Ontario is investing in a new program to expand off-reserve housing to urban centres. This will give Indigenous people living in both large and small communities across the province better access to affordable housing and supports. The new Rural and Urban Indigenous Housing program will invest $8 million annually over five years to help create and maintain over 1,500 units ...

Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, has issued the following statement in response to the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) announcement of continued job action: “OSSTF union leadership have made clear that they will continue to take job action—which hurts students most—unless taxpayers accept their demand of $7 billion in enhancements to salaries, benefits, and other entitlements. If there were ...

5:05 AM EST Saturday 14 December 2019 Freezing drizzle advisory in effect for: Agawa – Lake Superior Park Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Freezing drizzle early this morning. Patchy freezing drizzle will continue over the area early this morning before transitioning over to periods of light snow by mid to ...

Team Rank Wins G.P. McCOY, Joe 1 5 6 TERRIS, Tom 1 5 6 HALL, Dave 3 3 6 HOFFMANN, Jim 3 3 5 KLOCKARS, Anna Lisa 3 3 5 BUCKELL, Chris 6 2 6 LESCHISHIN, Mark 7 1 6 TURMELLE, Katherine 7 1 6   Note: Games Start 7:00 PM. Games – Thursday December 19, 2019   Ice 1 ...

  Le 6 décembre dernier, des membres du club Maria Chapdelaine de Chapleau ont rendu visite aux élèves de l’école Sacré-Cœur (Chapleau) pour jouer des parties de cribbage. Tous les participants se sont bien amusés lors de ces parties intergénérationnels. Les joueurs débutants ont bénéficié grandement de jouer avec des joueurs plus chevronnés dans le partage de trucs et d’astuces. ...

  On December 6, members of Chapleau’s Maria Chapdelaine Club visited the students of École Sacré-Coeur (Chapleau) to play a few games of cribbage. All the participants had a great deal of fun during this intergenerational exchange. Younger  players greatly benefited from playing with more experienced players who generously shared tips and tricks. Members of the Club Maria Chapdelaine will ...

On Thursday, NDP MPP for Windsor-Tecumseh, Percy Hatfield, will debate his private member’s bill to create a Poet Laureate of Ontario, and establish the role in memory of Gord Downie, late frontman of The Tragically Hip. The  beloved singer and iconic frontman for the Juno Award-winning Kingston band, Downie was also a published poet.   “Naming the Poet Laureate Bill after ...

U.S. Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie commenced Operation Taconite, Wednesday, in response to expanded ice growth in the commercial ports of western Lake Superior. As one of two ice breaking operations that support the Great Lakes, Operation Taconite encompasses Lake Superior, St. Marys River, Straits of Mackinac, Georgian Bay, Green Bay, northern Lake Huron, and Lake Michigan. Ice breaking operations are based on the following order of priorities: ...

Dec 11, 2019 @ 09:37 Ontario Northland and the United Steelworkers Local 1976 are pleased to announce a labour agreement has been reached. United Steelworkers Local 1976 represents over 90 employees working in the areas of rail traffic control, customer service and sales and train operations (locomotive engineers and conductors). “This agreement balances the interests of employees with Ontario Northland’s ...

Team Rank Wins GP LESCHISHIN, Barb 1 4 4 RAINVILLE, Heather 1 4 4 BONITZKE, Wendy 3 3 4 MATHIAS, Dannette 3 3 4 SPENCER, Diane 3 3 4 TAVELLA, Debbie 3 3 5 BUSSINEAU, Denise 7 2 4 PARSONS, Rochelle 8 1 5 SIMPSON, Laryssa 8 1 4

The congregation welcomes everyone to Worship at First United Church.  Services are held on Sunday at 11:00 a.m.  If anyone has a question or concern please leave a message on the answering machine at the Church at 705-856-2926. THANK YOU very much to everyone who helped in so many ways before, during & after the U.C.W. Christmas Bazaar & Luncheon. The Christmas Star of Lights ...

So this Thursday is our Membership meeting, and on December 14 is our annual Joan’s cookie walk from 11.00 am till  1.00 pm. 75 years ago the battles in Italy were finally won and our veterans were getting ready to be shipped to France to help with the battles along the Rhine and the south of Holland. This week there was a ...

  On November 25, Mr. Steven Gagné Dionne, spokesperson for Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD Canada), came to École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) to present the movie “Over the Edge,” which is included in the 2019-2020 MADD school program. Over the Edge is a powerful dramatization about the tragic consequences of impaired driving. The video ends with testimonials from real-life victims who share ...

  Dec 11, 2019 @ 08:34 The past year has been a stellar 12 months of landmark projects, milestone celebrations and visionary collaborations for the Friends of Lake Superior Provincial Park. This year LSPP celebrated 75 years since it was created to protect a significant section of the eastern shoreline of Lake Superior.  We also recognized 25 years since the ...

Today, Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, issued the following statement regarding reaching a tentative agreement with the Educational Workers’ Alliance of Ontario (EWAO): “Our Government has delivered another tentative agreement with education workers that keeps students in class. This is yet another example of our Government demonstrating a reasonableness and focus on our students at the bargaining table.  This tentative ...