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L’Unité des enquêtes spéciales de la province mène une enquête sur les circonstances entourant la mort d’une personne survenue ce matin dans le canton de Chapleau, dans le nord-est de l’Ontario. Les renseignements préliminaires suggèrent ce qui suit : Le 20 janvier 2022, dans la soirée, des agents de la Police provinciale de l’Ontario se sont rendus dans une résidence ...

The Ontario government has created a locally-based task force in Northern Ontario that will focus on transportation needs and opportunities in the region. The Northern Task Force, made up of community-based leaders, will examine ways to make it easier for people and goods to travel, while boosting economic growth in the North. “Our government understands that Northern Ontario has unique ...

The Ontario government is providing $375.6 million to help 107 municipalities across the province operate and improve local transit. The funding is being delivered through the Gas Tax program and can be used to extend service hours, buy transit vehicles, add routes, improve accessibility or upgrade infrastructure. “Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen how critical public transit is for ...

June 3, 1937 – December 30, 2021 Frank Ward LeFeuvre was born to Mildred and Frank LeFeuvre in Toronto, Ontario on June 3rd, 1937. On August 4, 1956 he married his beloved Barbara LeFeuvre (nee Bullard) and the LeFeuvre Family was formed. Father to Randy (Donna), Michel (Tom), and Rob (Shelia), brother of Donna, uncle and father figure to his ...

The Wawa Fire Department was called to a residence at Hillcrest Heights just before 4 p.m. today. Algoma EMS also responded, and an individual was taken to Lady Dunn Health Center for smoke inhalation. Residents in neighbouring units were evacuated as a precautionary measure as the fire was extinguished. Firefighters left at about 5:45 p.m. It appears that there may ...

With key public health and health care indicators starting to show signs of improvement, the Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, today released details of steps to cautiously and gradually ease public health measures, starting on January 31, 2022. “The evidence tells us that the measures we put in place to blunt transmission of Omicron ...

The Invasive Species Centre (ISC) is excited to launch the 2022 Microgrants For Invasive Species Education, Community Action, And Management Planning In Ontario. Individuals, groups, or organizations in Ontario (e.g., municipalities, Indigenous communities, and organizations, non-profit or charitable groups, schools and school boards, clubs, and associations) can apply for a microgrant, towards a one-time, small size education, community action, or ...

  Saint Paul-based National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation (the Foundation) has released a new documentary film, “Return of the Wolves: Lessons from the Wilderness,” and corresponding educational lesson plans for classrooms, distance learners, and homeschooled students. The film shows dramatic footage of wolf captures and wolves teaming up to form new packs, following researchers as they develop the science ...

This week’s New Books are “The Dark Hours” by Michael Connelly, “The Becoming” by Nora Roberts, “Never” by Ken Follett, “Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone” by Diana Gabaldon and “Will” by Will Smith. Our Staff Pick of the Week is “Big Little Lies” by Liane Moriarty. From the book jacket: A murder…A tragic accident…Or just parents behaving ...

On January 18, 2022, at approximately 3:50 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to the report of a serious motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 near the Sand River. The investigation revealed that a northbound sport utility vehicle (SUV) struck a northbound plow truck. The driver of the SUV, Douglas HUNT, 76 years-of-age, ...

On January 12, 2022, at approximately 1:04 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a threats occurrence involving two youth in Wawa. As a result of the investigation, a 17-year-old, from Wawa, was arrested and charged with the following: Uttering Threats – Cause death or Bodily Harm, contrary to section 264.1(1)(a) of ...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has released data that points to a continued disregard for the warnings associated with recurring causes and factors in snowmobile fatalities. Over the past 10 years, driving too fast for the conditions has been the leading cause of OPP-investigated snowmobile deaths. Alcohol/drugs were a factor in almost half of the fatalities. Forty per cent of ...

Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy has announced the launch of 2022 Budget consultations and encouraged Ontarians to share their ideas for making Ontario the best place to build a career, a family and a future. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the government engaged people and businesses in a series of consultations to help inform the Province’s ongoing response to fight this ...

le ministre des Finances, Peter Bethlenfalvy, et annoncé le lancement des consultations sur le budget de 2022, encourageant les Ontariennes et Ontariens à faire part de leurs idées pour faire de l’Ontario le meilleur endroit où faire carrière, fonder une famille et bâtir son avenir. Tout au long de la pandémie de COVID-19, le gouvernement a sollicité la participation de ...

Well, here we are in 2022.  At this point last year, many of us were really hoping that by this time, we’d be leaps and bounds ahead of where we are today.  We are still struggling with a pandemic that has affected just about every aspect of our lives.  And you know what, that’s a good thing that we did ...