Northern Ontario

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh continued to call on Justin Trudeau’s Liberals to immediately take action to help Laurentian University, their staff, students and the wider community. The University that has given generations of francophones, Indigenous and working-class youth access to quality education is being ripped apart and it will have devastating impacts in Northern Ontario. “People in Northern Ontario depend ...

Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes says the loss of the midwife program at Laurentian University is a blow to the north that will increase health care costs and send students away from the region. Hughes raised the issue in the House of Commons after Laurentian slashed the midwife program under the auspices of the federal Companies Creditor Arrangement Act (CCAA) earlier ...

La députée d’Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, Carol Hughes, affirme que la perte du programme de sages-femmes à l’Université Laurentienne est un coup dur pour le Nord qui augmentera les coûts des soins de santé et éloignera les étudiants de la région. Hughes a soulevé la question à la Chambre des communes après que la Laurentienne ait sabré dans le programme des sages-femmes sous ...

EACOM Timber Corporation is pleased to announce an investment of $8.9M to equip its Elk Lake sawmill with a new, state-of-the art continuous dry kiln (CDK). Expected to be fully operational by early fall, the CDK will allow for continuous drying of lumber, reducing production bottlenecks and energy consumption. This will be the second such installation for EACOM, the first ...

Special weather statement in effect for: Geraldton – Longlac – Caramat Manitouwadge – Hornepayne Rain, at times heavy, is expected today through Thursday for Manitouwadge & Hornepayne. A slow-moving area of low pressure over the central United States will bring an extended period of rain to parts of northern Ontario. Because the ground is still frozen, there may be more ...

La santé et la sécurité des élèves et des employés demeurent la priorité du Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon. Sur les conseils de Santé publique Sudbury et districts, les écoles élémentaires et secondaires du Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon dans le Grand Sudbury, Sudbury Est et Espanola demeureront fermées jusqu’au vendredi 9 avril 2021. La semaine suivante, soit du lundi 12 au ...

The health and safety of students and employees remain CSC Nouvelon’s top priority. On the advice of public Health Sudbury & Districts, all elementary and secondary schools from the Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon located in Sudbury East, Greater Sudbury and Espanola will remain closed until Friday, April 9, 2021. The following week, from Monday, April 12, to Friday, April 16, ...

In consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the Ontario government is moving Timiskaming Health Unit to the Red-Control level in the Keeping Ontario Safe and Open Framework. The decision was made at the request of the local medical officer of health due to the concerning trends in public health indicators in the region. “As a result of a ...

On Sunday March 21, 2021 at approximately 3:19 pm, officers of the Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment responded to a report of a motor vehicle collision involving a passenger car and Tractor Trailer unit on Highway 11-17, Shuniah Township, west of Superior Shores Road. Initial investigation determined that an eastbound Hyundai Genesis car struck a tractor Trailer unit parked ...

Chief Dean Owen and Pikangikum Band Council acted quickly and decisively yesterday to expel the Ontario Provincial Police Force amid allegations for incidents involving constables that occurred in the Community over many years. “Pikangikum needs to know about potential threats to our Community, especially when that threat comes from the people we entrust to protect our members,” said Pikangikum Chief ...

Thanks to funding from the Province of Ontario, Confederation College is expanding its Personal Support Worker (PSW) program offerings this spring and summer. The new PSW Accelerated program will enable learners to complete the program in just six months with no tuition fee, alongside funding support for expenses such as textbooks, and a paid work placement.   “This new Personal ...

The health and safety of students and employees remains CSC Nouvelon’s top priority. Due to the declaration of a second COVID-19 case at Collège Notre-Dame (Sudbury) by Public Health Sudbury and Districts and in order to ensure the safety of students and staff, Collège Notre-Dame (Sudbury) will remain closed until Friday, March 19, 2021. At the moment, students are expected ...

Hwy 11 closed from New Liskeard to Kenogami due to a collision (11:00 a.m.). There is a detour is available at Hwy 65 and Whitewood in New Liskeard to Hwy 66 Jct in Kenogami for northbound traffic and from Hwy 66 Jct in Kenogami to Hwy 65/Whitewood Jct in New Liskeard for southbound traffic.  

February 26, 2021 We are taking this opportunity to inform the people of Nipigon and surrounding area that there are positive cases in our community. It is imperative that we follow Public Health directives to curb the spread of COVID19 transmission in our community. As you are aware the Province of Ontario is seeing the spread of VOCs (Variants of ...

Fort William First Nation (FWFN) Chief Peter Collins and Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler are calling on all levels of government, relevant agencies and organizations to take decisive action as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the City of Thunder Bay, a major hub for communities across Northwestern Ontario. “Fort William First Nation, is in full support ...