For months New Democrats have been raising concerns and highlighting issues facing Personal Support Workers (PSW’s) in the province. After contract negotiations fell through almost two weeks ago the provinces PSW’s have been on strike. The union representing the workers has indicated that [Read more]
Sault Ste. Marie, ON – Lindsay Liske was acclaimed Chair of the Board of Trustees for Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board and Leslie Cassidy-Amadio as Vice-Chair at the monthly Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday night. Liske, an Espanola resident, will be entering his second [Read more]
WAWA, ON – November 29, 2013 at 8:30 pm, the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Wawa Detachment responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 519 in the Dambrossio Township. Upon arrival the driver was removed from the motor vehicle by the OPP. Emergency Medical [Read more]
WAWA, ON – November 28, 2013 at 2:40 pm, the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Wawa Detachment were conducting radar patrols on Highway 17 north of Wawa in the Lalibert Township. Two white SUV’s were recorded traveling at a high rate of speed and were subsequently stopped. As [Read more]
WAWA, ON – Economic Development Wawa, in partnership with Prodigy Argonaut Gold and Michipicoten First Nation, is proud to announce winners of the Mine Your Own Business Wawa (MYOB) Prodigy Argonaut Dreamers Challenge. The Prodigy Argonaut Dreamers Challenge challenged area youth aged 15 to [Read more]
A Northeastern Ontario man has been fined $1,000 for illegal moose hunting. Cory Bernas of Sundridge pleaded guilty under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and was fined for hunting moose without a licence. October 7, 2013, Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officers contacted a moose [Read more]
NORTH BAY, ON – North East Region Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is now Tweeting! For those that would like to follow along, you can find us @OPP_NER for English Tweets and@PPO_Nordest for French Tweets. We will be covering all detachments and specialty units in our area; to the south West [Read more]
Ontario Government Working to Create a Stronger, More Diverse Northern Economy Premier Kathleen Wynne hosted a Northern Leaders’ Forum in Timmins yesterday to discuss ways to drive job creation and economic growth in Northern Ontario communities. The forum is brought together northern [Read more]
A Mattawa man has been fined $8,000 for the commission of two offences related to the illegal harvest of Crown timber in Papineau Township. Doug Bangs pleaded guilty to harvesting trees without the authority of a licence, an offence under Ontario’s Crown Forest Sustainability Act. A guilty plea [Read more]
Like municipalities across the province, many Northern communities rely on property tax as a key source of revenue. In turn, this means they are reliant on the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) to assess reasonable tax values on local properties for the purposes of collecting [Read more]
On Monday, December 2, 2013 the Minister of Northern Development and Mines, Michael Gravelle issued the following statement: “I was pleased to meet today with my advisory committee on the ONTC. Together, we took the opportunity to further explore options as we move forward with the ONTC [Read more]
3:30 PM EST Wednesday 04 December 2013 Freezing rain tonight. A strengthening low pressure system over Iowa this afternoon will track northeast to reach Lake Superior tonight and James Bay Thursday evening. An area of snow and ice pellets ahead of the low is moving into Northeastern Ontario today [Read more]
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]
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]
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]
