Northern Ontario

Oct 10, 2017 @ 09:49 À la Fédération des municipalités du Nord de l’Ontario (FMNO) on se dit déçu de la décision de TransCanada, rendue publique le 5 octobre 2017, d’annuler le projet d’oléoduc Énergie Est.   Le projet d’oléoduc Énergie Est, qui comprenait la conversion d’environ 3000 kilomètres de pipeline et l’ajout de 1500 kilomètres de nouveau pipeline, aurait ...

Oct 10, 2017 @ 09:47 The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) is disappointed with the decision to cancel the proposed Energy East pipeline project as announced on October 5, 2017 by TransCanada.   The proposed Energy East project, which included approximately 3,000 kilometres of existing pipeline to be converted and 1,500 kilometres of new pipeline, would have had significant ...

During question period Thursday, Ontario’s NDP critic for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Michael Mantha demanded that the Wynne government answer the call of northern First Nations communities struggling to access mental health services. “If a family lives in Sault Ste. Marie, Blind River or Elliott Lake, they have direct access to Algoma Family Services children’s mental health services. However, if ...

Oct 6, 2017 @ 22:18 On October 6, 2017 at 1:20 p.m., West Parry Sound Ontario Provincial Police received a call about a missing person near Trim Tree Island on the waters of Georgian Bay. Investigation has since revealed that Owen SANDS, 53 years of age from Toronto was reported missing by family members. SANDS was last seen travelling in ...

Oct 6, 2017 @ 21:19 Ontario NDP candidate John Rafferty, for the riding of Thunder Bay-Atikoken issued the following statement on code blacks in Thunder Bay: “Yesterday we learned through media reports that nearly every day, our city faces a code black – meaning there are no ambulances free to respond to an emergency call if it comes in. This ...

Oct 2, 2017 @ 21:56 On Sunday, October 1, 2017 at approximately 2:30 pm, the Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a theft of gasoline from a local gas station. The suspect vehicle was described as a black GMC Terrain Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) bearing a Nova Scotia licence plate. Shortly afterwards, members of ...

The Northern NDP MPPs apparently led by Mike Mantha, have  finally made their statement a week after Lou Rinaldi’s comment of calling the North “No Man’s Land”. One would think that these Northern MPPs would of defended the territory that they are supposed to love and represent by condemning  Mr. Rinaldi’s statement, but no Mike and his gang attack  fellow ...

  Sep 30, 2017 @ 19:17 On Friday, September 29th, 2017, Northern Ontario NDP MPPs Michael Mantha (Algoma Manitoulin), France Gélinas (Nickel Belt), Gilles Bisson, (Timmins—James Bay), Sarah Campbell (Kenora—Rainy River) and John Vanthof (Timiskaming—Cochrane) released the following joint statement responding to recent comments by the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives about Northern Ontario: “In the same debate where the Liberal ...

Sep 27, 2017 @ 08:09 On September 25, 2017 at approximately 11:50 p.m. officers of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Manitouwadge detachment received a report regarding a motor vehicle driving recklessly at high rates of speed and squealing tires in the Township of Manitouwadge. Officers patrolled the area and located a black and white pickup truck in the parking lot ...

Sep 27, 2017 @ 08:07 On Highway 17/614 in the Marathon/Manitouwadge area over the previous four months, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers have charged ten drivers under the Highway Traffic Act for speeding 50km/hr or more over the posted speed limit. June 22, a 66 year old male of Longueil, QC. 144km/hr in 90km/hr zone. July 7, a 45 year ...

Sep 26, 2017 @ 18:58 Today, Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown and Ontario PC Northern MPPs Vic Fedeli (Nipissing) and Ross Romano (Sault Ste. Marie) wrote to MPP Lou Rinaldi and invited him to visit beautiful, opportunity-filled Northern Ontario. Lou Rinaldi has been coming under fire at Queen’s Park for referring to Northern Ontario as “No Man’s Land.” He has ...

Sep 21, 2017 @ 13:12 Howie Wilcox, Chair of the Coalition for Algoma Passenger Trains (CAPT) submitted CAPT’s response to the 25-year provincial transportation strategy.  In it he states that the draft Northern Ontario Multimodal Transportation Strategy (NOMTS) “is completely lacking in vision, is not multi-modal, …and does not respond to the input from its community consultations.” Summary of CAPT’s ...

Garden River First Nation held its election Tuesday, and incumbent Chief Paul Syrette was re-elected. He defeated Brandi Marie Nolan, 392 votes to 341. Elected as councillors were: Karen Bell – 404 votes Chris Solomon Sr. – 334 votes Caroline Barry – 315 votes Andy Rickard – 312 Darwin Belleau – 305 votes Leslie Zack-Caraballo – 294 votes Susan (Sue) ...

Sep 19, 2017 @ 08:12 Excitement has filled the air at Sault College as we welcomed more than 2,350 new and returning post-secondary students for the fall semester! With an overall growth in enrolment of just over three percent from last year, Sault College is home to students from our community, our province and across the globe! Combining our post-secondary ...

A coalition of municipal leaders, chambers of commerce, unions, and the forest sector are raising alarm bells that draft provincial species at risk policy will jeopardize jobs in northern and rural Ontario. The Ontario Forestry Coalition had repeatedly requested that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) consult with municipalities, Indigenous communities, and industry leaders to address the impact ...