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Starting today, all licensed convenience stores in Ontario can sell beer, cider, wine and ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages, marking the largest expansion of consumer choice and convenience in provincial alcohol sales since the end of prohibition almost 100 years ago. As of September 5, 4,187 convenience stores across Ontario are licensed to sell alcoholic beverages, in addition to nearly 3,000 other ...

À compter d’aujourd’hui, tous les dépanneurs titulaires d’un permis en Ontario peuvent vendre de la bière, du cidre, du vin et des boissons alcoolisées prêtes à boire. Il s’agit de la plus importante amélioration du choix et de la commodité pour les consommateurs dans le secteur de la vente d’alcool dans la province depuis la fin de la prohibition, il ...

It was a tragic Labour Day long weekend on and off the road, with two pedestrians, a motorcyclist and an off-road vehicle driver among the seven traffic fatalities that occurred in separate collisions in OPP jurisdictions. Throughout the weekend, the OPP did its part to keep travellers safe and hold accountable those who did not, with officers laying 9,143 traffic/marine ...

The Manitouwadge Fire Depatment Chief Ian Portigal has sent this PSA to Wawa-news. The Manitouwadge Fire Department would like to remind all citizens that school has begun this week. Please watch out for children and slow down in school zones. Also be aware that school busses are operating in the town. Please buckle up.    

Please join us for The  Celebration of Life for Kathleen “Kathy” Moore at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #429 on Saturday, September 14, 2024. Kathleen (Kathy) Margaret (Woods) Moore in her 87th year, at the Ottawa General Hospital, on Monday, August 5th, 2024. Beloved wife of the love of her life, of 68 years, William (Bill). Loving mother of Billy ...

The Wawa Public Library’s summer program culminated with our Pizza Party and of course our draws for the winner of the tablets, Leap Pads and the Candy Jar. It’s been a blast and we are sad to see it end but now it’s time to prep for the Afterschool program that will be starting in October! Once again, a huge ...

David Piccini, ministre du Travail, de l’Immigration, de la Formation et du Développement des compétences, a fait la déclaration suivante à l’occasion de la fête du Travail : « Aujourd’hui, en ce jour de la fête du Travail, nous rendons hommage aux travailleurs qui bâtissent notre province et propulsent notre économie. Vous êtes le pilier de l’Ontario et la force ...

David Piccini, Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, issued the following statement to mark Labour Day: “Today on Labour Day, we honour the workers who build our province and power our economy. You are the backbone of Ontario and the driving force behind our collective success. Under Premier Doug Ford, our government has an ambitious plan to build ...

The Sault Ste Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is set to conduct patrols for Labour Day Long Weekend (August 30, 2024, to September 2, 2024). The OPP will be taking a combined approach of education and focused enforcement during the initiative. Officers will increase public compliance with traffic laws relating to the “Big Four” causal factors in ...

Aug 26, 2024 at 17:40 On August 21, 2024, Thessalon Detachment was closed to the public due to pavement resurfacing. The East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Thessalon Detachment’s is now accessible to the public. Thank you for your patience during these past few days. Aug 21, 2024 at 15:51 The East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Thessalon Detachment’s main ...

Three individuals are facing drug charges following a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrant in the Town of Marathon. On August 21, 2024, at approximately 12:00 p.m., members of the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit, with assistance from the Emergency Response Team and Marathon OPP Detachment executed a CDSA search warrant at a residence ...

In April 2024, the North Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Crime Unit began an investigation after receiving information regarding human trafficking of a female victim. Through a combined effort with the OPP’s Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHT) and the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), one person has been arrested and is facing criminal charges beyond human trafficking. A 56-year-old of ...

On August 21, 2024, at approximately 8:00 a.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint of a possible impaired driver travelling eastbound on Highway 17 from the Town of Iron Bridge. At approximately 8:30 a.m., police observed the eastbound car and conducted a traffic stop on Highway 17 east of the Town ...

MPP Michael Mantha made the following statement in response to the Ontario government’s announcement on consumption and treatment services (CTS) sites: “Throughout Algoma-Manitoulin, and across Northern Ontario, we continue to experience devastatingly high numbers of opioid related overdoses and deaths. This is a crisis and has been a crisis for some time. The announcement by Minister Jones that the government ...

On August 20, 2024, the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was on patrol duties near Lakeside Drive and Stanley Street in the Town of Thessalon. At approximately 2:30 p.m., police observed a grey pick-up truck with no plates attached to the vehicle and initiated a traffic stop. The driver could not produce a valid driver’s licence and ...