Posts Tagged ‘provincial news’
Written by Ontario Newsroom on 08 February 2011
February 8, 2011 McGuinty Government Supports Hydro Power As Part Of Clean Energy Future Mining on the Niagara Tunnel Project is nearing completion. Upon project completion, the tunnel will provide Ontario with enough clean, renewable hydro power for 160,000 homes annually for the next 100 [Read more]
Written by Ontario Newsroom on 08 February 2011
McGuinty Government Improves Services And Supports In Eastern Ontario Ontarians who have a developmental disability in eastern Ontario are one step closer to having a better, more streamlined way to apply for services and supports. The province is creating nine new regional contact points for [Read more]
Written by admin on 04 February 2011
February 2, 2011 McGuinty Government Seeking Input To Help Improve Services For Young Children Ontario is seeking input on the best way to provide more timely, effective and convenient supports to children and their families. The input will help the province develop Best Start Child and Family [Read more]
Written by admin on 03 February 2011
February 1, 2010 McGuinty Government Continues To Help Traffic Flow And Keep Roads Safe For 20 years, Ontario’s COMPASS system has been helping keep travellers safe, managing congestion and keeping travellers moving along some of the busiest highways in North America. There are currently 222 [Read more]
Written by Ontario Newsroom on 01 February 2011
February 1, 2011 McGuinty Government Keeping Roads Safe For Ontario Families One year ago today, police began enforcing the ban on hand-held cell phone use while driving, helping to make Ontario’s roads safer. The law helps police get distracted drivers off our roads and while at the same [Read more]
Written by Ontario Newsroom on 01 February 2011
Creating Jobs And Clean Energy In Atikokan January 31, 2011 Atikokan Renewable Fuels has accepted one of the Province’s first new wood supply offers. They will produce wood pellets for domestic and international customers, which can be used to create heating and electricity. This will [Read more]
Written by admin on 31 January 2011
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre Piloting Cafeteria Program THUNDER BAY, ON – Starting today, employees, patients and visitors to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) will be seeing more healthy options in their cafeteria and the cafeteria vending machine [Read more]
Written by Ontario Newsroom on 28 January 2011
McGuinty Government Appoints Experienced Veteran Ontario has appointed Tadeusz (Ted) Wieclawek as the province’s Fire Marshal. Wieclawek joined the Office of the Fire Marshal (OFM) in 1992 and has held several high-ranking positions, most recently Deputy Assistant Fire Marshal responsible for [Read more]
Written by Ontario Newsroom on 25 January 2011
January 24, 2011 McGuinty Government Making It Easier For Students To Plan For Their Education Checking the status of an OSAP application is as easy as posting on Facebook or Twitter. Ontario’s new mobile OSAP app is the first interactive app of its kind for the government. It will allow busy [Read more]
Written by admin on 25 January 2011
January 24, 2011 McGuinty Government’s Pharmacist Program Is Reaching More Seniors More than 37,000 MedsCheck consultations have taken place in Ontario’s long-term care homes in just the first three months since the launch of the new free service. That means more Ontario seniors have [Read more]
Written by Ontario Newsroom on 23 January 2011
January 21, 2011 McGuinty Government Pleased With International Ruling On Softwood Exporters Ontario is pleased with an international tribunal’s decision to limit an additional export tax on Ontario softwood lumber to only one-tenth of a per cent (0.1 per cent). This is dramatically lower [Read more]
Written by Ontario Newsroom on 22 January 2011
Inquest Into The Death Of Christopher Dennis Coaster Postponed January 21, 2011 Thunder Bay, ON — Dr. Michael B. Wilson, Regional Supervising Coroner for North Region, Thunder Bay Office, today announced that the inquest into the death of Christopher Dennis Coaster originally scheduled to be [Read more]
Written by Ontario Newsroom on 20 January 2011
January 20, 2011 McGuinty Government Supports The Electronics Sector To Market Globally Ontario is helping a Toronto technology company develop a next generation video chip, while creating 44 new high-tech jobs and supporting 96 existing positions. ViXS Systems Inc. will develop cutting-edge [Read more]
Written by Ontario Newsroom on 20 January 2011
January 20, 2011 McGuinty Government Improves Access To Applications And Information Starting this year, university and college students will be able to apply for OSAP three months earlier, helping them better plan ahead for college and university. OSAP applications will now be available in [Read more]
Written by Ontario Newsroom on 19 January 2011
January 19, 2011 McGuinty Government Takes Steps To Reduce Costs Of Tobacco-Related Disease Ontario is taking action to address the rising costs of tobacco-related disease on the province’s health care system by expanding services that help smokers quit. Beginning in Spring 2011, [Read more]