Batchewana First Nation, ON – On December 2, 3014 a polling notice was issued notifying the Batchewana First Nation’s Band Members of the 2015 election. Candidates began their campaigning, which included a submission in the First Nation’s Special Election Newsletter stating individual [Read more]
ESPANOLA, ON – For the past seven years, students and staff from Espanola’s École secondaire catholique Franco-Ouest have been engaged in efforts to rehabilitate the community’s creek, which has a small natural population of brook trout. Their focus is on improving physical conditions in [Read more]
Happy New Year!! (Especially if you did not get to the dinner on January 1, 2015.) January is now over and we have been just a little quieter than usual. Illness and out of town visiting have meant that many of those who usually come out for regular bridge, cribbage or euchre events have not [Read more]
As oil prices slump and take the Canadian dollar along for the ride the question of how budget projections that predicted a modest surplus can be maintained is the flavour of the month in Ottawa. Despite negative indicators the government is holding firm to its projections, but has also moved the [Read more]
TORONTO, ON – Congratulations to Stefania Chyla of Sault Ste. Marie for winning $1,000 a week for life with INSTANT BONUS CASH FOR LIFE (Game #1168). Stefania chose a lump-sum payment of $675,000 rather than the $1,000 a week for life prize. INSTANT BONUS CASH FOR LIFE is available for $4 a [Read more]
Richmont Mines Announces Increase of Bought Deal Financing to CAN$34 Million MONTREAL, PQ – Richmont Mines Inc. (TSX:RIC) (NYSE MKT:RIC), (“Richmont” or the “Corporation”), announces that it has agreed to increase the size of its previously announced bought deal [Read more]
VIDEO from: MorvisionTube The icebreaker Samuel Risley in the Port of Thunder Bay breaking channels through the 2 foot thick ice. The arrival of the Canadian Coast Guard ship the Risley, signals the beginning of another shipping season for the port. MONTREAL, PQ – The Canadian Coast Guard, [Read more]
We are often told not to put all our eggs in one basket and not to count our chickens until they hatch. Someone should have reminded the federal government about those poultry related maxims as they set out to spend a surplus based on assumptions which included oil trading at a high price. Now [Read more]
WIN WITH WORDS TORONTO, ON – Plural, Thrill, Quantify and Zoo were only some of the words that Teresa McDermott of Sault Ste. Marie revealed on her INSTANT CROSSWORD (Game #3206) ticket winning her a $50,000 top prize. INSTANT CROSSWORD is available for $3 a play and the top prize is $50,000. [Read more]
WAWA, ON – January 12, 2015 at 10:40 am officers from the Superior East Wawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a Theft of gas from a White River business. A description of the suspect auto and driver were provided to all Superior East OPP members. The motor vehicle [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON – In light of a damning Auditor-General report that shows the government misspent almost $2-billion on the failed smart meter program, now, more than ever, Ontarians need relief from the growing costs of heating their homes, said NDP Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha. [Read more]
“Broadband access should be getting better instead of being threatened” says Hughes Rural Canadians concerned about the government’s failure to improve broadband internet in those parts of the country can add the potential negative impacts of an Industry Canada proposal that will [Read more]
KAPUSKASING, ON – The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) is saddened to hear of the recent announcement by Resolute Forest Products that they will permanently close the newsprint mill in Iroquois Falls on December 22, 2014. Forestry companies that operate across [Read more]
Wikwemikong Man Arrested and Charged WIKWEMIKONG, ON – The Wikwemikong Tribal Police Service, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) North East Region Crime Unit, under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) Detective Staff Sergeant Mark Zulinski is currently investigating a [Read more]
WAWA, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment is currently investigating a Fail to Remain motor vehicle collision received on November 27, 2014. During the week of November 24 – 27, 2014, a 2013 Dodge passenger vehicle was hit while in the Community of [Read more]
