Séance régulière du conseil qui aura lieu à 18 h 30, le 16 mai 2013 Regular Council meeting scheduled for May 16, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. 1. OUVERTURE /CALL TO ORDER 2. PRÉSENCE/ ROLL CALL In attendance Absent With Notice Without Notice Mayor Louise Perrier Councillor Roger Lord [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Education Critic Peter Tabuns says recent government cuts are taking music education out of many Ontario classrooms. “Last year the government eliminated the Program Enhancement Grant that supports arts in schools; now we are seeing the impact on children,” said [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Saturday March 23, 2013 at approximately 2:25 pm, a motorist observed smoke coming from a front tire of an eastbound vehicle on Highway 17 and called the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment out of concern for the safety of the occupants. Officers were informed [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Thursday March 21, 2013 at approximately 2:30 pm, an officer from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment observed a white Dodge Caravan crossing the fog line on several occasions on Highway 17 in Pic Township, east of Marathon. Police stopped the vehicle to [Read more]
WAWA, ONTARIO – Fund-raising will begin immediately for the victims of the October 25, 2012 flood disaster that hit Wawa, Ontario announced Tamara Liddle Chair of the Disaster Relief Committee. The recently appointed Volunteer Committee will be spearheading the fund-raising effort and be [Read more]
WHITE RIVER/WAWA, ON – February 6, 2013 an officer from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Wawa Detachment was conducting radar patrol on Highway 17 near Hammer Lake. The officer attempted to stop a 2008 Hyundai car for a speeding infraction. The vehicle accelerated and fled from [Read more]
Premier Dalton McGuinty released the following statement: “One of the great pleasures of being Premier is to be able to truly experience northern Ontario — to feel the warmth of its people, see the beauty of its environment and be deeply impressed by the potential of its businesses, [Read more]
Sudbury MPP stepping down as Minister of Northern Development and Mines on Monday SUDBURY, ON – Thursday, Feb. 7th, Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci announced, that after 18 years as Sudbury’s MPP, he will retire from politics at the end of his term and step down from his posititon as the [Read more]
CHAPLEAU, ON – February 5, 2013 the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Chapleau Detachment responded to a request for assistance at a local school. An employee was leaving the school at 8:00pm and observed a wolf coming towards them on school property. The employee returned inside and [Read more]
WAWA, ON – Municipality of Wawa has been awarded a $25,000 grant through Ontario’s Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund to help improve Lake Superior’s coastal area. The Municipality, along with area volunteers, will use the funds to replace the Stephen E. Renault Walkway Bridge which is [Read more]
WAWA, ON – Recently the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment has received several complaints regarding dogs running at large. The complaints are in reference to persons walking their pets off of a leash and pet owners that are failing to tie up or contain their dogs [Read more]
McGuinty Government Working to Increase Park Revenue and Visitation Rates Ontario is working with the Town of Hearst, the Township of Moonbeam and the City of Timmins to keep visitor services at provincial parks in their areas. In September 2012, the province announced it was changing these parks [Read more]
ELLIOT LAKE, ON – As a result of an ongoing public appeal by Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha and concerned Ontarians, Batchawana Bay Provincial Park will resume its regular operating hours in 2013. “This is a victory for the people who love Ontario’s provincial parks,” said Mantha. [Read more]
SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – A new collective agreement covering Full Time Teachers has been approved by the Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board (HSCDSB) and the local unit of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (OECTA), subject to approval of the Ministry of Education. [Read more]
CHAPLEAU, ON – December 3, 2012 at 10:40 pm the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Chapleau Detachment officers were dispatched to an alarm at the 101 Gas Bar on Brunswick House First Nation. Officers observed several windows smashed at the business and the surveillance video [Read more]
