Le gouvernement de l’Ontario prolonge jusqu’au 31 mai 2020 la période d’allègement des tarifs d’électricité pour les familles, les exploitations agricoles et les petites entreprises de la province, afin de les aider à faire face aux conséquences de la pandémie de COVID-19. Les clients assujettis à la tarification selon l’heure de consommation continueront de bénéficier 24 heures sur 24 et sept jours ...

The Ontario government is extending emergency electricity rate relief to families, farms and small businesses until May 31, 2020 during the COVID-19 outbreak. Customers who pay time-of-use electricity rates will continue to be billed at the lowest price, known as the off-peak price, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This electricity rate relief, initially provided for a 45-day ...

Yes now it is the week we were waiting for 75 years since the Liberation of Holland and VE Day, and looking back at the happenings in the last weeks of the war I found something I did not know. At the battle for Otterloo which our late Comrade Jack Myers was involved with when a Group of Hitler Youth attacked ...

Alleluia!  Christ is Risen! Christ is Risen Indeed!  Alleluia! Although we cannot meet for Worship together you  may like to read the Scriptures for May 10, 2020 – Fifth Sunday of  Easter. Acts 7: 55 – 60    Stephen is stoned. Psalm 31             My times are in your hands. 1 Peter 2: 2-10    A chosen race, a royal priesthood, living stones. ...

Weather – Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of flurries this morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High 7. Wind chill minus 7 this morning. UV index 6 or high. Tonight – Partly cloudy. Becoming cloudy near midnight with 40 percent chance of flurries overnight. Risk of freezing drizzle overnight. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 4. Wind chill minus ...

Today is the ninth day of the North Algoma Wellness Challenge. Some of yesterday’s submissions are in the gallery above. The winner from yesterday’s challenge was Wendy Bonitzke – who went for a hike and climbed a very large hill. Today’s challenge is a Scavenger Hunt! Find something that is… is blue. has four sides is round longer than a pencil ...

The NDP is calling for a suite of safeguards to ensure agribusinesses and rural economies can weather the COVID-19 storm — particularly since the provincial government has left the farming industry and rural communities to fend for themselves, weakening the food supply chain.  “Imagine finding out that the animals that your family worked hard to raise have lost their value. ...

On April 30, 2020 at approximately 4:45 p.m. members from the Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on general patrol on Olsen Drive, Aweres Township, Ontario. Officers observed an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) being operated in an unsafe manner as both occupants were not wearing helmets. Officers conducted a traffic stop with the ATV and as ...

Algoma Family Services (AFS) in partnership with Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Nogdawindamin, Strong Minds, ARCH, and the Early ON Child and Family Centre have gone virtual to bring a number of activities and events across the District in recognition of Infant, Child, Youth, and Adult Mental Health Week from May 4th to May 10th, 2020.  Children’s Mental Health Week ...

Weather – Mainly sunny. Wind up to 15 km/h. High 8. Wind chill minus 10 this morning. UV index 8 or very high. Tonight – Clear. Increasing cloudiness before morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 5. Wind chill minus 11 overnight.   Statistics from Algoma Public Health (May 4, 2020 (8:30 a.m.) Algoma regions where residents have tested positive ...

Marit Stiles, Ontario NDP Education critic, released the following statement to mark Education Week:   “This year, we mark Education Week at a time when students, parents, teachers and education workers are facing extraordinary circumstances. As Education Critic for the Official Opposition, I want to thank students and parents across the province for your flexibility and hard work to keep ...

L’Ontario a considérablement renforcé sa capacité de dépistage de la COVID-19 et de recherche des contacts, ce qui a permis aux experts de la santé de mieux repérer les cas de COVID-19 et d’appuyer les efforts visant à arrêter la propagation du virus au sein de la collectivité, dans les foyers de soins de longue durée et d’autres milieux collectifs. ...

Ontario has significantly increased testing and contact tracing capacity, allowing health experts to identify cases of COVID-19 and support efforts to stop the spread of the virus in the community, long-term care homes, and other congregate settings. In partnership with Ontario Health, Public Health Ontario, local public health units, and hospital and community laboratories, the Ontario government has developed an ...

On May 1, 2020 at approximately 11:45 p.m. members from the Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Goulais Fire and Rescue and Sault Ste. Marie Ambulance responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Mission Road, Goulais River, Ontario.   Officers attended the scene where the single occupant of the vehicle was extracted by Goulais Fire ...

Christine Elliott, vice-première ministre et ministre de la Santé, Todd Smith, ministre des Services à l’enfance et des Services sociaux et communautaires, Michael Tibollo, ministre associé délégué à la Santé mentale et à la Lutte contre les dépendances, et Jill Dunlop, ministre associée déléguée au dossier de l’Enfance et à la Condition féminine, ont publié aujourd’hui la déclaration suivante pour ...