Officials from the Thunder Bay District Health Unit, working in conjunction with each facility, are providing the public with an outbreak update to help guide their decisions regarding visits to each of the following facilities: Lakehead Manor – An outbreak of group A streptococcal infections [Read more]
WAWA, ON – May 50 11, 2013 is “Emergency preparedness Week” and it is a great time to get prepared for any kind of emergency. This means being ready to cope for at least the first 72 Hours of an emergency while emergency workers help those in urgent need. Think back to October 25, [Read more]
April 26/13, Stillwater Canada Inc. submitted additional responses to some of the information requests (IRs) issued by the Marathon Joint Review Panel last November and December. The additional responses received are outlined below with a link to the posting on the public registry: Response from [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Friday April 12, 2013 the Health Unit issued an order against Dale Doucet to stop providing uninspected home-based tattooing services. Tattooing services not inspected by the Health Unit pose a health risk because any time the skin is pierced or tattooed, bacteria and [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reminding motorists to take extra precautions to ensure safety while travelling on roadways within the North West Region. Environment Canada has issued a winter storm warning for the central area of the region including: Schreiber, [Read more]
NIPIGON through to Marathon 9:17 AM EDT Friday 19 April 2013 Winter storm warning Heavy snow and blowing snow. A large low pressure system originating from Texas is tracking towards Lake Superior this morning. Varying amounts of snow, mostly in the 5 to 10 cm range, have already fallen in most [Read more]
LONGLAC, ON – April 9, 2013 at 6:45 am, the Ontario Provincial Police Greenstone Detachment received an alarm call at the Longlac Valu-Mart. Officers arrived at the scene to find that the suspects had walked around the building trying each door and also threw a rock breaking one of the glass [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Between February and March 2012, an independent private firm conducted a telephone survey with the residents of Marathon and Manitouwadge to determine the community satisfaction level regarding policing of their communities. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) takes pride in [Read more]
HORNEPAYNE, ON – April 7, 2013 at approximately 12:35 pm, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Hornepayne Detachment were called to a motor vehicle collision between a pickup truck and a CN Railway Freight Train. The collision occurred at the railway crossing situated on Becker Road in the [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Thursday, April 4, 2013 at approximately 8:30pm the Manitouwadge Volunteer Fire Department responded to a residential fire call at 7 Otter Avenue. The homeowners/family were out already when the fire department arrived and fire had already spread to the attic area, Fire [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Education takes on a whole new meaning when you live in the North and you are a student at MPS. Mrs. Schleier’s class recently braved the snow to learn how to construct Quinzees in the bush. With shovels, pans and lots of enthusiasm, eager learners readied themselves to [Read more]
NDP: CP oil spill in White River larger than originally reported ELLIOT LAKE, ON – Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha says community concerns surrounding a train derailment and oil spill near White River are increasing as the size of the reported spill has increased from 4 barrels to 400. [Read more]
ELLIOT LAKE, ON – The oil spill near White River is raising anxiety for people in the area who are questioning the validity of the information they are receiving, according to Carol Hughes. The MP for Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing commented on the spill that occurred when 22 cars derailed about [Read more]
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD OF CANADA Transportation Safety Board of Canada deploys a team to the site of a derailment near White River, Ontario GATINEAU, QC – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying a team of investigators to the site of a derailment near White River, [Read more]
New Ontario Government Regulating Health Care Options Ontario is making traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture services safer by ensuring that only regulated and qualified practitioners deliver these services. Starting April 1, 2013, traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture practitioners [Read more]
