MANITOUWADGE, ON – A significant part of a child’s education is realizing that leadership is as important as any academic components. The photo above shows six of Manitouwadge Public School’s students who have stepped up to take on the central role of Student Council members [Read more]
HORNEPAYNE, ON – Tuesday September 8, 2015, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Hornepayne Detachment were dispatched to a mischief incident to a road building machine which was located on Highway 631 near a job site. Police were advised that the mischief took place [Read more]
Rec’vd Thu, September 3, 2015 11:37 am WAWA, ON – Thursday August 27, 2015 at approximately 7:00 am, members of the Superior East Wawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to a single motor vehicle rollover on Highway 17 in the Laronde Township. Investigating [Read more]
Funding Part of Largest Infrastructure Investment in Province’s History Ontario is investing in new energy infrastructure in the Far North that will link solar and wind power to the Fort Severn First Nation’s existing diesel-generating stations. Through the province’s Northern Ontario [Read more]
Beach Advisory Issued: Poplar Lodge Beach The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) has issued a swimming advisory for the following beaches based on water samples taken on August 13, 2015: high levels of E. coli Poplar Lodge Beach near the bridge and raft (Beardmore) Swimming advisories do not [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – On 12 August 2015 Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were notified of a Break and Enter at the Nipigon Canadian Tire Store. Staff members attended to find the building had been entered and property including electronics, ammunition, outdoor gear and cash had been [Read more]
Strategic Framework Provides a Roadmap for Public Spaces to Better Serve Communities Premier Kathleen Wynne’s Community Hub Framework Advisory Group has released a report to guide the creation of community hubs. The report, Community Hubs in Ontario: A Strategic Framework and Action Plan, is [Read more]
“New Democrats have long supported the idea of turning schools into community hubs, and as such, I welcome the report from Karen Pitre in this regard. However, I find the contradictions of Premier Wynne and her Liberal government hard to ignore. On one hand they say they want to create [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – The Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to advise the public of the following temporary road closure on Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Lakeshore Drive, at the east intersection of Highway 11/17 will be closed for approximately two hours [Read more]
TIMMINS, ON – Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) have dismantled an organized crime group that was controlling illegal drug distribution in the Timmins area. Police have charged 25 individuals with numerous Criminal Code (CC) and Controlled [Read more]
A Sault Ste. Marie man has been fined $500 for failing to extinguish a fire that spread to a nearby forest. Jeffrey Fleming pleaded guilty and was fined $500 for failing to extinguish a fire that spread to a nearby forest. He was also ordered to pay $2,200 to the Ministry of Natural Resources and [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Bruce Hyer, Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP (Thunder Bay – Superior North), kicked off the Green Party’s 2015 national election campaign today in Thunder Bay, Ontario. “The campaign is now in full force and we are asking the people of Thunder Bay – [Read more]
Last week (Click to read last week’s column) we touched on an important Bill that New Democrats introduced titled Empowering Homecare Patients Act, 2015. This bill speaks to homecare recipients and their families across Ontario. New Democrats also introduced Bill 87 Long-Term Care Homes [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – This morning, Prime Minister Stephen Harper kicked off the 2015 federal election – one of the longest in Canadian history – with the election date set for October 19th. Thunder Bay-Superior North Liberal candidate Patty Hajdu is ready to bring real action to the region and [Read more]
The Parliamentary Budget Office released a report that explains the cost to eliminating the federal deficit in Canada, but it is not likely to please many Canadians, especially younger ones. According to the PBO the federal debt will be eliminated over the next 35 years, but the outlook isn’t so [Read more]
