This week in Queen’s Park the NDP announced their plan to create jobs for families in Ontario through a targeted tax credit that rewards job creators for new hires. This tax credit will help small businesses that are creating jobs here Algoma-Manitoulin and northern Ontario not the ones [Read more]
This week marked another constituency week where I had the opportunity to tour the riding and offer clinics. I visited several communities in the northwestern part of the riding and heard many of your concerns. Unfortunately things are not improving for many families. Affordability continues [Read more]
Thanks to @DavidJaremy from Hornepayne whose tweet “Great night of singles action in Manitouwadge! Doubles tomorrow! #manitouwadge @ONTNewsNorth” led OntarioNewsNorth.com to cover the tournament Saturday. Tweet @ONTNewsNorth with your story, photos or video and you could see them [Read more]
The Lake Superior High School Stingers will host the North Shore Secondary Schools Athletic Association (NSSSAA) 2013-14 Winter Championship . They secured a birth with their recent win over the Geraldton Composite High School Knights 21-25, 25-23, 15-9. The NSSSAA 2013-14 Girls Volleyball and Boys [Read more]
HORNEPAYNE, ON – December 22, 2013 at 6:00 am officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Hornepayne Detachment were advised that a 2003 Ford F-150 had just been stolen from a residence on Riverside Drive in Hornepayne. This vehicle was recovered shortly thereafter and [Read more]
Manitouwadge – Hornepayne – Wawa – Pukaskwa Park 4:24 PM EST Thursday 09 January 2014 Snow, rain and freezing rain for Northeastern Ontario Friday night into Saturday. A deepening low pressure system will track through Northeastern Ontario on Saturday reaching Southern James Bay [Read more]
3:30 PM EST Wednesday 04 December 2013 Significant snowfall today and tonight. A strengthening low pressure system over Iowa this afternoon will track northeast reaching Lake Superior tonight and James Bay Thursday evening. An area of snow is spreading into Northwestern Ontario and will spread into [Read more]
A tourist operator in the Hornepayne area has been fined for failing to comply with conditions of a land use permit. Forde Lake Lodge Limited was ordered to pay $2,930.11 in outstanding fees and a $500 fine when it failed to pay its annual land use permit fees. The court heard that between July 4, [Read more]
WAWA, ON – Lake Superior High School (LSHS) Stingers are the North Shore Secondary School Athletic Associations (NSSSAA) Junior Girls Basketball Champions for 2013. The LSHS Stingers defeated the MHS Wolverines and the host Hornepayne Hawks to capture the crown in Wawa earning the 2013-14 [Read more]
This week the Ontario Mining Association (OMA) held their annual “Meet the Miners” event at Queen’s Park. This annual event is held to bring recognition to the importance of the mining sector in our province and inform politicians of the successes and challenges within the industry. Many [Read more]
Ontario Creating Jobs, Strengthening Northern Economy Ontario is helping to build a stronger, more diverse northern economy while supporting 160 jobs in Hornepayne. With support from the Ontario government, Olav Haavaldsrud Timber Company Ltd. has opened the Becker Cogeneration Plant. This [Read more]
NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO – The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) held local transportation exhibits last month (July) in Wawa, Schreiber and Hornepayne, Northwestern Ontario communities involved in the “Learn More” process. The mobile transportation exhibit originally made [Read more]
HORNEPAYNE, ON– November 24, 2012 at 1:45 am the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Hornepayne Detachment officers were conducting R.I.D.E. checks at the corner of First Street and Sixth Avenue. A vehicle was observed stopped on Sixth Avenue with the engine running, facing the [Read more]
HORNEPAYNE, ON – November 25, 2012 at 2:00 am the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Hornepayne Detachment officers were called to a residence on Sixth Avenue for a hit and run motor vehicle collision and possible impaired driver. Upon arrival OPP were advised by witnesses that a [Read more]
SUPERIOR EAST, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Detachments advise that at this time Highway 17 North bound from Wawa to White River is closed due to poor weather and road conditions. Highway 631 is also closed from White River to Hornepayne. OPP Officers are patrolling [Read more]
