Northern Ontario

Ontario is securing jobs in Sault Ste. Marie by supporting upgrades to the Tenaris Algoma Tubes seamless pipe mill. Glenn Thibeault, MPP for Sudbury, made the announcement yesterday in Sault Ste. Marie on behalf of Michael Gravelle, Minister of Northern Development and Mines at Tenaris Algoma Tubes. The province’s investment in plant upgrades will help to lower operating costs and improve ...

Aug 25, 2017 @ 11:05 Pendant la réunion annuelle du caucus des progressistes-conservateurs  (PC) de l’Ontario à Timmins, le chef du Parti PC de l’Ontario, Patrick Brown, a annoncé des mesures importantes pour améliorer la vie des familles et des travailleurs du Nord de l’Ontario sur des questions qui ont été ignorées par les libéraux de Kathleen Wynne.   « Soyons clair: le ...

Aug 25, 2017 @ 10:56 During the Ontario PC caucus retreat in Timmins, Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown announced important steps to improve the lives of families and workers in Northern Ontario on matters that have been ignored by the Wynne Liberals.   “Let’s face it: Northern Ontario has been ignored by the Wynne Liberals for far too long. They ...

MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd. is encouraged by the announcement made on August 21, 2017 by Premier Kathleen Wynne and the Chiefs of Marten Falls, Webequie and Nibinamik First Nations, which formally committed provincial funding to two First Nations road proposals that will provide community and industrial access to the Ring of Fire Mining District. Quentin Yarie, MacDonald’s President and CEO ...

After continued broken promises to northerners on the Ring of Fire, Premier Kathleen Wynne can no longer be trusted to lead the urgent development, said MPP Michael Mantha, NDP critic for Northern Development and Mines.   “Kathleen Wynne has been making promises to the people of Northern Ontario on the Ring of Fire over her four years as premier.   Yet ...

Sarissa Resources Inc. is pleased to provide the following update to its shareholders on the business activities related to the renewed development of its Nio-Star Corp. (Nio-Star) subsidiary’s Nemegosenda specialty metals (niobium) project located near Chapleau, Ontario, Canada.   Corporate and Capital Raising Update Nio-Star has closed on the financing previously announced in its news release of June 29, 2017, ...

The Northern Ontario Party was busy this past weekend with hosting their first AGM at Kettle Lakes Provincial Park near Timmins, Ontario. But when the dust settled the Northern Ontario Party had its first truly elected executive board in the Party’s history. The NOP is proud to announce that the members have overwhelmingly voted in favor of keeping the present ...

Aug 15, 2017 @ 10:45 On August 14, 2017 at approximately 12:45 p.m. members of the Marathon/Manitouwadge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single motor vehicle collision approximately 25km south of Manitouwadge on Highway 614. A single motor vehicle, a Ford F150 pickup truck travelling north bound, crossed the southbound lane were it struck a rock cut. Emergency services ...

Aug 13, 2017 @ 10:12 The cargo vessel Calumet, a 629-foot ship that ran aground on the north side of Sugar Island Wednesday, was re-floated Friday, at approximately 8:50 PM, after the Coast Guard approved a salvage plan submitted by the vessel’s owner. The St. Marys River, which had been closed to commercial vessel traffic from the Soo Locks to ...

Aug 8, 2017 @ 08:40 Over the last week, a number of newspapers published an article written by Josh Dehaas. This freelance journalist from Toronto has stated that adding more seats to the North is going to hurt democracy by causing Torontoians votes to become diluted. He argues that the new proposed ridings in the North are smaller than most ...

Aug 4, 2017 @ 08:12 Nickel Belt MPP France Gélinas is relieved the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has finally released its report into the March 2015 train derailment outside Gogama. The report faults Canadian National Railways Co. (CN) for an improperly repaired rail that caused a 94-oil-car CN train to derail and spill 2.6 million litres of oil that leaked ...

Aug 4, 2017 @ 08:07   August 3, 2017 The Honourable Kathleen Wynne Premier of Ontario Room 281, Main Legislative Building, Queen’s Park Toronto, Ontario M7A 1A1 Dear Premier Wynne, The LCBO has closed its outlet in Larder Lake. I am writing to you directly because the Minister of Finance has not responded to any of my enquiries to date. ...

Aug 3, 2017 @ 16:36 During a summer when more Canadians and international travellers than ever are riding VIA Rail’s transcontinental train, the Canadian, CN is trashing the schedule and the reputation of what is regarded as the world’s finest long-distance passenger train. “The delays CN is creating for the Canadian and its habitual lack of concern are out of ...

Aug 3, 2017 @ 14:54 Today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is recommending that Transport Canada (TC) incorporate predictive data on rail surface conditions to help better focus its targeted regulatory track inspections. The Board’s recommendation (R17-02) was issued as part of its investigation (R15H0021) into the March 2015 derailment and fire involving a Canadian National (CN) freight ...

On Monday, July 31, 2017 at approximately 10:39pm, officers from the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) as well as Superior North Emergency Medical Service (EMS) and Gorham Fire Department responded to a two vehicle collision involving a motorcycle and a truck. The collision occurred at the intersection of Highway 589 and Kam Current Road in Gorham ...