Local & Area News

The Superior East CFDC has been busy over the past year offering Covid-19 programs as well as regular loans within the Superior East Region.  The Covid-19 programs include RRRF Loans, Post Covid Professional Services and Covid Safety Protocol Project programs.  The RRRF Loans of up to $60,000 are still available to local businesses until June 30, 2021.  The Post Covid ...

La SADC Supérieur Est fut très active au cours de la dernière année en offrant des programmes de soutien suite au Covid-19 ainsi que des prêts réguliers dans la région Supérieur Est.  Les programmes de soutien suite au Covid-19 comprennent des prêts FARR, l’Accès aux services professionnels suite au Covid-19 ainsi que des projets de protocole de sécurité Covid-19.  Les ...

The Ontario government is investing over $18 million to support the construction of a $25 million twin-pad arena in Sault Ste. Marie. The twin-pad arena will replace the existing single-pad arena at the McMeeken Arena, significantly increasing the square-footage and seating capacity inside the arena for the Sault Ste. Marie community. The Ontario government is investing in this multi-purpose infrastructure ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario investit plus de 18 millions de dollars pour contribuer à la construction d’une patinoire à deux surfaces d’un budget de 25 millions de dollars à Sault Ste. Marie. La patinoire à deux surfaces remplacera la patinoire à surface unique existante du McMeeken Arena, élargissant considérablement la surface de la glace et le nombre de sièges à ...

Weather – Fog Advisory Wawa – Nipigon,  there are areas of dense fog along the north shore of Lake Superior that continue this morning. Conditions will improve later in the morning. If travelling, be prepared for areas of near-zero visibility. If visibility is reduced while driving, turn on your lights and maintain a safe following distance. Clearing. Fog patches dissipating ...

May 31, 2021 at 21:46 At 9:93 this evening Environment Canada issued a Fog Advisory from Marathon to Schreiber. Tonight and into tomorrow morning, near zero visibility due to fog is expected. At this time there is fog patches at Marathon, Neys Provincial Park and Terrace Bay. Environment Canada warns, “If travelling, be prepared for areas of near-zero visibility. If ...

Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. has closed the previously announced sale of the Moss Lake Project to Goldshore Resources Inc. Wesdome received initial aggregate consideration of $57M, comprised of the following: Initial cash payment of $12.5 million; 30,085,000 Goldshore common shares acquired through Wesdome’s wholly-owned subsidiary Moss Lake Gold Mines Ltd. (“Moss Lake”), having a current aggregate value of $19.6 million ...

N1 Solutions Inc. (N1S) is excited to announce a contribution of $10,000 as a gold sponsor for 2021 with the Northern Ontario Angels (NOA). As an entrepreneurial company, N1S knows the importance of creating economic development opportunities and growing prosperity in Northern Ontario.   “We look forward to working with the team at NOA to provide entrepreneurs and innovative thinkers ...

Ontario is taking further action to protect long-term care home residents by becoming the first province in Canada to make it mandatory for homes to have COVID-19 immunization policies for staff and to set out the minimum requirements that need to be included in these policies. “Widespread vaccination within long-term care homes is the best way to protect residents, staff ...

L’Ontario prend de nouvelles mesures pour protéger les résidents des foyers de soins de longue durée en devenant la première province du Canada à rendre obligatoire l’adoption par les foyers de politiques d’immunisation contre la COVID-19 pour le personnel et à définir les exigences minimales qui doivent être incluses dans ces politiques. « La vaccination généralisée dans les foyers de ...

On May 29, 2021, shortly after 7:45 p.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) with the assistance of Manitoulin Crime Unit, the OPP’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) and the Mississauga First Nation Police service responded to a family dispute on Village Road in the community of Serpent River First Nation. After police investigation, it ...

On May 29, 2021, shortly after 1:30 p.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint of a westbound vehicle driving erratically on Highway 17 within the Township of the North Shore. Police observed the vehicle at a local gas station in the Town of Blind River and the car left ...

On May 27, 2021, shortly after 5:30 a.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a domestic dispute-related call. The victim reported being threatened and proceeded to leave a camp on foot, then later flagged down a passerby on Highway 17 in the Town of Spanish.   Investigation determined the camp on Beckerton ...

On May 16, 2021, shortly after 10:30 p.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a theft of a mobile phone on East Cul de Sac in the City of Elliot Lake. Investigation determined, an accused reached through a vehicle window and grabbed the phone from the rear passenger and ran into a ...

Greg Rickford, ministre des Affaires autochtones, a fait la déclaration suivante à la suite de la découverte des restes d’enfants autochtones dans un ancien pensionnat indien de Kamloops, en Colombie-Britannique : « Notre gouvernement, aux côtés de la chef régionale de l’Ontario Roseanne Archibald, a été choqué et attristé par la découverte des restes de 215 enfants sur l’ancien site ...