fire and called on the government to review the role of private power contracts in driving up prices. “Has the [Read more]
