McGuinty Government Putting Ontario Wood to Work, Creating Jobs As Ontario’s wood supply competition comes to a close, three more forestry companies have accepted offers, creating 55 new jobs and protecting 741 existing jobs. So far, 34 offers have been accepted, creating 613 jobs and [Read more]
June 3, 2011 Six new fires were reported in the Northeast Region on Thursday, June 2. Three fires were reported in the Sudbury district all ignited by lightning. Sudbury 15, in the Nickel Offset Road area, was 0.3 hectares in size and has been called out. Sudbury 16, southwest of Estaire, is [Read more]
June 3, 2011 There were no new confirmed fires reported at the time of this report on June 3. Currently there are two active fires situated in the Thunder Bay district both receiving rainfall today. Thunder Bay Fire Number 22 located 38 kilometres east of Savant Lake on the CN railway line near the [Read more]
PIC RIVER, ON – Wednesday, May 25 in Pic River, area dignitaries and forestry sector representatives gathered at the Pic River Community Centre the announcement by Minister of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry Michael Gravelle that Ontario is working with local communities, First [Read more]
Scroll past release to view videos of dignitaries comments at press conference in Pic River, Ontario May 15th, 2011 McGuinty Government Making Forest Industry More Competitive PIC RIVER, ON – Ontario is working with local communities, First Nations and forest industry partners to establish [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Monday, May 23rd, OntarioNewsNorth.com Editor Karina Hunter sat with Mayor Rick Dumas, he brought us up to date in regards to his communities’ ongoing projects, the upcoming 2nd annual Summerfest, the opening of the Peninsula Golf Course and more. Dumas explained what [Read more]
( Scroll down for NORTHEAST Region Update.) Forest fire situation update Northeast Region No new fires were reported in the Northeast Region on May 20. One new fire was reported early this morning. Sault Ste. Marie 11 north of Elliot Lake is not yet under control at 1.0 hectare in size. [Read more]
Forest fire situation update Northeast Region The Northeast Fire Region responded to three new fires on May 19 in Timmins (1) and Wawa (2) districts. Timmins 7 was reported south of Timmins and is under control at 2.1 hectares. The fire was burnt along the power line right of way. Wawa 6 was [Read more]
Co-opReporMay19th-2011 – CLICK to view or print May 19th Wawa MNR Co-opeartors Report (valid May 20th) One new fire was reported in the Northeast Region on May 18. Sudbury 12, a human caused fire east of Naughton, has been called out at 0.1 hectares. Three fires have been reported so [Read more]
MARATHON , ON –The Town of Marathon is airing its disappointment on the Province with the recent announcement that all of the fibre traditionally allocated to the mill in Marathon has been allocated to a U.S. firm who plans to develop a site an hour east in White River. The Town of Marathon, [Read more]
Please scroll down for Northeast Region Update NORTHWEST REGION There were no new fires in the region to the time of this report on May 09. There was one new fire reported in the region on May 7, Kenora District Fire Number 7 was a smouldering grass fire near the Wabaseemoong waste disposal [Read more]
McGuinty Government Putting Ontario Wood to Work, Creating More Than 1,300 Good Jobs A leading-edge clean-energy solutions company has accepted a wood supply offer from the Province to establish an innovative new industry in White River. The project is expected to create 83 new full-time jobs, [Read more]
Wawa, ON – Hornepayne, White River, Dubreuilville and of course Wawa residents gathered outside the ServiceOntario office in Wawa Friday, April 8th in protest of a CLUAH (Crown Land Use Atlas Harmonization Project) meeting with MNR District Manager John Peluch and assistants. Among the [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – Tuesday, March 22nd, OntarioNewsNorth.com spoke with Natalie Hughes, Outreach Officer with the Northern Ontario Bio-Economy Corporation which will be hosting a seminar at the Victoria Inn, Thunder Bay this Saturday, March 26th. She shared information regarding NOBEC’s [Read more]
March 17, 2011 McGuinty Government Maximizing Economic Benefits From Province’s Forests Four more forestry companies have accepted wood supply offers from the Province, creating 38 new jobs and bringing more than 250 people back to work. This will also help create other jobs in the forestry [Read more]
