Watch live streaming video from ontarionewsnorth at livestream.com MANITOUWADGE, ON – Yesterday evening, at their regular meeting, Mayor and council were pleased to welcome Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP Carol Hughes who was in Manitouwadge for her monthly constituency meeting the today. [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – During yesterday evening’s regular council meeting (CLICK HERE to view meeting in its entirety), Community Services Director Daniel Deschamps’ announced the planning of the first Northwestern Ontario Youth Winter Games scheduled to be held in Manitouwadge [Read more]
Stephen Harper’s promises in the 2008 election included commitments about bitumen (heavy oil) from Canada’s tar sands: That we would not export the raw material to be upgraded and refined elsewhere (existing US contracts aside) and; that we would not trade the resource to countries with lesser [Read more]
FROSTY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10th MANITOUWADGE, ON – Friday, February 10th, Frosty Days activities planned at Kiwissa Ski Centre had to be cancelled when temperatures refused to go much higher than -20°C. The frigid temps held and Opening Ceremonies which were scheduled to be held outside [Read more]
North must preserve its weight in Parliament during new redistribution, NDP MPs say THUNDER BAY, ON – Northern Ontario’s six New Democrat MPs calling on the region’s Conservative representatives to stand with them in defending fair representation for the region. They are introducing a [Read more]
Three-time Toronto Mayor, David Crombie, former Ontario opposition leader John Tory, and popular bilingual children’s educator Suzanne “Marie-Soleil” Pinel are among 27 Ontarians being appointed to The Order of Ontario. The appointees were chosen for their contributions to the [Read more]
Future of health care weakened by Prime Minister’s inaction ALGOMA-MANITOULIN-KAPUSKASING , ON – One of the items central to Canadian identity is Medicare. Publicly funded health care system is a great leveller in our society, especially when compared with the largely private system in [Read more]
McGuinty Government Committed to Building Smoke-Free Communities During the 35th annual National Non-Smoking Week, Ontario is celebrating the progress made to create a healthier province and is reiterating its commitment to smoke-free communities. Since 2005, millions of Ontarians have breathed [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – The Township of Schreiber will continue its involvement in the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s (NWMO) site selection process, learning about Canada’s plan for safely managing used nuclear fuel over the long term. Council passed a motion at its December 13th [Read more]
ALGOMA-MANITOULIN-KAPUSKASING, ON – A year ago, I was part of a group listening to the kind of speech that you get to hear at office Christmas parties across Canada. It focused on a job well done – with respect to our efforts in the past year, the challenges that were sure to come in the [Read more]
First Nation students picket John Duncan Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development in Thunder Bay THUNDER BAY, ON – The elected Grand Chief, Marsha Kennedy of Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School and the school leadership group are showing their support for Chief Theresa Spence [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON– Wednesday, December 14th, regular meeting of Town Council was held at the Township Council Chambers. All council members, Mayor John MacEachern and Clerk Cecile Kerster were at the table as well as department heads Anthony Friedrich (EDO) and Owen Cranney (Fire [Read more]
DUBREUILVILLE, ON – PLEASE CLICK HERE for COUNCIL AGENDA for December 15, 2011 – ORDRE DU JOUR pour le 15 décembre, 2011 SVP CLIQUEZ ICI [Read more]
The Ontario Government is helping northern communities attract new business and strengthen their local economies. A total of $103,545 in funding support from the Northern Communities Investment Readiness (NCIR) initiative will help three communities in Thunder Bay-Superior North to implement ten [Read more]
NAKINA, ON – The grade 4/5/8 students of St. Brigid Catholic School have been working on explaining the process of electing governments in Canada. They decided to conduct their own vote by following the election process. They made up rules for the process they are going to follow. For [Read more]
