Happy Mother’s Day! Happy Mother’s Day to all the ladies’ out there who do all those special things that Mom’s do! To my Mother: Maman, tu es une femme incroyable, a wonderful Grandmaman, a matriarch, a friend, and so much more. Mom, if someday I become ½ the woman you are I [Read more]
McGuinty Government Adding 30 New Family Health Teams Ontario is calling for applications for 30 new Family Health Teams (FHTs), which will help increase access to family health care for Ontarians. New Family Health Team applicants will be selected from health care providers and/or community [Read more]
NEW DEMOCRAT BILLS PASS IMPORTANT VOTES IN COMMONS Ottawa – Carol Hughes is lauding the passage of an important Climate Change Bill and the continued success of another bill that will bring an element of fairness to the Canada pension deductions for members of Canada’s military and RCMP. Both [Read more]
McGuinty Government Expands Specialist High Skills Major Program Ontario is helping more high school students get an academic and career edge by expanding its Specialist High Skills Major program to 100 more schools across the province, benefiting 8,000 additional students. Two new majors will also [Read more]
Expanding Access To Family Health Care by Karina Hunter This afternoon, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Deb Matthews will be joined by Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi at the University of Ottawa Health Services Family Health Team offices in Toronto where the pair will be outlining [Read more]
House of Commons Adopts Key Climate Change Bill Opposition parties unite to pass C-311, the Climate Change Accountability Act, 149 to 136 OTTAWA – The country’s only federal climate change bill passed a final vote in the House of Commons Wednesday night with the support of New Democrat, Bloc, [Read more]
First Nations In Ontario And Ontario Government Sign Memorandum Of Agreement To Work Together To Continue First Nation Tax Exemption May 5, 2010 First Nations in Ontario, represented by the Political Confederacy, and the Government of Ontario represented by Minister of Aboriginal Affairs Chris [Read more]
House of Commons Adopts Key Climate Change Bill Opposition parties unite to pass C-311, the Climate Change Accountability Act, 149 to 136 OTTAWA – The country’s only federal climate change bill passed a final vote in the House of Commons Wednesday night with the support of New Democrat, Bloc, [Read more]
Final Vote Today on Country’s Only Federal Climate Change Bill Last House vote on Bill C-311, Climate Change Accountability Act, Wednesday at 5:30pm OTTAWA – Canada’s only federal climate change legislation, Bill C-311 the Climate Change Accountability Act, will face a final House of [Read more]
McGuinty Government Marks Emergency Preparedness Week Emergency Preparedness Week is a great opportunity for families across the province to take a look at how prepared they would be should an emergency situation occur. It is a Canada-wide joint Federal-Provincial-Territorial-Municipal initiative [Read more]
Did your Northshore School celebrate Music Monday? Submit your photos/videos to Editor@OntarioNewsNorth.com to see them featured in our daily headlines and in the ‘Education’ news! McGuinty Government Supports Education Week Education Week in Ontario began on a high note today, with [Read more]
Making The Justice System Easier And More Accessible McGuinty Government Launches New Tool To Help Court Users Ontario is taking the next steps in its family justice reforms by providing information sessions and launching an online tool to complete legal forms. The new Ontario Court Forms [Read more]
McGuinty Government Promotes More Canadian Content All students and educators in Ontario now have free, online access to award-winning Canadian films from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Through an agreement between the government and NFB, Ontario classrooms can now access the Screening [Read more]
Seeing Diabetes education in the North by Karina Hunter The Canadian National Institue for the Blind Eye Van (CNIB) has partnered with the Northern Diabetes Health Network (NDHN) in an initiative being funded by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to bring screening and education [Read more]
Northern business going the extra mile for customers by Karina Hunter Gord and Russ Jones, owners of Jones Power Sports has appreciated, over the years, customers that come to his ATV and Snowmobile dealership from across the Northshore, many driving 2, 3 or even 4 hours to take advantage [Read more]
