Algoma Public Health (APH) has declared an outbreak of COVID-19 at Grand View Public School. As per provincial Ministry of Education guidance, an outbreak is declared in a school once it has been determined that within a 14 day period, two individuals tested positive for COVID-19 and At least one case could have reasonably acquired their infection in the school ...
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Individuals associated with Grand View Public School have tested positive for COVID-19
Algoma Public Health (APH) is advising that individuals associated with Grand View Public School have tested positive for COVID-19. At this time, APH is conducting a careful investigation to identify close contacts. Examples of close contacts include household members, people who have been in direct physical contact or belong to the same classroom/cohort, and people who have spent more than ...
Read More »Caring Society statement on Canada’s appeal
Canada has announced it will be appealing the Federal Court’s decision to uphold the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (the Tribunal) orders providing compensation for First Nations children and families victimized by Canada’s ongoing “wilful and reckless” discrimination in child welfare services. Canada will not be appealing the Federal Court’s decision to uphold the Tribunal’s order ensuring all First Nations children ...
Read More »Red Pine Announces Completion of Sale of Algoma-Talisman Property
Red Pine Exploration Inc. further to its press release dated August 20 th 2021 announces the completion of the sale of all of Red Pine’s Algoma-Talisman gold prospective property located in Newton Township, Ontario to Newton Gold Corp. for a total purchase price of CAD $1,050,000. Red Pine has now received the remaining CAD $500,000 of the cash portion of ...
Read More »Manitou Gold Intersects 19.7 g/t Au in New Discovery at the Bald Eagle Gold Zone
Manitou Gold Inc. is pleased to announce high-grade assay results from two diamond drill holes at the recently discovered Bald Eagle gold zone at its 100% owned Goudreau project in northern Ontario. Highlights: All six drill holes at the BEGZ intersected significant gold mineralization, including the most recent two step-out holes drilled 100 m east-southeast of previously announced drill holes. ...
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Municipality of Wawa to Cease Funding to the Economic Development Corporation of Wawa
At its Council Meeting held Tuesday, October 19, 2021, Municipal Council approved the recommendation of a Third-Party Consultant’s Report to cease funding the Economic Development Corporation of Wawa (EDC). Financial support to the external Corporation will continue until April 30, 2022, when the Municipality of Wawa will assume full responsibilities for delivering economic development services directly. The new structure for ...
Read More »Special COVID-19 Statement from Medical Officer of Health, Public Health Sudbury & Districts, Dr. Penny Sutcliffe
Over the last several weeks, there has been an alarming increase in the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 in Greater Sudbury. While the province of Ontario is seeing improvements in COVID-19 case counts, trends in Greater Sudbury are going in the opposite direction. We are currently a COVID-19 hotspot, with a case rate that is among the highest ...
Read More »NOSM applauds OMA commitment to Northern Ontario health
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) hosted the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) in Sudbury on October 25, 2021 for the launch of the OMA’s northern health-care recommendations called Prescription for Northern Ontario. “This is an unprecedented commitment from the OMA to health care in Northern Ontario,” says Dr. Sarita Verma, NOSM Dean, President and CEO. “Our health-care system was ...
Read More »East Algoma OPP – Arrest made in Sky Sagassige’s death
Members from the Manitoulin Detachment Crime Unit of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), under the direction of the OPP’s Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB), have made an arrest in connection with the death of 18 year-old Sky SAGASSIGE from Sables-Spanish River Township. On June 12, 2021 at approximately 12:49 a.m., officers from the Manitoulin Detachment of the OPP responded to a ...
Read More »Algoma and Triple M Metal Establish Metals Sourcing Joint Venture
Algoma Steel Group Inc., a leading Canadian producer of hot and cold rolled steel sheet and plate products, today announced that it has entered into a joint venture with Triple M Metal LP, one of North America’s largest privately-owned ferrous and non-ferrous metal recycling companies, establishing a jointly owned company known as ATM Metals Inc. The new entity will source ...
Read More »Apprendre les mathématiques grâce aux hippopotames affamés
Quand Mme Monique Grendron, enseignante à l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa), a premièrement vu le jeu Hungry Hungry Hippos, elle savait qu’elle devait l’intégrer, d’une façon ou d’une autre, dans sa salle de classe. Motivée à permettre aux élèves d’apprendre en s’amusant, elle a donc modifié la version originale de ce jeu d’hippopotames affamés afin de créer une version qui met de ...
Read More »Learning math with the support of Hungry Hungry Hippos
When Ms. Monique Grendron, teacher at École Saint-Joseph (Wawa), first saw the game Hungry Hungry Hippos, she knew she had to integrate it, one way or another, in her classroom. Motivated to make it easy for students to learn while having fun, she modified the original version of the Hungry Hungry Hippo game to create a version that emphasizes ...
Read More »Monstrous recipe proves tasty!
As part of their French and science lessons, grade 4 students at École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) prepared a monstrous recipe that was simply delicious! Supported by their teacher, Mr. Éric Comtois, the students had the teacher-approved opportunity to eat spiders by following an original recipe in their reading book. To achieve this, they had to follow the steps listed in ...
Read More »Une recette monstrueuse et savoureuse!
Dans le cadre de leurs cours de français et de sciences, les élèves de la 4e année de l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa) ont préparé une recette monstrueuse qui était tout simplement délicieuse! Appuyé par leur enseignant, M. Éric Comtois, les élèves ont dégusté des araignées en suivant une recette originale dans leur cahier de lecture. Pour y arriver, ils devaient ...
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