Mar 4, 2017 @ 12:36 The Wawa Ice Fishing Derby is underway. Fishing began on Wawa Lake, Hawk Lake and Manitowik Lake. This year offers a new prize schedule, there are 18 major prizes (six identical prizes for each of the three fishing lakes, Wawa, Hawk & Manitowik). A successful angler who wins a major prize will be awarded only one ...
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Saturday Morning News – March 4
Mar 4, 2017 @ 08:47 Weather – Mainly sunny today with increasing cloudiness this afternoon. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 7. Wind chill minus 31 this morning. UV index 3 or moderate. Roads 101 Highway 651 to Wawa bare and dry road 2017-03-04 4:02 651 Highway 101 to Missinabi partly snow packed 2017-03-04 5:20 547 Highway 101 to Hawk ...
Read More »Sir James Dunn investigates possibility of amalgamation with Michipicoten High School
Mar 3, 2017 @ 07:16 With a building with increasing costs to maintain and a declining enrolment, the Algoma District School Board has begun the process of determining the future of Sir James Dunn School (SJD). Originally built in 1950 as a four room school, it was expanded five years later into a twenty room school. In April 1974, the ...
Read More »NDP pushes for action on Grassy Narrows
Mar 3, 2017 @ 06:47 NDP Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Critic Michael Mantha called on the government to release a detailed plan for addressing the long-standing mercury contamination of the English-Wabigoon River. This morning during question period, Mantha questioned the sincerity of the government’s promise to “[identify] all contaminated sites and [clean] up the English-Wabigoon River of the mercury ...
Read More »Men’s Curling Standings – March 3rd
Mar 3, 2017 @ 06:45 Team Rank Wins GP TERRIS, Tom 1 10 13 MOORE, Bruce 2 9 14 LESCHISHIN, Mark 3 8 14 McHARDY, Jim 3 8 14 YOUNG, Paul 3 8 14 HOFFMANN, Jim 6 6 13 DERESKI, Louis 6 6 14 ECOLE ST. JOSEPH 8 5 15 RODY, Ron 9 3 15 NEXT GAMES – Monday, March ...
Read More »Mixed Curling Standings – March 3rd
Mar 3, 2017 @ 06:42 Team Rank Wins G.P. TERRIS, Tom 1 16 16 BESNER, Yvan 2 10 16 SPENCER, Reg 2 10 16 LESCHISHIN, Mark 4 8 15 McCOY, Joe 4 8 16 HOFFMANN, Jim 6 7 15 BOYD, Katherine 7 3 16 SZEKELY, Marc 8 1 16 GAMES SCHEDULE for March 9, 2017 Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice ...
Read More »Friday Morning News – March 3rd
Mar 3, 2017 @ 06:26 Weather – It is quite chilly outside this morning, bundle up because it is a cool -27. it is expected to be a mix of sun and cloud today with a 30% chance of flurries by the afternoon. The wind will become northwest 20 km/h this afternoon with a chilly high of -13. Roads 101 Highway 651 ...
Read More »À la FMNO, on félicite le gouvernement provincial pour ses mesures relatives aux tarifs d’électricité
Mar 2, 2017 @ 20:45 À la Fédération des municipalités du Nord de l’Ontario, on désire féliciter le ministre de l’Énergie, M. Glenn Thibeault, ainsi que le gouvernement provincial pour l’annonce faite aujourd’hui à l’effet que tous les consommateurs résidentiels verront cet été leur facture d’électricité réduite en moyenne de 25 pour cent. Le plan Électricité Prix Équitable de l’Ontario, qui ...
Read More »FONOM Commends the Provincial Government for Addressing Electricity Costs
Mar 2, 2017 @ 20:42 The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) would like to commend the Minister of Energy, Glenn Thibeault and the provincial government for announcing today that they will lower electricity bills by 25 percent on average this summer for all residential customers. Ontario’s Fair Hydro Plan consisting of the 25 percent reduction includes the 8 ...
Read More »Premier’s Statement on Ontario’s Fair Hydro Plan
Mar 2, 2017 @ 20:39 Premier Kathleen Wynne made the following statement today to announce Ontario’s Fair Hydro Plan:* “We’re here today to talk about the high cost of electricity in Ontario: how it got to this point, how it must be fixed and how exactly we’re going to put that fix in place. For too long, governments — my ...
Read More »Wynne Liberals 11th Hour Electricity Scheme a Shell Game that will cost $14 billion
Mar 2, 2017 @ 20:36 Today, Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown blasted the new Wynne Liberal scheme devised to lower electricity bills by burdening Ontarians with $14 billion in new interest payments over 30 years. “The Wynne Liberals came clean today and admitted their $14 billion mistake and that their policies and their policies alone are responsible for the 400% ...
Read More »System Restructuring Delivers Lasting Relief to Households Across Province – Cutting Electricity Bills by 25 Percent
Mar 2, 2017 @ 19:10 Ontario is lowering electricity bills by 25 percent on average for all residential customers as part of a significant system restructuring that will address long-standing policy challenges and ensure greater fairness. Starting this summer, Ontario’s Fair Hydro Plan would provide households with this 25 percent break. Many small businesses and farms would also benefit from ...
Read More »Essar Steel Algoma Announces Mediation Scheduled
Mar 2, 2017 @ 07:18 Essar Steel Algoma Inc. advised today March 1, 2017 that at the request of the Honourable Mr. Warren Winkler, the mediator appointed by Justice Newbould of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the company has not requested a No Board Report. Mr. Winkler has scheduled dates later this month for mediation amongst the parties, specifically the company, the ...
Read More »Thursday Morning News – March 2
Mar 2, 2017 @ 06:34 Weather – Sunny this morning then a mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of flurries late this afternoon. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h this afternoon. High minus 11. Wind chill minus 27 this morning. Roads – 101 Highway 651 to Wawa bare and dry road with bare and wet road, partly snow ...
Read More »USW Local Union 2251 Members Vote 98% in favour of Strike Mandate
On February 23rd, 2017, the membership of USW Local Union 2251were presented with a synopsis of what has transpired between the Negotiating Committee, a bidder and the employer. The Membership of United Steelworkers Local Union 2251 voted to give a Strike Mandate to the Negotiating Committee from 5:00 am until 8:30 pm today at the Marconi Hall. The members’ have ...
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