WHITE RIVER, ON – Saturday, August 18th interested residents gathered at at 200 B Elgin Street for the grand opening of the Northern Visions Art Studio a project which has been in development for more than 2 years. Dignitaries including Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha, [Read more]
One of the claims of those who support free-trade is that ‘we can compete.’ This is often said in a way that seems to question the patriotism of those who raise concerns about the effect of unfettered free-trade agreements. After decades spent pushing Canada in this direction we are facing [Read more]
It is difficult to put thoughts together about Canada Day as Elliot Lake reels from the collapsed roof at the Algo Mall. While emergency crews worked, the country waited with baited breath and Canada Day was about the furthest thing from anyone’s mind. Still, throughout the north and across [Read more]
HUGHES EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO FAMILIES ALONG WITH GRATITUDE TO EMERGENCY WORKERS AND VOLUNTEERS ELLIOT LAKE, ON – Residents of Elliot Lake are grieving the loss of two of their own in the aftermath of the Algo Mall roof collapse. The emergency response which gripped the nation came to a [Read more]
MP says community needs to remain united as emergency crew continue efforts ELLIOT LAKE, ON – While the town of Elliot Lake is still recovering from Saturday’s fatal roof-collapse at the Algo Mall. Local MP Carol Hughes is encouraging everyone to stay united and positive as emergency crews [Read more]
ALGOMA-MANITOULIN-KAPUSKASING – Sometimes it can be difficult to see that parliament can work in a non-partisan way. Scandals heat up, rhetoric becomes entrenched, and significant differences in viewpoints often lead to heated sittings that make for great news broadcasts, but isn’t really [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – May 24th, OntarioNewsNorth.com Editor Karina Hunter interviews Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP Carol Hughes. The two discuss te recent federal budget, CAP program funding cancellation and how they’re ex [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – First Nations are being asked to accept changes to Canada’s Environmental Assessment Act on faith alone according to MP, Carol Hughes. The MP contends that negotiations without an even application of appropriate notice highlight the government’s questionable commitment in [Read more]
May 9th, 2012 Editor Karina Hunter spoke with the Honourable George Valin, Chair of the 2012 Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario regarding Manitouwadge Town Council’s interest in being redesignated to the Thunder Bay – Superior North riding (from the [Read more]
The Harper government’s budget and the fallout from it will be felt for quite some time as job losses become reality. That new reality will be highlighted by the decreasing ability of our public servants to do the work we count on and will show up in ways people don’t consider when everything [Read more]
The brouhaha that flowed from the Auditor General’s report on April 3rd can be called appropriate when one considers the history of this issue. The out-of-whack estimates for the costing of these fighter jets and the concentrated effort on the part of the, then minority, Conservative government [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – Pour Carol Hughes, les provinces sont laissées pour compte et les intervenants de première ligne du système de santé mis sous pression avec ce budget conservateur. Mme Hughes, députée d’Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, est intervenue lors de la période des questions pour [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – The Conservative budget has left the provinces in the lurch and put the heat on front line health care workers according to Carol Hughes. Hughes, the MP for Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, was on her feet in Question Period grilling the government on broken promises by dumping [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – Elections Canada will now have the teeth it needs to conduct the kind of investigation needed for the electoral fraud allegations that have seized parliament, says Carol Hughes. Charges of misconduct are centered on the riding of Guelph, where Liberal supporters received fraudulent [Read more]
The phone rings, you answer to the sound of a ship’s horn and (if you’re like most people) you hang up just as the recording gets to, “This is your captain calling…..”. You have been robocalled. Just as counterfeit money shouldn’t focus on paper, election fraud and voter suppression [Read more]
