McGuinty Government And First Nations Reach Important Milestone Cat Lake and Slate Falls First Nations and Ontario have released a draft community based land use plan that identifies areas for protection and sustainable development in the Far North. The Cat Lake-Slate Falls Land Use Draft Plan [Read more]
FALL FROM PICKUP RESULTS IN INJURIES CHAPLEAU , ON – On November 7, 2010 at 12:25 pm Superior East OPP in Chapleau investigated a single motor vehicle collision on Pine Street. The incident resulted in serious but non-life threatening injuries to a 17 year old female passenger of Chapleau [Read more]
McGuinty Government Integrating Financial Literacy Into Curriculum In September 2011, students from grades 4 to 12 will learn about saving, spending, investing and managing money. These new learning opportunities in the classroom will help Ontario’s youth develop the critical [Read more]
Marathon/Manitouwadge Detachment MARATHON, ON – Ontario Provincial Police Marathon Detachment reported that in the week of November 1st through 7th, 2010: Calls for Service: 72 Traffic Tickets: 21 Criminal Charges: 6 R.I.D.E. Checks: 6 Results of R.I.D.E.: 150 Vehicles Checked 1 HTA Warning [Read more]
The Township of Terrace Bay was successful recently in receiving funding under the Local Initiatives Program administered by Superior North CFDC, funded by FedNor. The funding will be used towards enhancing the marketing of the Township and tying in the new logo with updated tourism brochures and [Read more]
Remembrance Day ceremonies will be held across Canada tomorrow, an important time to remember those who have given their lives, many loosing their lives in battle, to protect the freedoms and rights that we can sometimes take for granted. This Rememberance Day in Manitouwadge it is my hope that [Read more]
November 9, 2010 McGuinty Government Improving Access To Care For 3,200 Patients People in Thunder Bay now have access to a new nurse practitioner-led clinic which will provide peace of mind to approximately 3,200 people in the community who will be able to access health care services close by. [Read more]
DRIVE SAFE TO ARRIVE SAFE NIPIGON, ON –During the weekend of November 5 to November 7, 2010 Nipigon/Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) issued 60 Provincial Offence Notices and responded to 34 calls for service. Officers investigated two motor vehicle collisions and conducted eight R.I.D.E. [Read more]
Six outstanding health care innovations from across Ontario will receive awards Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) is a finalist for an Innovations in Health Care award in the Improving Patient/Resident Centredness category for its initiative titled The Road to Excellence is Paved [Read more]
The Boards of the Manitouwadge, McCausland and Wilson Memorial hospitals have given their approval for the hospitals to proceed with a joint operational review. The review, which is being funded by the North West LHIN, will examine the hospitals’ operations looking for ways to improve the quality [Read more]
Manitouwadge Public School News Recently our students were treated to a fun trip to Marathon – compliments of Skills Canada and Williams Operating Cooperation. The students grouped themselves into two teams of four and designed a boat that was built from cardboard. This boat was [Read more]
McGuinty Government Committed to Strengthening Ontario’s Forestry Sector The Canadian Wood Council is looking to use more Ontario wood products in the framing of mid-rise buildings in the province. With support from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), the council’s Ontario [Read more]
The 2010 forest fire season ended on October 31 and provincially, the fire statistics show 929 fires and 14, 823 hectares burned. Provincially the final cost was approximately $99.7 million compared to approx $92 million last year as the result of 60 percent more fires occurring in 2010. During the [Read more]
The 2010 forest fire season ended on October 31 and provincially, the fire statistics show 929 fires and 14, 823 hectares burned. Provincially the final cost was approximately $99.7 million compared to approx $92 million last year as the result of 60 percent more fires occurring in 2010. During the [Read more]
Longlac, ON – On October 1, 2010 the Ontario Provincial Police sent a media release which advised that police were looking for anyone who may have information about a theft from a motor vehicle in Longlac on September 22, 2010, where a camera and GPS were stolen out of an unlocked truck [Read more]
