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The Ontario government has released its first-ever Provincial Emergency Management Strategy and Action Plan, helping to ensure Ontarians are prepared for and safe during future emergencies like cyber security threats, pandemics or natural disasters. The plan, the first of its kind in Canada, sets a foundation for emergency management in Ontario and builds on lessons learned from past emergencies including ...

Passed away peacefully at the Lady Dunn Health Centre on Friday, February 3, 2023 at the age of 87 years. Beloved husband of the late Sheila Lobban. Dear father of Robert “Robbie” (Pamela) and the late Ian Lobban. Awesome grandfather of Samantha Boyce (Mike Boyce), Stephanie McNutt (Michael McNutt) and Thomas Dell (Jocelyn Sager). Proud great grandfather of Sierra and ...

  Mayor Melanie Pilon recently attended the ROMA Conference in Toronto along with Mayors and Councillors from White River, Hornepayne, Chapleau and Dubreuilville to take part in delegation meetings with several provincial ministries to ensure issues of importance to Wawa and the Superior East Region were brought to the attention of government representatives.   Mayor Pilon, supported by the Superior ...

June 9, 1936 – January 29, 2023 Surrounded by love and with his immediate family by his side, Dr. Arthur Severino Berdusco, 86, of Orillia passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 29, 2023, at the Toronto Western Hospital due to complications from a stroke suffered only days earlier. Arthur (“Art”) was the son of Palmira (Amadio) and Severino Berdusco, both ...

  On January 26th Cindy Jozin from Green Cabin Pottery joined the Clay Club at the library as she led the children in making a very beautiful heart pocket! The kids were able to get their hands into the clay, rolling it out, wetting it down, using a shape cutter, using a patterned roller to decorate and then molding their ...

On January 28, 2023, at approximately 10:27 a.m., members of the Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment, Terrace Bay Fire Services, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a report of a serious two-vehicle collision on Highway 17, west of the Steel River Bridge. The collision involved a passenger motor vehicle and a commercial motor vehicle (CMV). A 64-year-old individual ...

Les lecteurs se souviennent peut-être d’enfance avec cette citation du film classique de 1939 Le Magicien d’Oz. La ligne vient de la scène où Dorothy, Lion, Scarecrow et Tin Man ont un commun avec la tête flottante géante d’apparence puissante. Le groupe s’est senti éclipsé et dépassé en parlant au sorcier tout sage et puissant. Ils étaient si craintifs et ...

Readers may have to search their childhood memories to recall this movie quotation. It is a line from the 1939 classic children’s movie The Wizard of Oz. The line comes from the scene where Dorothy, Lion, Scarecrow, and Tin Man have an audience with the powerful-looking, giant floating head. The foursome felt dwarfed and overwhelmed speaking to the all-wise and ...

La Banque de l’infrastructure du Canada (BIC) et Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg (anciennement la Première Nation de Pic Mobert) ont finalisé leur entente en vertu de laquelle la BIC prête 7,9 millions de dollars pour l’infrastructure essentielle requise pour l’aménagement commercial et résidentiel qui améliorera le niveau de vie dans la réserve. Le financement de la BIC permet la construction d’environ un kilomètre ...

The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) and Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg (formerly Pic Mobert First Nation) have finalized their agreement for the CIB to lend $7.9 million towards critical infrastructure required for commercial and residential development that will improve living standards on reserve. The CIB’s financing enables the construction of approximately one kilometre of new road, the extension of water services tied into ...

The victim in the hit and run collision last Friday has been identified. Alicia FAULKNER, 36 years-of-age from Sault Ste Marie was pronounced deceased at the scene after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 17. Investigation has revealed that there were two good Samaritans that stopped to assist at the scene and police are asking them to contact the OPP. ...

On January 21, 2023, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) closed Highway 17 in both directions near Bruce Mines to investigate a fatal hit and run collision that occurred the evening prior. Shortly after 1:30 a.m., a car travelling westbound on Highway 17 approached the closure and drove past a fully marked police vehicle with its emergency lights activated ...

An individual from Chapleau is facing numerous charges after breaking into a local business. On January 21, 2023, at approximately 6:35 a.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a break and enter to a business on Monk Street in Chapleau. As a result of the investigation, Michael HANN, 44 ...

May 25, 1952 – January 16, 2023 Passed away at Caressant Care LTC in Harriston, ON peacefully in his sleep after a difficult struggle with dementia. Bob was born and raised in Elmira, ON and after retirement, he moved with his wife Irene to Wawa to be closer to his family. Bob was known for his hospitality and sociable nature. ...

A resident of Superior East is facing charges after their involvement in two separate incidents in one week. On January 16, 2023, at approximately 8:35 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to an assault on Churchill Avenue in Wawa. The suspect fled the scene prior to police arrival. On January 19, 2023, ...