Local & Area News

Peggy Sattler, NDP MPP for London West, released the following statement in response to the government’s announcement on paid sick days: “It’s cruel for Doug Ford to keep stringing workers along months at a time, never giving them enough paid sick days. At this point, he’s offered a maximum of three days to last a full three years. What happens ...

NDP Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa, critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations, will travel to Edmonton to meet Pope Francis on a Papal Visit to the former Residential School in Maskwacis. Mamakwa will carry with him a birchbark scroll with the testimony of other survivors calling for the revocation of the Doctrine of Discovery. Mamakwa released the following statement: “This visit ...

As of 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 28, 2022, parents and caregivers of children aged six months to under five years will be able to book appointments for the paediatric COVID-19 vaccine. Immunocompromised youth aged 12 to 17 will also become eligible to schedule their second booster dose (fifth dose) if at least six months have passed since their first ...

Dès 8 h le jeudi 28 juillet 2022, les parents et tuteurs d’enfants âgés de six mois à moins de cinq ans pourront prendre rendez-vous pour l’administration du vaccin pédiatrique contre la COVID-19. Les jeunes immunodéprimés âgés de 12 à 17 ans deviendront également admissibles à la prise de rendez-vous pour leur deuxième dose de rappel (cinquième dose) s’il s’est ...

The familiar sound of a passenger train can once again be heard in areas of Northern Ontario that are served by VIA Rail Canada. The Crown corporation officially restored passenger rail services to pre-pandemic levels after more than two years of on-again, off-again, limited or indefinitely suspended train schedules. Life appears to have returned to normal … at least for ...

Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Fog Advisory Today – A mix of sun and cloud with 60% chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h this afternoon. High 20. Humidex 25. UV index 8 or very high. Tonight – Partly cloudy with 60% chance of showers this evening and after midnight. Becoming ...

NDP Municipal Affairs critic Jeff Burch released the following statement on behalf of the Official Opposition as cabinet deliberates a scheme to give the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa more unilateral powers: “Why did Premier Doug Ford keep his Strong Mayor plan secret throughout the campaign? Why won’t he consult municipalities or the people they represent? It’s baffling that Ford ...

Algoma Steel Group Inc. announced today, July 20th, 2022 that the Company has reached a tentative agreement for a new labour contract with United Steelworkers (“USW”) Local 2724, the union representing its technical, professional and front-line supervisory employees. The current collective agreement expires July 31, 2022. Ratification votes are scheduled for July 21st through July 25th, 2022. The Company will ...

Wikwemikong Tribal Police and NOSM University researchers are working together to develop a culturally-based, trauma-informed policing approach for Indigenous police services. This project has received $1,120,500 in funding from the Province of Ontario’s community safety and policing grant. This initiative aims to improve community resilience related to the risk of addictions and human trafficking, train officers to better respond to ...

Le Service de police tribale de Wikwemikong et des chercheurs de l’Université de l’EMNO collaborent pour concevoir une approche policière autochtone qui tient compte de la culture et des traumatismes. Cette initiative a reçu une Subvention pour la sécurité communautaire et les services policiers du gouvernement de l’Ontario de 1 120 500 $. L’initiative vise à améliorer la résilience communautaire concernant le ...

Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Fog Advisory Today – Showers ending this morning then cloudy with 40% chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Amount 10 to 15 mm. High 18 with temperature falling to 12 this afternoon. UV index 5 or moderate. Tonight – Cloudy with 60% chance of showers. Risk of ...

The Official Opposition NDP says it is unbelievably callous and dangerous for the Doug Ford Conservatives to have shortchanged health care by $1.8 billion as the province grapples with a rash of ER closures amid an ongoing staffing crisis. In a report released today, the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario revealed that the Ford government withheld $1.8 billion earmarked for ...

NDP Poverty and Homelessness Reduction critic Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West—Nepean) says skyrocketing food bank use underscores the need for government action to address poverty and the affordability crisis in Ontario. “Ontarians are finding it harder and harder to put food on the table for their families. Each month, thousands of people are turning to food banks for the first time ...

Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Today – Mainly cloudy. 40% chance of showers this afternoon with risk of a thunderstorm. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 23. Humidex 31. UV index 7 or high. Tonight – Mainly cloudy. 40% chance of showers this evening. Showers beginning near midnight. Risk of a thunderstorm this evening and overnight. Amount 10 ...

Monday, July 18, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Today – A mix of sun and cloud. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h this morning. High 20. Humidex 25. UV index 8 or very high. Tonight – Partly cloudy. 30% chance of showers this evening with risk of a thunderstorm. Fog patches developing after midnight. Low 12.   COVID Statistics: Algoma Public Health ...