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Tbaytel has wrapped up its largest Tbaytel for Good Community Fund campaign ever with three $10,000 winners being announced Friday. More than 213,543 votes from May 31 to June 11 were cast for the three winners, who will now put a total of $30,000 to great use throughout northern Ontario. Out of respect for social distancing and community safety, the ...

Although we cannot meet for Worship together you may like to read the Scriptures for June 20th, 2021 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost. 1 Samuel 17:  1a, 4-11, 19-230, 32-49   David & Goliath.          or 1 Samuel 17: 57-18:5, 10-16                    David meets Saul & Jonathan Psalm 9: 9-20                            I will tell of God’s marvelous deeds     or Psalm 133                             It is ...

New books on the 7-Day Shelf this week are; “The Weekend Away” by Sarah Alderson, “The Good Sister” by Sally Hepworth, “Northern Spy” by Flynn Berry and “Broken Horses” by Brandi Carlile.   Our Staff Pick of the Week this week is “The Clockmaker’s Daughter” by Kate Morton. (from book jacket) My real name, no one remembers. The truth about ...

A person’s name is fundamental to who they are. Indigenous names are endowed with deep cultural meaning, and speak to Indigenous peoples’ presence on this land since time immemorial. Yet the impact of colonialism means that many Indigenous people’s names have not been recognized. Indigenous peoples have long fought to reclaim their Indigenous names and all that they signify. In ...

I learned long ago that one of the hardest thing to achieve and the very easiest to lose is respect.  Our parents, teachers and others who are involved in our personal development as a person start to teach us this lesson from an early age.  And in my mind, it is one of those lessons that is fundamentally true no ...

J’ai appris il y a longtemps que l’une des choses les plus difficiles à réaliser et les plus faciles à perdre est le respect. Nos parents, enseignants et autres personnes impliquées dans notre développement personnel commencent à nous enseigner cette leçon dès le plus jeune âge. Et dans mon esprit, c’est l’une de ces leçons qui est fondamentalement vraie, peu ...

Happy 50th Anniversary Lynn and Tina! Congratulations to both of you on reaching this milestone.  Wishing you both many more wonderful years of happiness together. Much love from your family and friends.

The Ontario government is making it easier for people to restart their careers and support their families through the creation of an integrated and seamless employment services system. The new system will combine employment programs from social assistance, such as Ontario Works Employment Assistance and Ontario Disability Support Program Employment Supports, into Employment Ontario. This modernized approach will ensure clients ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario permet aux gens de redémarrer plus facilement leur carrière et de soutenir leur famille grâce à la création d’un système de services d’emploi intégré et homogène. Le nouveau système regroupera les programmes d’emploi de l’aide sociale, comme l’aide à l’emploi du Programme Ontario au travail et le volet Soutien de l’emploi du Programme ontarien de soutien ...

Although we cannot meet for Worship together you may like to read the Scriptures for June 13th, the Third Sunday after Pentecost. 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13   David is anointed as King Psalm 20                       Trust not in horses or chariots, but in God. 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, (11-13), 14-17  Walk by faith, not by sight. Mark 4: 26-34            Parables of the growing seed ...

Based on the provincewide vaccination rate and continuing improvements in key public health and health system indicators, the Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, will move the province into Step One of its Roadmap to Reopen at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, June 11, 2021. “Thanks to the ongoing success of Team Ontario’s vaccine rollout and ...

Compte tenu du taux de vaccination à l’échelle de la province et de l’amélioration continue des indicateurs de santé publique et du système de santé, le gouvernement de l’Ontario, en consultation avec le médecin hygiéniste en chef, fera passer la province à la première phase de son Plan d’action pour le déconfinement le vendredi 11 juin 2021 à 0 h ...

What in this world could you say is more consistent than the passage of time?  Whenever I see a grandfather clock with its pendulum swinging, I can’t help but marvel at its ability to mark time as it passes with incredible consistency and accuracy.  Despite the fact that clocks are an invention of man and the technology is centuries old, ...

Qu’y a-t-il de plus cohérent que le passage du temps ? Chaque fois que je vois une horloge grand-père avec son pendule oscillant, je ne peux m’empêcher de m’émerveiller de sa capacité à marquer le temps qui passe avec une cohérence et une précision incroyable. Malgré le fait que les horloges soient une invention de l’homme et que la technologie ...

Although we cannot meet for Worship together you may like to read the Scriptures for June 6th, 2021, Second Sunday after Pentecost 1 Samuel 8:4-11, (12-15), 16-20; (11:14-15) Appoint a king for Israel . Psalm 138                           I praise God with all my heart. 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1    Our inner nature is renewed day by day. Mark 3:13-5:1                    Who gives power to ...