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La Police provinciale de l’Ontario a achevé la construction de son nouveau monument commémorant le suicide, érigé devant les locaux abritant le Grand quartier général (GQG) de la Police provinciale à Orillia. Le monument commémoratif est ouvert au public et il est accessible à partir de la principale aire de stationnement en face du GQG. À travers ce monument, la ...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has completed construction of its new suicide memorial, located outside at the OPP General Headquarters (GHQ) in Orillia. The memorial is open to the public and can be accessed from the main parking lot at the front of GHQ. With this memorial, the OPP is honouring the lives of its officers who have died by ...

(ORILLIA, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to five road fatalities over the Thanksgiving long weekend while conducting enforcement on highways and roads in support of the annual, national Operation Impact campaign.   The OPP laid 6,026 charges during the four-day traffic safety initiative that focused on aggressive drivers, motorists under the influence of alcohol/drugs, inattentive/distracted drivers and ...

In-Person Worship Services will continue on October 17th, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. All are Welcome. Covid-19 protocols will be followed. More Good News! The UCW Thrift Shop will be held October 28, 29, 30 and November 1st (aka Bag Day). The last day to donate is October 23rd. Please, no electronics or large items of furniture.

Peacefully at the F.J. Davey Home in Sault Ste. Marie, with her daughters by her side. Beloved wife of the late Bud Nelson. Loving mother of Lori Nelson and Joni Nelson (Tony DeAgazio). Proud Nannie of Ellen and Benjamin, Josh and Nicole. Devoted daughter of the late Murray and Nellie MacAulay. Dear sister of Douglas MacAulay (Chris Ljungkull) and Lynn ...

With public health and health care indicators remaining stable or improving, the government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, is cautiously lifting capacity limits in select indoor and outdoor settings where proof of vaccination is required, as well as certain outdoor settings that have a capacity below 20,000. This gradual and incremental approach will continue to help ...

Nominations are now open for Strive Young Professionals Group’s (YPG) fifth annual Algoma Visionary Awards (AVA). Strive YPG is looking to recognize 17 young professionals across the Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma region, for their efforts to achieve greatness in leadership, community engagement, professional achievement, volunteerism and mentoring in the community. There are two categories to nominate a young professional: ...

In October we all start doing our jobs as the Poppy Campaign will start on Friday 29th October. Our Poppy Chair Comrade Larry has secured the Arena and part of the ice surface for Remembrance Day Service on November 11th. Our next Legion Membership Meeting will be on October 14th at 7:00 p.m. So far the attendance at the lounge ...

In-Person Worship Services will continue on October 10th, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. All are welcome. Covid-19 protocols will be followed. In more good news; we are now accepting donations with hopes of a Thrift Shop in the Fall. The date will be announced later. Please, no electronics or large items of furniture.

In a historic moment, the 21 First Nations of the Robinson-Huron Treaty are calling on Canada and Ontario to engage in honorable negotiations to fulfill their treaty obligations.   Representatives of the Robinson-Huron Treaty territories delivered the signed petition to the office of the Governor General of Canada and the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. The petition calls on the Governments ...

The Ontario government is providing more than $46 million to support 648 non-profit tourism, culture, sport and recreation organizations experiencing significant financial pressures due to COVID-19. Funding is being delivered through the Community Building Fund’s Operating stream to help these non-profits operate their facilities so they can provide much-needed programs and services in their communities. Details were provided today by ...

I have never been one to boast of any scholarly degrees or traits of any description. Instead, I profess to be nothing more or less than the people I live next door to or meet on the street every day. But, of course, my job requires that I read a heck of a lot of reports, legal documents, letters, newspapers ...

Fire Prevention Week runs from October 3-9 and the fire departments throughout Ontario are urging everyone to Get Loud! and “Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety™”. By law, every home in Ontario must have a working smoke alarm on every storey and outside all sleeping areas however, too often fatal fires in Ontario occur in homes where there were no ...

The Ontario government is celebrating 15 outstanding seniors for their exceptional contributions to their communities and to the province. “Congratulations to this year’s Ontario Senior Achievement Awards recipients,” said the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. “Seniors across the province have felt most directly the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and it is a delight to be able to ...

The Federal Court has upheld decisions by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in the matter of Attorney General of Canada v. First Nations Child and Family Caring Society et al. The Federal Court dismissed Canada’s judicial review of two key aspects of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decisions: who is a First Nations child under Jordan’s Principle, and whether compensation ...