$1,000 Fine For Catching Too Many Brook Trout December 22, 2010 A Northern Ontario man has been fined a total of $1,000 for catching and keeping too many brook trout and providing misleading information to a conservation officer. Michel Begin of Marathon was fined $750 for unlawfully possessing [Read more]
New Supportive Housing Services for Seniors in Kenora-Rainy River District The North West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) is expanding its successful Aging at Home Strategy to provide additional supportive housing in Kenora and Dryden, and to fund a new supportive housing initiative in [Read more]
December 22, 2010 Children’s Activity Tax Credit To Benefit More Than A Million Families The McGuinty government is helping Ontario families with the cost of activities that keep their kids healthy and active. Through the new, permanent Children’s Activity Tax Credit, parents can claim [Read more]
*Scroll down for links to details of infrastructure projects in Pays Plat, Manitouwadge, Marathon, Red Rock, Schreiber and Terrace Bay. December 22, 2010 McGuinty Government Support Helps Enhance Communities And Boost The Economy Across the province, Ontarians are enjoying winter activities at [Read more]
The true spirit of the Christmas season is sometimes forgotten in the hustle and bustle of today’s world. With so much on our minds it is not that difficult to lose perspective and put up walls instead of embracing, accepting, and appreciating one another. The holidays are also a chance to [Read more]
December 22, 2010 McGuinty Government Encourages Ontarians To Get Outdoors Ontario’s provincial parks received almost 100,000 more visits in 2010, with a total of close to 10 million Ontarians and visitors enjoying the natural beauty the province has to offer. With at least one of [Read more]
December 21, 2010 McGuinty Government Keeping Ontario Strong And Families Working From newly constructed colleges and hospitals to freshly paved roads and highways, Ontario has seen an unprecedented year of infrastructure investments and development. Over 700 infrastructure stimulus projects have [Read more]
December 21, 2010 McGuinty Government Making Retirement Homes Safer For Seniors Ontario has nominated five members for appointment to the Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority interim Board of Directors. Mary Catherine Lindberg would Chair the board and members would include: Madeline Edwards, [Read more]
December 20, 2010 Ontario Minister of Transportation Kathleen Wynne issued the following statement regarding the OPP investigation concerning some individuals working in the Ontario government. “Today, Ontarians learned that three members of the Ontario Public Service are facing criminal [Read more]
December 20, 2010 McGuinty Government Cutting Red Tape, Helping More Students Succeed Starting this year, college and university students are spending less time filling out loan and grant applications and standing in back-to-school line-ups. They are also receiving their financial support faster. [Read more]
The Holidays are Heating Up: Keep Fire in its Place While the holiday season can be one of the most festive times of the year, it also can be one of the deadliest. Already, nine people have died in fires in Ontario since November 1, 2009. The fact that these fires occurred in a variety [Read more]
The NSFC is Falling into Action! The Northeast Superior Forest Community (NSFC) has released our Fall 2010 edition of The Forest News. The Forest News is a great way to stay informed not only about the activities of the NSFC (one of 15 Forest Community and Model Forest sites across Canada), but [Read more]
December 19, 2010 Multi-pronged approach needed to solve savings challenge Today the Provinces of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, British Columbia and Ontario called on the federal government to keep a modest CPP enhancement on the table as part of a package of reforms [Read more]
December 16, 2010 MS PATIENTS WANT LIBERATION THERAPY AVAILABLE IN CANADA OTTAWA, ON – Canadians suffering from Mulitple Sclerosis (MS) feel they shouldn’t have to leave the country to receive a hopeful new treatment. That is the message Carol Hughes delivered to the House of [Read more]
Saturday December 4th, Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School hosted an entertainment evening in support of the Longlac Christmas Food Hamper Fund. Tim Skinner a founding member of FOG (Friendly Old Guys), a local jamming band, volunteered the talents of his band to provide the entertainment for the [Read more]
