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Bhutila Karpoche, Parkdale—High Park MPP and Ontario NDP critic for Mental Health and Addictions, has tabled a bill calling for the provincial government to review maternal mental health in Ontario and develop and implement an action plan. The bill was inspired by the outpouring of responses Karpoche received after speaking in the Ontario legislature about the struggles moms face after ...

  Do you ever wonder if you are getting all of those germs off your hands when you are washing them? Well the students in the Kindergarten class at Sir James Dunn found out first hand where those sneaky germs like to hide! We had a visit from Mrs. Gauthier and Mrs. Burgoyne who are nurses at the Algoma Public ...

Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health, confirmed four new positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Ontario to 15. Of these, the first three cases in the province are all resolved, with each of those patients having two consecutive negative tests at least 24 hours apart. The latest confirmed positive case is a ...

Time to Change your Clocks and the Batteries in all Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms Clocks will spring forward one hour at 2am on March 8 and the Wawa Fire Department is recommending residents install new batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide alarms when they change their clocks. “In order for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms to do their job, they need to have ...

Weather – Mainly cloudy. Flurries beginning this morning. Risk of freezing drizzle late this morning and this afternoon. Local blowing snow late this morning and this afternoon. Local amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50. Temperature falling to minus 3 this afternoon. Wind chill near minus 10. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – A ...

Weather – Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries and risk of freezing drizzle. Wind becoming southeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High plus 1. Wind chill minus 16 this morning. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Cloudy. 70 percent chance of drizzle or freezing drizzle changing to 70 percent chance of freezing drizzle this evening. ...

Weather – Clearing this morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 5. Wind chill minus 23 this morning and minus 9 this afternoon. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Clear. Becoming partly cloudy this evening. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 18. Wind chill minus 13 this evening and minus 25 overnight. News Tidbits – The Bantam ...

Team Rank Wins G.P. TERRIS, Tom 1 12 14 McCOY, Joe 2 10 15 HOFFMANN, Jim 3 9 15 KLOCKARS, Anna Lisa 4 7 13 BUCKELL, Chris 5 6 14 HALL, Dave 5 6 13 LESCHISHIN, Mark 7 5 15 TURMELLE, Katherine 8 1 13 The date of the next games will be determined once the work on the Condenser ...

Today, Friday, February 28th, 2020, Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, issued the following statement in response to OECTA’s announced one-day, province-wide strike: “Strikes by the teachers’ unions have resulted in millions of student days lost. This week, while in discussions with OECTA, we sought to get a deal that is in the best interests of our students through lower class ...

Today, Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health, confirmed a new positive case of COVID-19 in Toronto, the seventh case in Ontario. After arriving in Toronto on February 25, 2020, a man in his 50s presented himself at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre’s emergency department on February 26, 2020 with a travel history to Iran. The established infection prevention and control ...

Throughout history, keen skywatchers would follow the weekly and monthly movement of bright objects against the background sky. The early Greeks referred to the planets of our solar system as the “wanderers” and there are five which can be seen and followed with the unaided eye. The planet Venus is now seen high in the western sky shortly after sunset. ...

Yes we have good news because on Friday from 7.00 pm till 9.00 pm. we will have a open house at Legion Hall to show off our new Lift for those who have difficulty using the stairs. So everyone and come out to see what has happened when a community comes together and help raising funds for a good cause. ...

Peacefully at home, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, in his 74th year.  Beloved husband of Donna (nee Harris) and the late Marilyn (nee Wortman).  Loving father of the late Steven, Jana (James) Lutes, Andrea (Evan) Douglas and step-father of John (Lianne) Doiron and Ashley (Doug Cotter) Doiron.  Cherished grandpa of Grace, Jack, Cove, Carter, Emery, Quinten Roderick, Maira and Marnie. ...

August 31, 1935 – February 25, 2020 Paul passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Tuesday February 25, 2020.  Beloved husband of 61 years to Carmelita “Carmen” Tait. Loving father to Andre Begin (Michelle), Irene Etheridge (Len), Paula Valois (Bill), Natalie Matheson (John), John Tait (Tracy), and Lita Deshotel (Terry).  Much loved Grandpa & Papa to Natalie ...

Weather – Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries early this morning. Periods of light snow beginning this morning. Amount 2 cm. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to 40. High minus 13. Wind chill minus 30 this morning and minus 22 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Periods of snow. Amount 2 to 4 ...