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Statement by Minister Laurie Scott & Minister Greg Rickford on the Passage of Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2018

Today, the Honourable Laurie Scott, Minister of Labour, and the Honourable Greg Rickford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, issued the following statement on the passage of Bill 67, the Labour Relations Amendment Act (Protecting Ontario’s Power Supply), 2018: “Despite delay tactics and political games putting our electricity supply at risk in the heart of winter, the Legislature has ...

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Rail union fumbles golden opportunity to help fight VIA Rail’s ongoing deterioration

The All Aboard Northern Ontario citizens’ rail action committee is severely disappointed by Unifor National Council 4000’s planned nationwide protests of two unrelated VIA Rail Canada issues, which are scheduled for tomorrow morning (December 12). “They should have just highlighted VIA’s intention to scrap Canadian jobs by contracting out a portion of their on-board services to a U.S. firm,” says ...

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Rotary Exchange Student from Germany experiencing northern-Ontario

  École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) welcomed again this year an exchange student through the Rotary Exchange Program. Eric Schulz from Germany has been at École Saint-Joseph since September and will be staying until June to complete his academic year. In order to ensure Eric gets a true northern-Ontario experience, students and staff took him out snowshoeing, a sport he was ...

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services de soins durant les Fêtes

Savoir où se rendre pour obtenir des soins est important, surtout durant le temps des Fêtes, où il y a à la fois une plus grande demande en soins de santé et plus de bureaux fermés en raison des congés. Le personnel du Service de soins à domicile et en milieu communautaire du Réseau local d’intégration des services de santé ...

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Holiday Health Care Options

Knowing where to go for health care is important, especially this time of year, when there’s an increased demand for services and holiday closures. North East Local Health Integration Network (NE LHIN) Home and Community Care staff will provide services to patients throughout the holiday season, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. every day except Christmas Day – from 8:00 ...

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Ontario’s Government is Taking Strong Action to Ensure Drinking Water Safety

Minister Rod Phillips has released his first Minister’s Annual Report on Drinking Water. The report highlights progress over the last year and shows that 99.8 per cent of more than half a million test results from municipal residential drinking water systems met Ontario’s drinking water quality standards. “Ontario’s drinking water remains among the best protected in the world,” said Rod ...

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Made-in-Ontario Emission Standards Would Achieve Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions Without a Carbon Tax

Ontario’s Government for the People is releasing its plan to reduce industrial greenhouse gas emissions for public comment in January 2019. The proposal would regulate industry without imposing the federal government’s carbon tax, which threatens Ontario jobs and the ability of our industries to compete internationally. “Ontario industry is calling for a made-in-Ontario emission performance standard that recognizes the unique ...

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Grade 1/2 Visits Minds in Motion

  On Tuesday, December 11th, the Grade 1/2 students from St. Joseph French Immersion Catholic School joined some of the long-term care residents at the Michipicoten Memorial Community Centre during Minds in Motion. In preparation for our afternoon, special guest Christy Reid visited us to discuss dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and to do a read aloud. The students made connections ...

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Happenings at Wawa First United Church – December 19

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 705-856-2926 It is time to renew THE OBSERVER a United Church of Canada publication, please contact Kaireen M. 856-2118. Sun. Dec. 23 4th Sunday ...

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Tuesday Night Mixed Bowling – December 18

Team Standings: First place is Black Thunder with 27 points Bowler of the week:  Caroline Desgagne with 144 pins over average. TEAM LEADERS:  High Series: Mafia 3821 High Single: Incredi-bowls 1338 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS: Men’s Series Flat: Jake Casavant 733 Men’s Single Flat: Jake Casavant 301 Ladies Series Flat: Rachelle Godin 543 Ladies Single Flat: Lisa Miller 263 Men’s High Average: ...

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Men’s Curling Standings – December 18

Team Rank Wins GP FAHRER, Tom 1 5 7 McCOY, Joe 1 5 7 ECOLE ST. JOSEPH 3 4 7 LESCHISHIN, Mark 3 4 7 TERRIS, Tom 3 4 7 MITRIKAS, Eric 6 3 7 DERESKI, Louis 7 2 7 MOORE, Bruce 8 1 7 GAMES SCHEDULE – January 7, 2019 Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 ESC ...

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Ontario Government Cancels Scheduled 2019 Licence Fee Increase

Ontario’s Government for the People is making life more affordable by putting a stop to fishing licence fee increases for all Ontario residents and removing the $2 service fee. “We’re making it easier for Ontarians to get out on the water and enjoy the great outdoors by keeping fishing licences more affordable,” said John Yakabuski, Minister of Natural Resources and ...

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Friday Night Mixed Bowling – December 14

Men’s High Single – Dave Casavant ( 318 ) Women’s High Single – Mary Ellen Douchamie ( 283 ) Men’s High Triple – Dominique Casavant ( 709 ) Women’s High Triple – Mary Ellen Douchamie ( 695 ) Team High Single ( Hdcp’d ) – Wilderness Helicopters Strike Force – ( 1412 ) Team High Triple ( Hdcp’d ) – ...

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New Chair and Vice-Chair for HSCDSB

  The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board (HSCDSB) has new leadership when it comes to its Board of Trustees.  At the monthly meeting Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at the Catholic Education Centre in Sault Ste. Marie Lindsay Liske moved into the Chair position and Sandra Turco the Vice-Chair role.  Liske becomes Chair for the second time in his career as ...

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Debating video games

During their Citizenship course, students at École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) got to take part in a debate. With the help of their teacher, Ms. Annette Lytwenko, students conducted research in order to identify the effects of video games on teenagers. They analyzed the cultural, behavioural, social and academic impact of video games and then discussed these while approaching the topic ...

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