Posts Tagged ‘northeastern ontario daily news’

Northern MPPs At Odds; Mantha to Gravelle: Open the books on Cliffs documents (Incl.Video)

Northern MPPs At Odds; Mantha to Gravelle: Open the books on Cliffs documents (Incl.Video)

NDP to Libs: Open the books on Cliffs documents QUEEN’S PARK, ON – In the wake of Cliffs Natural Resources’ decision to withdraw from the Ring of Fire, NDP Northern Development and Mines Critic Michael Mantha says the Liberal government should be upfront about agreements they had with [Read more]

Hughes on Headlines “Budget shell game or bad planning leaves $10 billion unaccounted for”

Hughes on Headlines “Budget shell game or bad planning leaves $10 billion unaccounted for”

This week I met with representatives from ALS Canada who explained they were concerned about the impact the conservative budget is having on their organization. They are looking to have parliament reinstate the funding they were receiving up until 2012 that had been cut in last year’s omnibus, [Read more]

Wawa OPP Sudden Death and Fire Investigation

Wawa OPP Sudden Death and Fire Investigation

MISSANABIE, ON – November 15, 2013 at 12:30 pm the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Wawa Detachment were advised of a house fire on Fournier Street in Missanabie.   The home was fully engulfed and spreading to two neighbouring seasonal homes.  OPP were advised further that one [Read more]

MPP Michael Mantha’s News from the Park – Bear Wise, MNR & MTO Issues

MPP Michael Mantha’s News from the Park – Bear Wise, MNR & MTO Issues

Recently we have seen the Ministry of Natural Resources make some massive cuts to many of their programs, including the Bear Wise Program.  These cuts have down loaded the responsibility of wildlife management to local municipalities and police forces.  This has unfairly burdened others with the [Read more]

Case of Lyme Disease Confirmed by Algoma Public Health

Case of Lyme Disease Confirmed by Algoma Public Health

From: ALGOMA PUBLIC HEALTH Algoma Public Health has confirmed that our district has had a first positive case of Lyme disease that was contracted in our region and not travel related. Lyme disease can be a serious illness that can be spread to humans by the bite of an infected tick. Ticks are tiny [Read more]

Thunder Bay – Sault Ste. Marie Collaboration Recognize With Tourism Award

Thunder Bay – Sault Ste. Marie Collaboration Recognize With Tourism  Award

Algoma Country and Tourism Thunder Bay were recognized at the Annual Ontario Tourism Summit in Toronto. They were awarded Tourism Marketing Partnership Award for Ride Lake Superior from the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation. The Ride Lake Superior program brought together [Read more]

Wawa District Watershed Conditions Statement – Flood Outlook

Wawa District Watershed Conditions Statement – Flood Outlook

The MNR Wawa District is advising residents that a watershed conditions statement is in place due to current watershed conditions and forecasted precipitation. This statement is in effect until Nov. 18, 2013. Local ground conditions remain saturated due to continuing precipitation. Local creeks and [Read more]

Rainfall Warning Superior East

Rainfall Warning Superior East

Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island – Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay – Agawa – Lake Superior Park 9:46 PM EST Saturday 16 November 2013 Rain tonight giving 50 mm by Sunday night. Rain at times heavy in advance of an approaching low [Read more]

Wawa Goose Seniors Club News: Goose Droppings November 2013

Wawa Goose Seniors Club News: Goose Droppings November 2013

Thank you all!! You, who placed your order for one (or many more than one) of those 199 large pies and/or the 326 small ones, the club thanks.  We do appreciate your support which will help us pay the rent. Thanks also goes to all those who devoted the many hours over the three weeks [Read more]

Timmins Mining Company Fined $60,000 for Improper Tailings Construction

Timmins Mining Company Fined $60,000 for Improper Tailings Construction

A Timmins mining company has been fined $60,000 for contraventions of the Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act. The Ministry of Natural Resources laid the charges against Liberty Mines, now known as Northern Sun Mining, after mining officials reported a minor breech in their tailings dam in 2010. The [Read more]

MPP Michael Mantha’s News from the Park

MPP Michael Mantha’s News from the Park

This week in the legislature the voices of many in Algoma-Manitoulin and across the north were heard.  For over a year I have been receiving calls from constituents requesting that the Ministry of Transportation change the definition of an Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) under the Highway Traffic Act [Read more]

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES SERVICE CAPACITY NOT MATCHING BILINGUAL POPULATION

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES SERVICE CAPACITY NOT MATCHING BILINGUAL POPULATION

OTTAWA, ON  –Despite spin from the government, official language services are in retreat across the country, according to Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, MP Carol Hughes. Hughes questioned the Minister of Official Languages on the findings and recommendations in the annual report of the [Read more]

Superior East OPP Wawa : Stunt Driver Arrest For Obstruct Police

Superior East OPP Wawa : Stunt Driver Arrest For Obstruct Police

WAWA, ON – On November 2, 2013 an officer from the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Wawa Detachment was conducting radar patrols on Highway 17 in Labelle Township.  At 4:20 am a 2005 Acura TSX was recorded travelling in excess of 50 kilometres per hour of the 90 kilometres per [Read more]

2013-14 NSSSAA Girls Basketball & Boys Volleyball Finals in Wawa Tomorrow

2013-14 NSSSAA Girls Basketball & Boys Volleyball Finals in Wawa Tomorrow

WAWA, ON – Michipicoten High School will host the 2013-14 North Shore Secondary School Athletic Association (NSSSAA) Girls Basketball Finals on November 7th, while Ecole Secondaire Catholique St. Joseph from Wawa will be the location for the 2013-14 NSSSAA Boys Volleyball Finals. In Junior [Read more]

Batchewana Leadership Outraged by Lack of Charges

Batchewana Leadership Outraged by Lack of Charges

BATCHEWANA, ON –  Since the Sault Ste. Marie Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) news release was issued,“Charges laid in the death of Jesse Roach”, Batchewana First Nation’s leadership have been inundated with outraged community members. In the official release On November 4, 2013 the OPP [Read more]

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