THUNDER BAY, ON – Lakehead University’s Dr. Kathryn Sinden is receiving $100,534 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for a study that will assist firefighters who experience post-traumatic stress injury while on the job in Thunder Bay. Dr. Sinden, assistant professor in [Read more]
Christmas may have come and gone, but the surly antics of the Grinch are just getting started. The green skinned, Christmas-hating fellow is back on the big screen in the most recent adaptation of the popular holiday tale. The Grinch is our headline new release in a week that also marks the debut [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – On February 3, 2019 at approximately 6:00 a.m. officers of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment received a call regarding a motor vehicle collision on Highway 627 involving a possible impaired driver. Officers attended the area and located a white 2005 Chevy [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – On February 3, 2019 at approximately 1:15 a.m. officers of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment conducted a RIDE on the Pic Mobert Road. A Dodge Caravan entered the RIDE and the male driver was suspected to be under the influence of alcohol. The driver [Read more]
TORONTO, ON – Ontario residents check your LOTTO 6/49 tickets! A ticket sold in Owen Sound has won the LOTTO 6/49 jackpot for the Saturday, February 2, 2019 draw. The ticket is worth $33,396,099.00. There were some other great wins across the province: The Guaranteed $1 Million [Read more]
Are you a small municipality with no policy analyst on staff but you need to prepare an analysis of trends in taxable property growth? Join the Northern Analyst Cooperative. A local indigenous community looking to build a community profile? Join the Northern Analyst Cooperative. A large [Read more]
New Liquefied Natural Gas Plant Will Save Business and Residents Money THUNDER BAY, ON — Today the Ontario government announced support for a new liquefied natural gas plant in Nipigon to help create jobs and make businesses more competitive in Northern Ontario.”Our Government for the [Read more]
The long awaited update to the Canada Food Guide has arrived and it bears little resemblance to its predecessor. In many ways the guide is catching up to the leaps in research that have increasingly singled out highly processed food and sugar as drivers of the obesity epidemic and the growth in [Read more]
HEARST, ON – On January 25, 2019, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will be closing Highway 11 at Highway 631, for public safety, while a trailer containing dangerous goods is being removed from the scene of a collision. The Highway is being closed from [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – On the 23 of January 2010 at 12:29 am members of the Greenstone Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment received a report of an armed robbery from a local taxi company in Longlac, ON. The driver was flagged down on Otter Road by a subject wearing blue coveralls and a [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Four Rivers Environmental Services Group (Four Rivers) today, announced they will be working with the Matawa member First Nations on a national watershed research project as part of a first step in increasing capacity to actively steward over 300,000 square kilometres of [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON — NDP Energy and Climate change critic Peter Tabuns issued the following statement: “Doug Ford is allowing electricity sub-metering corporations to profit even more off the backs of Ontario renters and condo residents by scrapping a key hydro protection. Ford is [Read more]
Many of Ontario’s thousands of lakes across the province are host to excellent ice fishing opportunities and many of Ontario’s angling enthusiasts are taking advantage of the great conditions after the recent cold weather. The Ontario Conservation Officers Association (OCOA) would like to [Read more]
In 1969, Neil Armstrong accomplished history becoming the first man to walk on the moon. His now infamous quote, “That’s one small step for man and one giant leap for mankind” marked the momentous occasion. This week’s headline new release, “First Man”, sees Canada’s own Ryan Gosling [Read more]
The January 25th deadline is fast approaching, and the influx of applications is lower than previous years NICKEL BELT/GREATER SUDBURY, ON – Canada’s prosperity increasingly depends on young Canadians getting the education and experience they’ll need to start their careers. That’s why this [Read more]
