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Let’s Get to Work Creating Welcoming Communities in Northern Ontario

Jan 17, 2023 at 08:03 What role do organizations play in creating welcoming communities and do they have the resources to do so? This is the question Northern Policy Institute wanted answered by employers and service providers throughout Ontario’s northern regions.   In February 2022, Northern Policy Institute and organizations across Northern Ontario launched a data-collection exercise to hear from ...

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Men’s Curling Standings – January 16

Team Rank Wins GP FAHRER, Tom 1 7 9 TERRIS, Tom 1 7 9 McCOY, Joe 3 6 9 MITRIKAS, Erik 4 4 9 HALE, Ron 5 2 9 MORRIS, Lucas 6 1 9 Game Schedule for January 23, 2023. Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 TERRIS MORRIS FAHRER MITRIKAS HALE McCOY    

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Robinson Huron Treaty Leadership, Ontario and Canada Government Representatives Begin Mediation Proceedings

The Robinson Huron Treaty Litigation Fund (RHTLF) leadership and the governments of Canada and Ontario will begin mediated discussions today with the Honourable Murray Sinclair serving as the mediator. On Thursday, Justice Hennessy agreed to an adjournment which will delay Stage Three proceedings by two weeks to allow all parties to come together for settlement discussions.   Stage Three – ...

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Hornepayne School Buses – Cancelled

Jan 17, 2023 at 06:32 Due to the icy road conditions and in the interest of safety, all school related transportation services are cancelled today for the Hornepayne area.  Schools will remain open; however, no transportation will be provided.

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Northlander train set order: A time to celebrate or remain vigilant?

The Government of Ontario may have finally taken its first real tangible step forward to make passenger rail service in the northeast a reality.   The Associate Minister of Transportation, Stan Cho, and his ministerial colleagues — Victor Fedeli (MPP for Nipissing), George Pirie (Timmins) and Graydon Smith (Parry Sound-Muskoka) — were among those who announced an investment of $139.5 ...

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Mixed Curling Standings – January 12

Team Rank Wins G.P. FAHRER, Tom 1 6 7 TERRIS, Tom 1 6 7 McCOY, Joe 3 5 7 BUCKELL, Chris 4 3 6 HALL, Dave 5 2 6 STOYCHEFF, Peter 5 2 6 SWITZER, Anya 5 2 6 SMIT, Brandon 8 0 7 Game Schedule January 19th, 2023. Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 TERRIS SWITZER HALL ...

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Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre announces new strategy geared for growth

The Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre (SSMIC) announced its new multi-year strategic plan to expand its mission to support and initiate economic growth across the Algoma region.   “We share the responsibility to create more jobs within our region and our plan includes making significant investments into our programs and services to help accomplish that,’ explains Peter Bruijns, Executive Director ...

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Update regarding LCBO Cybersecurity Incident

LCBO has experienced a cybersecurity incident, affecting online sales through LCBO.com. Immediate steps were taken to contain the issue, including disabling customer access to both LCBO.com and our mobile app while we engaged with third-party experts to conduct a forensics investigation. At this time, we can confirm that an unauthorized party embedded malicious code into our website that was designed ...

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Wawa Ladies Curling Standings – January 10

RANK WINS G.P. LESCHISHIN, Barb 1 5 6 BONITZKE, Wendy 2 4 6 SPENCER, Diane 2 4 7 BUSSINEAU, Denise 4 3 4 CHIUPKA, Lorna 4 3 7 PARSONS, Rochelle 4 3 7 AMOS, Tracy 7 2 6 MATHIAS, Danette 8 1 7 Game Schedule for January 17th Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 AMOS PARSONS BONITZKE BUSSINEAU ...

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Men’s Curling Standings – January 9

Team Rank Wins GP FAHRER, Tom 1 6 8 McCOY, Joe 1 6 8 TERRIS, Tom 1 6 8 MITRIKAS, Erik 4 3 8 HALE, Ron 5 2 8 MORRIS, Lucas 6 1 8 Game Schedule for January 16th, 2023: Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 MITIKAS FAHRER MORRIS McCOY HALE TERRIS

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Kindergarten registration at French Catholic schools in Chapleau, Wawa, Dubreuilville and Hornepayne

Parents wishing to register their child in a full-time French-language Kindergarten program are invited to come to discover Conseil scolaire Catholique Nouvelon’s elementary schools in Chapleau, Wawa, Dubreuilville and Hornepayne during its Kindergarten Registration event from Monday, January 16, to Friday, January 20. This event will be of interest to parents of children born in 2019 who will be attending ...

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CHADWIC Home receives generous donation from former Wawa Resident!

CHADWIC Home is thrilled to announce that we have received a very generous donation of $50,000 from Joe Carapella, a former Wawa resident and well-respected real estate developer currently living in London, Ontario.   Paula Valois, Executive Director of CHADWIC Home says that she received a phone call from Mr. Carapella in the summer of 2022 and they had a ...

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Red Pine Exploration Project intersects significant mineralization

Red Pine Exploration Inc. is pleased to report results from its continuing exploration program. Hole SD-22-396 intersected significant mineralization in the Surluga North Vein Network above the Jubilee Shear Zone (hanging wall) of the current resources of the Wawa Gold Project. All reported drill widths are core length unless otherwise stated. High-grade mineralization in the Surluga North Vein Network extended ...

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Wawa Mixed Curling – January 6

Team Rank Wins G.P. FAHRER, Tom 1 5 6 McCOY, Joe 1 5 6 TERRIS, Tom 1 5 6 BUCKELL, Chris 4 2 5 HALL, Dave 4 2 5 STOYCHEFF, Peter 4 2 5 SWITZER, Anya 7 1 5 SMIT, Brandon 8 0 6 Game schedule for January 12th: Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 SMIT FAHRER McCOY ...

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