October 31, 2020 With the appearance of new COVID-19 cases in Hearst in the last few days, the Town of Hearst has declared a state of emergency due to the high risk of community exposure to COVID-19. “It’s not an easy decision to make. The Porcupine Health Unit determines there is an increased risk of exposure in Hearst currently and ...

What is a Treaty? A Treaty is an agreement between Nations that determines the parameters of the relationship, and the obligations that each party has to each other. Treaties are the foundation of Canada, and are affirmed in the Constitution. Treaties do not mean First Nations surrendered their lands; they define a framework for co-existence and shared use of lands ...

Algoma Public Health is reporting one new case of COVID-19 in the Algoma District. Through contact tracing, Algoma Public Health notifies all close contacts directly. If you are not contacted by Algoma Public Health, you are not considered a close contact.   Details of the confirmed case:   Case Number Exposure Category Status Tested Case #44 Unknown Self-isolating October 28, ...

Algoma Public Health (APH) is updating the potential exposure advisory released on October 29, 2020. The date on the original release indicated October 26 as the exposure date. However, this has been updated to October 25 as the correct date.   Anyone who travelled on the Ontario Northland bus on October 25, 2020: 11:00 a.m. bus from Toronto to Sudbury, ...

The Ministry of Transportation is seeking feedback from Northerners to “better understand the unique transportation needs of people and businesses” situated along the Toronto, North Bay and Cochrane/Timmins rail corridor to “help develop a plan to improve the transportation system” in the region.   Remind me again … didn’t Ontario Northland just submit its very own passenger rail business case ...

  À leur retour du dîner, les élèves de la classe de la 7e et 8e année à l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa) ainsi que leur enseignante, Mme Ashley Hunt-Robinson, ont vécu toute une expérience d’apprentissage puisque leur salle de classe avait été transformée en scène de crime. Afin de résoudre l’énigme, les élèves devaient utiliser la priorité des opérations, connue également ...

  Upon their return from lunch, students in the grade 7 and 8 grade class at École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) as well as their teacher, Ms. Ashley Hunt-Robinson, lived a unique learning experience since their classroom had been transformed into a crime scene.   In order to solve the mystery, the students had to use the priority of operations, also known ...

The number of Ontarians being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes is on the rise.  In Ontario, there are more than 1.5 million individuals diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.  This represents approximately 10% of Ontarians.  This number rises to 29% when you combine the number of Ontarians diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, prediabetes and undiagnosed ...

    Last week, Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvelon students pursuing their education online through the school board’s Académie virtuelle had the opportunity to participate in theme days held in a virtual format! While pursuing their learning, the students, distributed across various communities in the Districts of Sudbury and Algoma took great pride and had loads of fun demonstrating their ...

    La semaine dernière, des élèves de l’Académie virtuelle du Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon ont eu l’occasion de participer à des journées thématiques virtuelles! En plus de poursuivre leur apprentissage, ces élèves répartis dans différentes communautés des districts de Sudbury et d’Algoma ont démontré fièrement leurs coiffures farfelues et leurs chandails sportifs. Comme c’est amusant!

Northeastern Ontario Tourism (NeONT) is pleased to introduce their 2020/21 Board of Directors. NeONT is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the region as a premier travel destination with the goal of increasing tourism revenue for our partners, and the region as a whole. NeONT nurtures productive relationships with partners and within the industry by listening to partner feedback and ...

The Ford government has failed to deliver its promised needs-based program, one year after receiving the OAP Advisory Panel Report. The panel, made up of parents, autistic adults, educators and other experts released their report as a guide for developing a needs-based system to serve children with autism in Ontario. One year later, nothing has changed. In a statement released on the same ...

Liberals in Algoma-Manitoulin have nominated Tim Vine, an executive for Manitoulin Health Centre and a dedicated community volunteer, as their Ontario Liberal Party (OLP) candidate for the next provincial election. “Tim is incredibly passionate when it comes to helping his community,” said OLP Leader, Steven Del Duca. “I’m very happy to have him as our first nominated candidate in Northern ...

Les libéraux d’Algoma-Manitoulin ont désigné Tim Vine, un cadre du centre de santé de Manitoulin et un bénévole dévoué à la communauté, comme leur candidat du Parti libéral de l’Ontario (PLO) pour les prochaines élections provinciales. “Tim est incroyablement passionné lorsqu’il s’agit d’aider sa communauté”, a déclaré le chef du PLO, Steven Del Duca. “Je suis très heureux qu’il soit ...

The Board of Health for Algoma Public Health would like to announce the appointment of Dr. Jennifer Loo as Medical Officer of Health (MOH) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the District of Algoma, effective January 1, 2021­­. Current Medical Officer of Health/CEO, Dr. Marlene Spruyt will retire at the end of the year. Dr. Loo has served as the ...