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Every Canadian deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. The governments of Canada and Ontario are working together to deliver new affordable rental housing units in Thunder Bay. The joint funding of $750,000 will be delivered through the Ontario Priorities Housing Initiative (OPHI) and ensure more people have access to stable, affordable housing in their community. Marcus Powlowski, ...

Tous les Canadiens méritent un chez-soi sûr et abordable. Les gouvernements du Canada et de l’Ontario collaborent à la création de nouveaux logements locatifs abordables à Thunder Bay. Le financement conjoint de 750 000 $ sera versé dans le cadre de l’Initiative liée aux priorités de l’Ontario en matière de logement (IPLO) et permettra de veiller à ce qu’un plus ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario accorde une subvention de plus de 550 000 $ pour aider à créer des logements sécuritaires et abordables pour les femmes autochtones et leurs enfants à Sault Ste. Marie. Les fonds sont versés par l’entremise du Fonds de secours pour les services sociaux en vue de venir en aide aux femmes qui fuient la violence familiale ...

The Ontario government is providing over $550,000 to help create safe and affordable housing for Indigenous women and their children in Sault Ste. Marie. The funding is being delivered through the Social Services Relief Fund and will support women fleeing domestic violence who are homeless or at risk of homelessness during COVID-19. “Our government understands how important it is that ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario prend des mesures en vue de faciliter et de rendre plus sûrs le processus de vote et l’inscription de candidats, et de protéger les élections provinciales contre toute influence et ingérence extérieures. La Loi de 2021 sur la protection des élections en Ontario, si elle est adoptée, contribuera à protéger les élections contre diverses menaces, dont ...

The Ontario government is taking steps to make it easier and safer for people to vote, become a candidate and protect provincial elections against outside influence and interference. The Protecting Ontario Elections Act, 2021 would, if passed, help guard against threats such as the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, under-regulated third-party advertising, irregular campaign spending and collusion. “We strongly ...

On Wednesday, February 24, 2021, Lia Veldt celebrated her 93rd birthday and Nick and Lia Veldt celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary. Since birthday and wedding anniversary celebrations are not possible during the current COVID-19 pandemic, Mr. & Mrs. Veldt have decided to make a donation of $1,000 to the LDHC Foundation as a way to mark these special occasions. What ...

  Cette année, les élèves de l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa) ont participé au concours annuel des affiches du Jour du souvenir de la Légion. Sous la direction de M. Kirk Whitlock, enseignant à l’élémentaire, et de Mme Annette Lytwenko, enseignante au secondaire, les élèves ont élaboré et créé de magnifiques affiches en noir et blanc et en couleurs. Parmi les gagnants, ...

  This year, students from École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) entered the Legion’s Remembrance Day Poster Contest. Under the guidance of elementary school teacher Kirk Whitlock and high school teacher Annette Lytwenko, the students developed and created beautiful black and white and colour posters. Among the winners were ten students from Saint-Joseph school!   The following students from ES Saint-Joseph claimed the ...

White River Forest Products Ltd. is committed to growing local communities and has generously donated $4,000 to the LDHC Foundation on February 16th, 2021 raising their total donations to $5,000. Thank you to White River Forest Products Ltd. for supporting health care services at the local area hospital. For more information about the Foundation or how to donate today contact ...

Congratulations to Steven Cook, winner of Week 24 of the Foundation’s Catch the Ace Lottery! The Foundation is happy to announce that the progressive jackpot continues to grow; it sits at $27,075 as Week 25 begins.   Here are the final numbers for week #24:   Weekly Pot: $1,646 Progressive Pot: $27,075   Winner: Steven Cook Envelope #14, 4 of ...

On April 14, 2021, Workplace Safety North (WSN) expects to host 500 online attendees at its annual Mining Health and Safety Conference.   The event brings together Ontario’s mining industry to share knowledge and innovations regarding safety programs and hazards specific to mining.   Usually the three-day in-person Sudbury event is sold out, but this year the conference is being ...

NEW BOOKS ON THE 7 DAY SHELF this week are; “The Cookbook Club” by Beth Harbison, “Pretty Little Wife” by Darby Kane, “Hush-Hush” by Stuart Woods and the non-fiction book titled “The Last Days of John Lennon” by James Patterson. STAFF PICK OF THE WEEK: Our Staff Pick of the Week this week is “Crimson Lake” by Candice Fox. How ...

Although we cannot meet for Worship together you may like to read the Scriptures for 28 February 2021- Lent 2 Genesis 17: 1-7, 15-16 The covenant between Abram, Sarai & God. Psalm 22: 23-31            You have not hidden your face, O God. Romans 4: 13-25            God’s promise rests on grace & faith. Mark 8: 31-38                Those who lose their life ...

The Ontario Maple Syrup Producers’ Association (OMSPA) is disappointed to announce that Maple Weekend has been cancelled for 2021. The event, which takes place the first weekend of April each year, sees more than 15,000 visitors visit participating sugarbushes in Ontario.   “We are very sorry to cancel Maple Weekend for the second year in a row,” said OMSPA president ...