Posts Tagged ‘northeastern ontario newspaper’
Written by NDP Media on 15 May 2015
OTTAWA, ON – The government is cynically attempting to use veterans as a wedge to garner support for their pre-election budget despite years of inaction, says Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes. Hughes says the government should remove the items related to Veterans from the budget so [Read more]
Written by Superior East OPP on 11 May 2015
WAWA, ON – The Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reminding all motorists and property owners to keep their vehicles locked when unattended and keep their property secure. Motorists and property owners are encouraged to keep all valuables out of their vehicles when unattended [Read more]
Written by MPP Michael Mantha on 05 May 2015
This week the Auditor General released her report on Winter Highway Maintenance. The report said that the contracting out of highway maintenance services has led to a drastic decrease in services leaving roads unsalted and snow uncleared in the winter. My colleague and NDP Transportation Critic [Read more]
Written by Superior East OPP on 30 April 2015
WAWA, ON – On Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at approximately 1:10 p.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment responded to a local business regarding a disturbance. At the scene police spoke to three individuals who had sustained serious injuries from an [Read more]
Written by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources on 30 April 2015
April 1 marked the debut of the forest fire season in Ontario. Since then, the Northeast Fire Region has confirmed and suppressed 9 fires totaling 39 hectares. The most recent fire was yesterday, confirmed as Sudbury 4 and called out at 1.5 hectares. The forest fire hazard is considered moderate in [Read more]
Written by Wawa Goose Seniors Club on 28 April 2015
Let’s look on the bright side and change the spring tune. Slow melts are good for maple syrup, and low water levels and delays in golf times and maybe even the more time spent indoors at the Drop In…..well maybe, maybe not. Anyway, despite the glaring error in my last column about the days, [Read more]
Written by Wawa Goose Seniors Club on 15 April 2015
Wawa Goose Seniors’ Club Spring is coming…tra la la. Bah, Humbug! Let’s try…Meat pies are coming in spring, tra la la? At least that we can get a handle on. The WGSC Drop-In has meat pies in the works, come spring weather or not. Orders are being taken by phone at 705 856 7394 every [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 11 April 2015
OTTAWA, ON – Despite many societal advances we still have work to do if we want to live in a country where race is something that truly doesn’t matter, according to Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes. In an attempt to encourage people to challenge the stubborn phenomenon Hughes [Read more]
Written by Superior East OPP on 10 April 2015
WAWA, ON – Thursday April 9, 2015 at approximately 9:02 pm members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment had occasion to stop a motor vehicle for speeding on Highway 17 in the Bailloquet Township District of Algoma. As a result of police investigation the lone male [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 02 April 2015
With Iraqi children freezing to death in Turkish refugee camps, Canada has to ask itself if committing to military action that inspires militants and contributes to regional instability is the right course of action for our country. It isn’t a matter of if we can do the job or how much people [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 16 March 2015
OTTAWA, ON – The agreement that will have Railmark Canada take control of passenger services on the Algoma-Central-Railway has great potential to keep passenger trains running for years, according to Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes. “This is a positive development, but it is [Read more]
Written by Ontario Newsroom on 13 March 2015
SUDBURY, ON – FNX Mining Company Inc. and one of its supervisors have pleaded guilty to safety violations at the Craig Mine in the City of Greater Sudbury and fined a total of $88,000. On September 7, 2013, two workers at the mine were assigned the task of backfilling a stope (a production [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 10 March 2015
OTTAWA, ON – Despite government claims that they are responding to the rash of train derailments, nothing will change if they allow railways to regulate themselves, according to Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes. Hughes raised the recent derailments in Northern Ontario during [Read more]
Written by Press Release on 09 March 2015
Robbery on the Garden River First Nations Published on Mar 9, 2015 Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma Crime Stoppers and the Anishinabek Police Service are looking for information to help solve a robbery. Between 12:00 am and 1:00 am on March 1, 2015 in the 100 block of Sweetgrass Street on the Garden [Read more]
Written by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources on 09 March 2015
John Wlad and Sons Construction Limited pleaded guilty to operating an aggregate pit on Crown land without a permit. The court heard that John Wlad and Sons Construction Limited own a private land pit in McCart Township, near Iroquois Falls. On May 1, 2014, a Ministry of Natural Resources and [Read more]