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Faire la lumière sur la violence faite aux femmes

Pleins feux sur la violence faite aux femmes est une campagne de sensibilisations du public déposée du centre London’s Abused Women’s Centre. La campagne a débuté en 2010 et continue à travers notre pays et au-delà. Les buts du campagne Pleins feux sur la violence faites aux femmes sont : sensibiliser les citoyens à la violence des hommes contre les ...

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Un esprit d’entraide et de leadership à l’ÉSC Trillium

  Au cours des dernières semaines, les élèves de l’école secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau) inscrits au cours de Cheminement dans la foi catholique ont prêté main-forte à Pastor Dan et à son équipe. Dans le cadre d’une initiative communautaire menée par l’église pentecôtiste de Chapleau, les élèves se sont impliqués dans la mise sur pied d’une vente aux enchères visant ...

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ÉSC Trillium share leadership and community goodwill

  Over the past few weeks, students from École secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau) registered in the Journey in the Catholic Faith (Cheminement dans la foi catholique) course have lent a hand to Pastor Dan and his team. As part of a community initiative led by the Pentecostal Church of Chapleau, the students took part in the organization of an auction ...

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Northern Ontario Black Economic Empowerment Program (NOBEEP) receives $1.15 million in funding from FedNor

Through the Afro-Heritage Association of Sudbury (AHA), the Northern Ontario Black Economic Empowerment Program (NOBEEP), received $1.15 million in funding from FedNor. This fund is to aid NOBEEP in supporting Black-owned businesses in Northern Ontario in their efforts to start up and scale up as well as to create jobs to contribute to the overall economic development of the North. ...

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Wawa Trifecta

  The Wawa Trifecta is a running event that has three races in one weekend (weekend after Thanksgiving). This year’s event went amazing despite some cold and wet weather. If you could not be involved this year, we hope to see you next year. A huge thank you to our 2022 sponsors: Northern Lights Ford, Wesdome Gold Mine and Jon ...

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Argonaut Announces Successful Completion of Magino Financing Package

Argonaut Gold Inc. has announced that the Company has closed its previously announced US$250 million Loan Facilities and drawn down the first tranche of US$80 million of the loan facilities which was used to repay the balance outstanding on the former revolving credit facility. The Loan Facilities consist of a term loan of US$200 million and a revolving credit facility of ...

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Wawa High School Cross Country Runners are back!

After a two year hiatus the Wawa High School Cross Country Runners are back! Yesterday, October 25th, this tough bunch of athletes competed at NWOSSAA in Thunder Bay. They all had amazing runs and 7 runners advanced to OFSAA. Congratulations to all of our runners! These incredible athletes are coached by Anjali Oberai, Tracy Laing and Mark Szekely.

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École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) JK/SK get Creative

Junior and Senior Kindergarten students at École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) put their creative and engineering skills to good use when they were challenged to build a platform capable of suporting the weight of their pumpkin. Students were challenged to attain this goal through the use of various items such as tape, sticks, modeling clay, glue and a CD.

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Métis Nation of Ontario supports NOSM University students with $515k bursary

  The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) is providing an endowment of $515,000 to NOSM University, Canada’s first independent medical university.   The endowment will fund a bursary program for Métis students pursuing their MD at NOSM University and is being matched by the FDC Foundation.   “As the government representing Métis in Ontario, we are proud to do what ...

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2022 CSC Nouvelon school trustee election results

The Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon is pleased to congratulate the candidates in the recent school board election who were successful in their quest to serve as school trustees with the CSC Nouvelon. After all votes were cast on Monday, October 24, the following trustees, representing the eight zones of the CSC Nouvelon, have been elected to its Board for a ...

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Ontario’s New Housing Supply Action Plan: Some Troubling Features

The Government of Ontario today introduced the next phase of its Housing Supply Action Plan: the proposed More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022. The Plan includes a broad array of legislative and regulatory changes related to land use planning, property taxes, building code, heritage, conservation, and the infrastructure financing framework that supports growth. “Municipalities will welcome some of the proposed ...

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Cora McGuire-Cyrette Appointed to Thunder Bay Police Services Board Governance Committee

The Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) is pleased to announce that Executive Director, Cora McGuire-Cyrette, has been appointed to the Thunder Bay Police Services (TBPS) Board Governance Committee for a 2-year term. This Committee was established to ensure governance decisions are being represented, not just by the Board, but informed and assisted by the community’s voice. The Committee will have ...

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