On the afternoon of August 18, there are 38 active forest fires across the Northeast. Of these, 2 fires are not yet under control. The remaining 36 fires are either being held, under control or being observed. There were three new fires confirmed today, at the time of this update. Sudbury 116 is being held at 0.4 of a hectare ...

Passed away suddenly at his home in White River on Thursday, August 16, 2018 at the age of 62 years. Proud and loving father of Alannis (Roddy), Nathan, Danielle and Nathan Maeck. Amazing grampa of Savannah and Tessa-Lyn. Loving son of Rita and the late Raymond Duguay. Dear brother of late Denis, Clauvie (Michelle), Noella (Al) and Germain. Edouard will ...

Passed away peacefully with his family by his side at the Lady Dunn Health Centre on Friday, August 17, 2018 at the age of 87 years. Proud and loving father of Pauline Baughan, Marlene, Gary and Louise Lamon (Derek). Amazing and loving Poppa of Monique “Nickee” (Jon), Dieter (Sarah), Cody Lee (Isabelle), Derek (Kayla), Tanya (Myles) and Zayn. Proud great ...

A new palliative care facility will be built in North Bay. An investment of $1.5 million by the Ontario Governemnt will help build the new palliative care facility that will provide quality end-of-life care to patients across the Nipissing region. The funding was provided through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation, will help build a ten-bed residential hospice to provide palliative care ...

Time of Report 18:28 Situation Update: On the afternoon of August 17, there are 39 active forest fires across the Northeast. Of these, one fire is not yet under control. The remaining 38 fires are either being held, under control or being observed. There were two new fires confirmed today, at the time of this update. Parry Sound 44 has ...

  Rock Island is presenting Mimi O’Bonsawin in a house concert tonight. Mimi is a Northern Ontario born Roots Songstress who started performing and writing songs at a young age , putting out her first album in 2014. Mimi is heavily influenced by her roots and celebrates her Abénakis and French-Canadian heritage. She writes songs with the intention to give ...

Weather – Sunny. High 23. Humidex 26. UV index 7 or high. Marine Weather – Wind northeast 15 knots diminishing to northeast 10 early this morning then becoming light near noon. Wind becoming south 10 this evening then increasing to southwest 15 Sunday morning. Wind diminishing to southwest 10 near noon Sunday then increasing to southeast 15 Sunday evening. Waves one half to ...

The Wawa 36th Annual Salmon Fishing Derby runs from Friday, August 17th until Sunday, August 19th. The largest Salmon of the pre-derby fishing contest came in at 15.55 pounds this past Wednesday. The same team landed a whopping 24.75 pound fish the next night. To register or for more information call Buck’s Marina at 1-705-856-4488 or on the internet at: www.wawasalmonderby.com ...

Ontario’s Government for the People is taking more steps towards restoring trust and accountability in the province’s public finances. Today Treasury Board President Peter Bethlenfalvy announced that EY Canada was the successful bidder to conduct a comprehensive line-by-line audit of all government programs and services. Building on the work of Ontario’s Auditor General, EY Canada will begin their detailed analysis ...

At the time of this report, there are 42 active forest fires across the Northeast. All active fires are either being held, under control or being observed. There was one new fire confirmed so far today. Sudbury 112 is under control at 0.2 of a hectare and located 5km northwest of Capreol. Incident Management Teams Incident Management Teams (IMTs) are ...

Weather – Mainly sunny. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 23. Humidex 25. UV index 8 or very high. Marine Weather – Strong wind warning in effect.Wind light becoming northwest 10 knots overnight then increasing to northeast 15 Friday morning. Wind increasing to northeast 20 Friday afternoon. Waves less than one half metre building to one near noon Friday.  

Ontario is taking action to ensure greater transparency and accountability at Hydro One by proclaiming into force the substantive requirements under the Hydro One Accountability Act, 2018. “We promised to clean up the hydro mess, and I am so proud to say that is exactly what we have done. Today is a good day for Ontario, because it is a ...

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the White Lake Resources Corp., the general partner for the White Lake Limited Partnership, Marlene Sabourin, President of the Board is today pleased to announce several positive developments in the long-standing relationship with Harte Gold Corp (“Harte Gold”).   This announcement was made at the Harte Gold mine site located in the ...

Ontario has passed the Better Local Government Act, reducing Toronto City Council to 25 councillors and returning to the 2014 method of selecting chairs in the regions of York, Peel, Niagara and the District of Muskoka. “Streamlining Toronto council will help the city make decisions more quickly and effectively,” said Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. “It saves ...

Annika Jozin proudly represented Wawa and local Branch 429 in the Royal Canadian Legion National Youth Track and Field 2018 Championships held August 10th – 12th in Brandon, Manitoba. She had just finished competing at the Ontario Summer Games August 2nd – 4th in London, Ontario where she tied for second place in the midget category, jumping 157 cm in ...