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MHS Boy’s Curling Team brings home the gold and the NSSSAA banner!

Earlier this week the MHS Boys Curling team headed to Longlac for this year’s NSSSAA (North Shore Secondary Schools Athletic Association) curling competition. Lucas (Skip), Kaiden (Vice), Brady (Second) and Liam (First) learned to read the ice quickly and came to play, winning their first two games 11-0 and 11-1 respectively.  Their last game was a nail-biter for the first half but by ...

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Mixed Curling Standings – March 3

Team Rank Wins G.P. BUCKELL, Chris 1 4 5 McCOY, Joe 1 4 5 TERRIS, Tom 1 4 5 FAHRER, Tom 4 3 5 HALL, Dave 4 3 5 SWITZER, Anya 6 1 5 SMIT, Brandon 7 0 4 STOYCHEFF, Peter 7 0 4 Curling Schedule for March 9, 2023 Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 BUCKELL SWITZER ...

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Ontario Expanding Cancer Coverage for Firefighters

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The Ontario government is expanding cancer coverage for firefighters. These changes will make it faster and easier for these heroes and their families to access the compensation and supports they deserve for thyroid and pancreatic cancers from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB). “In every community, firefighters are on the front lines each and every day saving lives,” said ...

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Ontario Autism Coalition to Visit Queen’s Park

The Ontario Autism Coalition (OAC) will visit Queen’s Park on March 6th, 2023 to engage with politicians and policymakers who are responsible for the delayed Ontario Autism Program. The visit will include a news conference in the media studio at 10:00 AM with members of the OAC and MPP Monique Taylor. The purpose of the OAC’s visit to Queen’s Park ...

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Algoma Council on Domestic Violence (ACDV) sees increase in violence against Women in Algoma

Algoma Council on Domestic Violence (ACDV) is deeply saddened at the recent violence we have seen against women in our communities across Algoma.  The Algoma Council on Domestic Violence (ACDV) is a culturally inclusive Council that will strive to change community attitudes towards family violence focusing on woman abuse, through education and advocacy, while promoting community safety and well-being.  Our ...

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ADSB and CUPE Ratify four-year collective agreement

The Algoma District School Board (ADSB) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 16, representing custodial and maintenance staff have ratified a four-year local collective agreement to cover the period from September 1, 2022, to August 31, 2026. Previously at the provincial table, a central agreement was ratified between CUPE and the Government of Ontario / Ontario Public ...

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Wawa Ladies Curling – March 1

RANK WINS G.P. LESCHISHIN, Barb 1 12 13 BUSSINEAU, Denise 2 9 14 BONITZKE, Wendy 2 9 13 SPENCER, Diane 4 7 14 PARSONS, Rochelle 5 5 13 CHIUPKA, Lorna 6 4 14 MATHIAS, Danette 6 4 14 AMOS, Tracy 6 4 13 Game Schedule for March 7th at 7:00 p.m. Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 LESCHISHIN ...

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Triples Curling

You may ask what is Triples Curling?  As it may sound, the game is played with (3) players.  The game is six (6) ends and each player throws two (2) rocks. There is only one (1) person allowed to sweep the rock until the far “hog-line”, then either the thrower or the skip can assist with the sweeping. The game ...

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Men’s Curling Standings – February 28

Team Rank Wins GP TERRIS, Tom 1 12 15 FAHRER, Tom 2 11 15 McCOY, Joe 3 9 15 MITRIKAS, Eric 4 6 15 HALE, Ron 5 4 14 MORRIS, Lucas 6 2 14 Game schedule for March 6, 2023 Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 McCOY TERRIS MITRIKAS HALE FAHRER MORRIS  

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Canada and Métis Nation of Ontario sign updated Métis self-government agreement

Canada and the Métis Nation of Ontario announced that the parties have signed a Métis Government Recognition and Self Government Implementation Agreement (the “Agreement”).  This Agreement builds on a self-government agreement previously signed in 2019 and formal negotiations between the parties that began in 2017.   Upon signing this Agreement, Canada officially recognizes that the Métis Nation of Ontario is ...

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Plato Gold Reports on Final Results of Phase I Exploration Program

Plato Gold Corp. is pleased to report the final results from its Phase 1 exploration program completed in November 2022 on the Pic River PGE-Cu Project. The property is located 30 km northwest of Marathon, Ontario and contiguous to the western boundary of Generation Mining Limited’s Marathon Palladium-Copper Project. In November of 2022, Generation Mining received the final environmental approvals ...

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Mixed Curling Standings – February 24

Team Rank Wins G.P. McCOY, Joe 1 4 4 BUCKELL, Chris 2 3 4 TERRIS, Tom 2 3 4 FAHRER, Tom 4 2 4 HALL, Dave 4 2 4 SWITZER, Anya 6 1 4 SMIT, Brandon 7 0 3 STOYCHEFF, Peter 7 0 3 Game schedule for March 2, 2023 Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 SWITZER TERRIS ...

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Men’s Curling Standings – February 23

Team Rank Wins GP FAHRER, Tom 1 11 14 TERRIS, Tom 1 11 14 McCOY, Joe 3 8 14 MITRIKAS, Eric 4 6 14 HALE, Ron 5 4 14 MORRIS, Lucas 6 2 14 Game schedule for Monday, February 27th, 2023. Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 TERRIS NORRIS FAHRER MITRIKAS HALE McCOY  

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