Morning News – December 12

Dec 12, 2022 at 07:56

Weather:

• Today – A mix of sun and cloud. Becoming sunny near noon. Wind up to 15 km/h. High -7. Wind chill -20 this morning and -12 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low.
• Tonight – Clear. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low -14. Wind chill near -20.

News Tidbits:

• Today is the last day (by 4 p.m.) to arrange for your Ice Candle be lit in celebration and memory of loved ones. For more information, contact: Sue Lord at 705-856-2244 ext. 221 or Bill Chiasson at 705-852-0059.
• ‘My Animal,’ a werewolf genre film, was filmed in Timmins last winter will be one of 99 films for the Sundance Film Festival.
• The Ontario government is providing over $4.7 million to Contact North | Contact Nord,  to support 13 online learning centres equipped with Extended Reality (XR) technology, and a laptop and internet loaner program.
• The Ontario Government has reached another tentative central agreement with the education workers represented by the Ontario Council of Educational Workers (OCEW),

Provincial Announcements:

• Premier Doug Ford will be joined by Todd Smith, Minister of Energy, Graydon Smith, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, and John Yakabuski, MPP for Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, to mark the 175^th anniversary of Shaw Lumber and tour Renfrew County.
• Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, to make an announcement at 10 a.m.
• Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, will be joined by Victor Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, to make an announcement at 2:30 p.m.