October 1, 2010 10:10 AM McGuinty Government Permanently Shuts Down Four More Coal Units Ontario families will breathe cleaner air after four additional dirty coal-fired units were permanently shut down, reducing smog-producing coal generating capacity by 40 per cent since 2003. Today’s [Read more]
Queen’s Park Report Mike Brown, MPP Algoma-Manitoulin Laid-Off Ontarians Graduating Into Second Careers Ontarians are a resilient bunch. No province was hit harder by the global recession than Ontario, but together we pulled through. And working together, we have become what the Conference Board [Read more]
To Manitouwadge residents, Last week Lee Stones Consultant for the Prevention of Elder Abuse North West Region and Estelle Morrill, Chair for the Schreiber/Terrace Bay Elder Abuse Prevention Committee area visited Manitouwadge. (Read the article about their official travels at [Read more]
From Greenstone OPP Canadian Campaign for Safer Roadways October 8-11, 2010 will mark Operation Impact, a national campaign to make Canada’s roads the safest in the world. This special weekend is a police initiative designed to remind people that an essential part of the enforcement job is to [Read more]
Alert to local residents – Phone Fraud Kenora, ON. – OPP caution residents about providing credit card information over the phone. Police received a report yesterday when a local resident was solicited by someone claiming they were fundraising for a local sports group. They decided to [Read more]
MP places blame on province and federal government as Town Centre set to close OTTAWA – Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes took two levels of government to task for abandoning their responsibility to Hornepayne and its Town Centre in a statement delivered in the House of Commons on [Read more]
Manitouwadge Cross Country Ski Club receives Local Initiatives Funding. MANITOUWADGE, ON – The Northern Trails Ski Club has received $2,851.16 through FedNor’s Local Initiatives Program. The money was used to partnership with other grant monies to complete the Kiwissa All-Season Trail. [Read more]
**From the Editor: Though this release came from the Red Lake OPP Detachment, Northshore detachments have been warning of similar scams and I thought we can never have too much information when it comes to these types of crimes. NEW PHONE FRAUD AND EMAIL SCAMS RED LAKE, ON – New scams are [Read more]
SCHREIBER PREVENTION FOR ELDER ABUSE NETWORK WELCOMES LEE STONES AREA CONSULTANT By Estelle Morrill, Chair of Schreiber Elder Abuse Prevention Committee SCHREIBER, ON – The week of September 20th has been busy with Lee Stones, Northwest Region Consultant of the Network for the Prevention of [Read more]
This Week at Our Lady of Lourdes School Manitouwadge LIFE AT OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC SCHOOL Learning opportunities outside the classroom. A well rounded, quality education is not restricted to the classroom or to the confines of the school. The students at Our Lady of Lourdes had some [Read more]
September 28, 2010 9:00 AM McGuinty Government Helps Ontarians With Energy Costs and Property Taxes The government is proposing to boost tax relief for Ontario seniors to help with energy costs and property taxes. By increasing the amount seniors can earn and still be eligible for the proposed [Read more]
September 27, 2010 12:30 PM McGuinty Government Providing Energy Relief to Northern Industry and Families Ontario is providing the most support to northern Ontario on record with energy rebates to northern families and industry to help reduce electricity prices and boost economic activity. The new [Read more]
TERRACE BAY, ON – Smoke is once again coming from the mill at Terrace Bay Pulp; great news for residents who have been waiting to see this since lay-offs began 20 months ago. Speaking with the press today, Buchanan Group Lawyer, Yves Fricot, said that approximately 240 mill employees were [Read more]
September 24th, 2010 NIPIGON DETACHMENT OPP NIPIGON, ON – Nipigon OPP are currently investigating an incident involving the head on collision of two motor vehicles, a red Mazda and a maroon Intrepid, on Hwy 11/17 just west of the Town of Nipigon. The drivers of both vehicles have been taken [Read more]
KENORA, ON – Thursday, September 23rd, after their regular school day had ended, the Manitouwadge High School Senior Boys’ Volleyball team departed from the school, travelling with their Coach Wayne Pittman and parent volunteers who were also driving members of the team. The [Read more]
