Algoma Steel Inc. (Algoma Steel) announced today they have signed a new four-year iron ore pellet purchase agreement with United States Steel Corporation. The contract replaces contracts that expire at the end of this year and provides Algoma Steel with surety of supply of quality iron ore pellets through to the close of the 2024 shipping season. Algoma Steel CEO ...

After many years of serving the local community as a volunteer, and after hearing from countless Métis citizens, Mitch Case has put his name forward to become the Region 4 Councillor on the Provisional Council of the Métis Nation of Ontario. “When your elders encourage you to do something, in our culture, you don’t say no. So many of our ...

The Ontario government has taken additional steps to protect people and property during the wildland fire season, including an increase in base funding for emergency forest firefighting by $30.2 million, and ensuring safety measures are in place to protect Ontario’s highly trained fire rangers from COVID-19. At 12:01 a.m. on May 16, 2020, Ontario is lifting the Restricted Fire Zone ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario a pris des mesures additionnelles afin de protéger les personnes et les biens pendant la saison des incendies, notamment en accroissant le financement de base de la lutte contre les incendies de végétation de 30,2 millions de dollars et en instaurant des mesures de protection des gardes-feux contre la COVID-19. À minuit et une minute, le ...

The Ontario government announced the retailers, seasonal businesses and health and community service providers who will be permitted to open or expand their services on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 12:01 a.m., provided that the general trend on health indicators continues to improve as part of the first stage of the government’s reopening framework. The workplaces opening as part this ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario a rendu publique aujourd’hui la liste des détaillants, entreprises saisonnières et services de santé et communautaires qui seront autorisés à rouvrir ou à relancer plus largement leurs activités le mardi 19 mai 2020 à minuit une, moyennant le maintien de la tendance positive des indicateurs de santé. Cela correspond à la première étape du cadre visant le déconfinement de ...

  Junior and senior Kindergarten students at École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) garden students have participated in various theme days since the closing of schools in March and the launch of home-based distance learning. The students have had the chance to meet virtually and participate in many fun activities including dancing, a pajama day, virtual bingo and a virtual show! With the ...

  Les élèves de la maternelle/jardin de l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa) ont vécu plusieurs journées thèmes de façon virtuelle depuis la fermeture des écoles en mars et le lancement du programme d’apprentissage à distance. Les élèves se sont rencontrés de façon virtuelle pour faire de nombreuses activités y compris de la danse, une journée pyjamas, un bingo virtuel ainsi qu’un spectacle ...

The Ontario government is making the cost of prescription drugs more affordable. Effective today, people using the Ontario Drug Benefit Program will not be required to pay any co-payment until July 1, 2020 for any prescription of 30+ days that is now being dispensed in installments. In addition, existing and new Trillium Drug Program households can apply for an income ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario rend le coût des médicaments d’ordonnance plus abordable. À compter d’aujourd’hui, les personnes qui utilisent le Programme de médicaments de l’Ontario n’auront aucune quote-part à verser jusqu’au 1er juillet 2020 pour les ordonnances de plus de 30 jours qui sont désormais distribuées de façon échelonnée. De plus, les ménages actuellement ou nouvellement inscrits au Programme de médicaments Trillium ...

Angus Ventures Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement, pursuant to which the Company will acquire the Ellen Creek Gold Property (“Ellen Creek”) held by a private individual (the “Vendor”).  Ellen Creek is located 3 kilometres east of the Mishi open pit mine of Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd., a producing gold mine,  and consists ...

The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) and its Provincial and Territorial Organizations (PTOs) today filed an urgent court application over the federal government’s inadequate and discriminatory funding during the COVID-19 pandemic.  The shocking lack of funding and discrimination impacts the most vulnerable and disadvantaged Indigenous peoples in Canada.   National Chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples Robert Bertrand stated, ...

Today, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, issued the following statement about multisystem inflammatory vasculitis, which appears to be similar to Kawasaki Syndrome, in children and COVID-19: “Recent reports in Canada and internationally indicate that there may be an increase in multisystem inflammatory vasculitis, a rare but serious multisystem inflammatory illness that impacts children who have been diagnosed ...

Christine Elliott, vice-première ministre et ministre de la Santé, a publié aujourd’hui la déclaration suivante concernant la vascularite inflammatoire multisystémique, qui présentent des ressemblances avec la maladie de Kawasaki, chez les enfants et la COVID-19 : « De récents rapports au Canada et à l’échelle internationale indiquent qu’il peut y avoir une hausse du nombre de cas de vascularite inflammatoire multisystémique, ...

The Ontario government has adopted an emergency order allowing the province to issue a mandatory management order for a long-term care home struggling to deal with a COVID-19 outbreak. This order would support the use of rapid, immediate and effective management alternatives to protect residents and staff within a home. The manager could be any person, including a corporation or ...