Canada’s National Parks: A Celebration Just in Time for the Holidays – A New, Lavishly Illustrated Book December 15, 2010 THUNDER BAY, ON, – Just in time for the holiday season, Parks Canada and Canopy have launched Canada’s National Parks: A Celebration, a lavishly illustrated book [Read more]
The Alouette Snowmobile Club, a member of the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs, maintains the trails in and around Dubreuilville, Ontario. Alouette President, Rejean Raymond provides their trail condition report twice a week as a service to readers. Every effort is made to ensure trail [Read more]
December 14, 2010 MINISTER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS NEEDS TO REPLY TO FIRST NATIONS CORRESPONDENCE AND CONCERNS carolMRP1– Click to hear Hughes OTTAWA, ON – The Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs should show some manners and reply to his correspondence according to Carol Hughes. Rising in [Read more]
*From the Editor: As with all Letters to the Editor, the views and opinions expressed below do not necessarily represent views or opinions of OntarioNewsNorth.com or it’s advertisers. It is up to the reader to research facts/opinions expressed in letters to the editor to form your own [Read more]
Reaching out to Seniors with “Friendly Visiting” As younger family members leave our communities in search of job opportunities and friends enter care facilities or pass away, many seniors find themselves without a support network. For those seniors who live alone, and particularly those with [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Wednesday, December 1, 2010, the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre celebrated the launch of their Regional Bariatric Care Centre, an integrated Regional Assessment and Treatment Centre for the pre and post-operative care of patients with obesity requiring gastric [Read more]
December 14, 2010 12:20 PM McGuinty Government Banning Public Sector Perks, Reducing Agencies Ontario is eliminating waste and finding savings by proposing to ban public sector perks, eliminate unnecessary government agencies and cancelling awards. The proposed ban on perks would eliminate funding [Read more]
December 14, 2010 McGuinty Government Expanding Autism Services and Supports Starting late next spring, communities across the province will offer new services and supports for children and youth with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).Approximately 8,000 kids with ASD will benefit annually from new [Read more]
December 13, 2010 McGuinty Government Supports 350 Skilled Jobs In High-Tech Sector Ontario is supporting 350 highly-skilled research and development jobs in Ottawa and Belleville. The province is supporting Avaya Canada Corporation, a leader in business communications technology that integrates [Read more]
Marathon/Manitouwadge OPP Detachment December 14th, 2010 MARATHON, ON –Over the past weekend the Marathon/Manitouwadge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to several Motor Vehicle Collisions both in town and on Highway 17. Friday December 10, 2010 at approximately 9:00am Toyota 4-Runner [Read more]
Participating Health Service Providers CMHA – Thunder Bay St. Joseph’s Care Group Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre Sault Area Hospital Board of Health for Algoma Health Unit CMHA – Sault Ste. Marie Counselling Centre of East Algoma North Shore Community Support [Read more]
December 13, 2010 McGuinty Government Strengthening Health Care And Postsecondary Education University of Western Ontario’s medical school is helping to improve health care for Ontario families one doctor at a time. Through support from the Ontario government, the school will provide more [Read more]
December 13, 2010 McGuinty Government Strengthening Northern Economies The Township of Nipigon is looking at transforming an abandoned rail line into a tourist attraction to create jobs and promote economic development. With support from the Northern Communities Investment Readiness (NCIR) program, [Read more]
December 13, 2010 McGuinty Government Takes Action On Surgical And Pathology Report Ontario is taking action to ensure recent recommendations from a report on Essex County hospitals are implemented at Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital. The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care today notified Hôtel-Dieu [Read more]
December 13, 2010 McGuinty Government’s Bag It Back Program Reducing Waste One billion wine and spirit bottles have been returned to The Beer Store for recycling and reuse — keeping them out of landfills. Introduced in 2007, Bag It Back encourages Ontarians to do their part for the [Read more]
