OPEN LETTER TO SELECTED ONTARIO MPs and MLAs 26 January 2015 The Ontario Energy Board is inviting public input on the Energy East pipeline proposal. The two documents cited below have been forwarded to the Board. One document (Report on Public Meeting by Ontario Energy Board on Energy East Pipeline [Read more]
Lettre ouverte de la part de M. Denis Labelle, président de l’Association des conseils scolaires des écoles publiques de l’Ontario, l’ACÉPO Le 10 décembre 2014 Dans les journaux dernièrement, plusieurs se demandent pourquoi dans une société moderne il existe encore des conseils [Read more]
To the Greenstone Staff (a.k.a. the folks who make it happen) It is with mixed feelings that my occupation with “Greenstone Matter”s comes to a conclusion. I am choosing to write to the staff as my last meeting finished on Monday and there was not an opportunity to see or talk with most [Read more]
This beautiful photo was taken by Mark (@algonquinpp) who describes himself on Twitter as: #CanoeTripper, #Photographer, Beekeeper, #Explorer and #OutdoorJunkie! Originally from the Greenstone region Mark now lives in the Ottawa area though his heart still seems [Read more]
Submitted by : Thunder Bay Multicultural Association Welcome, newcomers to Canada and Northwestern Ontario. Our region is dedicated to helping new arrivals to Canada with settlement and integration to their new communities. Part of what we do is to provide services while you are settling in your [Read more]
Across this vast province, Ontarians find themselves faced with the ability to vote for their representative of choice by riding. The 107 Ontario ridings are based on population, vary widely in size, and create a great displacement of power between the north and south. Despite accounting for 87% [Read more]
“I am happy to announce that TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline project crossed a key milestone earlier this week with the filing of the project’s description to the National Energy Board of Canada (NEB). The filing is the first step in the formal regulatory process for TransCanada to [Read more]
Hi Karina. Thanks so much for running my article on our midget girls hockey team on December 7th, 2013 Your online publication is a great way to keep in touch with news events and sports for the neighboring communities. Having lived in White River in the late 1950,s and early [Read more]
From Edgar J. Lavoie, Greenstone, ON Ten Questions to Ask Energy East TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline is holding information centres in our region. I attended the one in Geraldton on September 26th. I studied the maps and the poster boards, and collected the literature. I did not [Read more]
Letter & photos submitted by Shelly Oksanen-Dubreuil Shelley (fourth from left) and her running group with Jamie McDonald (centre with white shirt). Photos courtesy SOD Hello, Sharing this link ( regarding Jamie McDonald a young man who is running across Canada , inspiring story to share .. Can [Read more]
FROM THE EDITOR: Thanks to Jason Sack who isn’t actually from the OntarioNewsNorth.com area but found us on Facebook and shared this information (which includes details of how those readers from other communtiies can search to see if there are bank accounts from clubs or organizations [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Most of us have experience watching friends and family leave our Northshore communities as life steps in and sends Northerners to big cities where there is more work or needed services or because they are closer to family members who have moved for these reasons. [Read more]
Thank you to MOE and to all the volunteers that hosted the fishing derby and bar b q. You have no idea what these events do to a child who has never experienced this kind of winter fun. My grandson has been excited since he read in the news letter that the derby was on [Read more]
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RE: Drowning Deaths and Water Safety Dear Editor, This morning I sat down to face my computer screen to read incident notifications. It’s something I do everyday and it is not an easy task since many of the notifications detail someone’s death. Most often it is a fatal car crash or the [Read more]
