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2019 November December # Team 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 1 BONITZKE, Wendy 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 MATHIAS, Dannette 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 LESCHISHIN, Barb 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 TAVELLA, Debbie 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 SPENCER, Diane 0 1 1 1 1 ...

Taras Natyshak, the Official Opposition’s Ethics and Accountability critic, is calling on Elections Ontario to investigate whether Treasury Board President Peter Bethlenfalvy breached the Election Finances Act by failing to fully report his 2018 campaign expenses. The breach came to light after a worker on his 2018 election campaign had to go to Ontario’s Ministry of Labour to collect unpaid ...

Confederation College celebrated and recognized the accomplishments of 211 students from its Academic Upgrading program with a formal ceremony (February 20th, 2020). Students were presented with certificates, awards and bursaries in recognition of their completion of academic upgrading courses. Twelve students received Academic and Career Entrance (ACE) certificates, provincially recognized as a Grade 12 equivalent.   “We are extremely proud ...

TERRIS, Tom 1 12 14 McCOY, Joe 2 9 13 HOFFMANN, Jim 3 8 14 BUCKELL, Chris 4 6 13 KLOCKARS, Anna Lisa 4 6 12 HALL, Dave 6 5 12 LESCHISHIN, Mark 6 5 14 TURMELLE, Katherine 8 1 12 The next games are Thursday, February 27th at 7:00 p.m. Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 TURMELL ...

Weather – Becoming a mix of sun and cloud this morning. 40 percent chance of flurries late this afternoon. Local blowing snow early this morning. Wind southwest 30 km/h gusting to 60. High zero. Wind chill minus 10 this morning. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries and risk of freezing drizzle. ...

Feb 20, 2020 at 14:40 Today, Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, issued the following statement in response to tomorrow’s strike action by the four teachers’ unions (OSSTF, ETFO, OECTA, AEFO): “Your child should be in class; they should not be the casualty of union-led escalation. The focus of union leaders ought to be on negotiating a deal that keeps students ...

Weather – Mainly sunny. Increasing cloudiness near noon then a few flurries. Local blowing snow late this afternoon. Local amount 2 cm. Wind becoming southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 this afternoon. High minus 8. Wind chill minus 36 this morning and minus 16 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Flurries. Local blowing snow. ...

Team Rank Wins GP TERRIS, Tom 1 11 13 FAHRER, Tom 1 11 14 LESCHISHIN, Mark 3 9 14 McCOY, Joe 4 6 14 MITRIKAS, Erik 4 6 14 RODY Ron 6 5 14 TERRIS, Travis – ESC 7 4 14 BUMSTEAD, Aaron 8 3 13 Next games are Monday, February 24th, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.   Ice 1 Ice ...

  For Valentine’s Day, JK and Kindergarten students in Ms. Samantha’s class at École Saint Nom de Jésus (Hornepayne) hosted a little party for their parents. During this celebration, parents were able to taste cookies that the children prepared in the morning, as well as to dip marshmallows in melted chocolate so that they could be decorated with candies. Yum, ...

  Pour le jour de la Saint-Valentin, les élèves de maternelle/jardin de Mme Samantha à l’école Saint Nom de Jésus (Hornepayne) ont préparé une petite fête pour leurs parents. Durant la fête, les parents ont pu déguster des biscuits que les enfants ont préparés le matin, ainsi que de tremper des guimauves dans du chocolat fondu pour pouvoir les décorer ...

The congregation welcomes everyone to Worship at First United Church.  Services are held on Sunday at 11:00 a.m.  If anyone has a question or concern please leave a message on the answering machine at the Church 705-856-2926. Sun.       Feb.    23    Annual Meeting – First  United  Church                   ALL Members & Adherents are encouraged to attend & discuss the Annual Report & offer your ...

New books on the 7- Day Shelf this week are: “Moral Compass” by Danielle Steel, “Treason” by Stuart Woods and “The River Murders” by James Patterson and James O. Born. Staff Picks for the month of February are: “Texas Ranger” by James Patterson, “Fractured” by Karin Slaughter, “Boy, Snow, Bird” by Helen Oyeyemi and this week’s feature is “The 100” by ...

MPP Jennifer French, NDP critic for Transportation and Highways, said Doug Ford needs to tell Ontarians how he’s going to handle the licence plate problem he created. The new PC Party blue plates are under review because they can’t be read under some lighting conditions, but the existing white ones are being sent back to the manufacturer to be destroyed. ...

  Constable Tremblay came to visit the Kindergarten students at Sir James Dunn recently to tell us all about his job as a police officer. Of course the main interest was the cool items on his belt that he uses for his job everyday. Constable Tremblay brought us pictures of everything that he carries with him like his radio, baton, ...

The Doug Ford government is gutting OW and ODSP employment services with its new scheme to contract out the program to multinational companies — one of which is a for-profit corporation — and the Ontario NDP is worried that will mean fewer Ontarians successfully supported into the job or program that’s best for them. “Today, municipalities and District Social Services ...