TORONTO, ON – Jacqueline Pelletier is celebrating after winning a $75,000 top prize with Instant Neon 3x Multiplier (Game #1895) on a ticket she purchased at Speedy Lotto on Highway 69 in Hamner. “I love to play instant tickets,” said Jacqueline while at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to [Read more]
Mine rescue volunteers from Goldcorp Canada Musselwhite Mine earned more than gold hard hats from Ontario Mine Rescue, a part of Workplace Safety North (WSN), as the overall winners of the 68 th annual Provincial Mine Rescue Competition in Goderich this week. Goldcorp Musselwhite Mine, a [Read more]
Province Expanding Bail Programs and Hiring More Prosecutors Ontario is moving forward with its plan to make the criminal justice system faster and fairer by implementing programs to help reduce time-to-trial and improve the bail system in northwestern Ontario. The plan will enhance public safety [Read more]
Seven mine rescue teams from across Ontario will test their emergency response knowledge and skills 1,750 feet under Lake Huron in the world’s largest salt mine during the 68 th annual Ontario Mine Rescue Provincial Competition in Goderich, Wednesday and Thursday, June 7 and 8. Compass Minerals, [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON – During question period on Tuesday, NDP health critic France Gélinas called out Premier Kathleen Wynne for failing Ontarians living with diabetes by excluding them from provincial drug coverage. The NDP has proposed the first universal Pharmacare plan, which will provide [Read more]
WAWA, ON – Some 130 young chess masters met in Wawa on April 27 for the fourth Franco-Nord-Ouest Chess Tournament. The competition, hosted by Wawa’s École Saint-Joseph, attracted 131 grades 3 to 12 francophone students from the following Northwestern Ontario French Catholic and Public [Read more]
TORONTO, ON – The winning ticket for the LOTTO 6/49 Guaranteed $1 Million Prize Draw was sold in the Sudbury area. The draw took place on Saturday, April 22, 2017. LOTTO 6/49 includes a Guaranteed $1 Million Prize Draw along with each and every draw, offering players 104 more chances to become a [Read more]
Online registration available at sciencenorth.ca/camps MARATHON, ON – Registration for Science North Summer Science Camps is now open in 34 different communities in the northern region including Marathon, Nipigon, Terrace Bay, Geraldton, Wawa and Chapleau. The programs provide a unique blend [Read more]
MP Serré supports M-105, a motion calling on the federal government to play a leadership role supporting ALS research, and to find a cure for ALS at the earliest opportunity NICKEL BELT, ON – Later today in the House of Commons, Marc Serré, Member of Parliament for Nickel Belt, will be voting [Read more]
First-year medical students at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) spend four weeks in an Indigenous community during one of their Integrated Clinical Experience (ICE) modules. Each of the communities that host students has a Local Community Coordinator (LCC) to help orient the students [Read more]
Province Supporting Maternal Health and Wellness in Indigenous Communities Ontario is improving access to culturally appropriate child and maternity care for more Indigenous people across the province. Dr. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Health and Long-TeDashboardrm Care, was at Dilico Family [Read more]
SUDBURY,ON – A new young beaver, now calls Science North home. The beaver was born June 9, 2016 at the Zoo Sauvage de St-Félicien in St-Félicien, Quebec. The Zoo Sauvage is home to over 75 species of animals from around the world, and is highly focused on species found in Canada, like the [Read more]
Last week, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, announced a call for nominations for an Advisory Committee of experts and stakeholders in the field of homelessness to support the renewal of Employment and Social Development Canada’s (ESDC) [Read more]
5:30 AM EST Tuesday 07 February 2017 Snowfall warning in effect for: Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake Gogama – Foleyet Significant snowfall expected today and tonight. Snow, at times heavy, will start over regions east of Lake Superior this morning, and then spread to regions near the Quebec [Read more]
Inquest Announced into the Deaths of Matthew Robert Humeniuk, Michael Isaac Kritz, Stephanie Joelle Bertrand and Kathryn Missen Dr. Dirk Huyer, Chief Coroner for Ontario, today announced that a joint inquest will be held in the deaths of the following individuals: Matthew Robert Humeniuk, 33, and [Read more]
