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On October 25, 2020 at 10:20 a.m., members of the Nipissing West (Sudbury) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a sudden death incident where a person was located on a trail, in Point Grondine Reserve, off of Highway 637, Killarney. It was later determined that the incident location was within the Wikwemikong First Nation Territory. The deceased has ...

Marty Morantz, Member of Parliament for Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley, today tabled Bill C-256, the Supporting Canadian Charities Act, in the House of Commons. This legislation will help charities by waiving the capital gains tax on an arm’s length sale of private shares or real estate when the proceeds of the sale are donated to a charity. During COVID-19 many charities have ...

Marty Morantz, député de Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley, présente aujourd’hui le projet de loi C-256, Loi sur le soutien aux organisations caritatives canadiennes, à la Chambre des communes. Cette loi aidera les organisations caritatives en les exonérant de l’impôt sur les gains en capital lors d’une vente d’actions privées ou de biens immobiliers sans lien de dépendance lorsque le produit de la ...

The Ontario government is helping local restaurants by introducing new legislation that would protect them from high delivery fees. The Supporting Local Restaurants Act, 2020, would cap fees charged by food delivery companies in areas where indoor dining is prohibited to help more small and independent restaurants stay in business. Currently, fees placed on restaurants by food delivery companies can ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario aide les restaurants locaux en introduisant une nouvelle législation qui les protégerait contre les frais de livraison élevés. La Loi de 2020 visant à soutenir les restaurants locaux plafonnerait les frais facturés par les entreprises de livraison de nourriture dans les zones où les repas à l’intérieur sont interdits, afin d’aider un plus grand nombre de ...

Today, John Yakabuski, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry and Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, issued the following statement opposing unfair duties on the Canadian softwood lumber industry: “As we take deliberate action to contain COVID-19 and prepare for our economic recovery, it has never been more important to vigorously defend our forestry industries, which ...

Aujourd’hui, John Yakabuski, ministre des Richesses naturelles et des Forêts, et Vic Fedeli, ministre du Développement économique, de la Création d’emplois et du Commerce, ont émis la déclaration suivante s’opposant aux droits compensatoires inéquitables imposés à l’industrie canadienne du bois d’œuvre : « Il n’a jamais été plus important, alors que nous prenons des moyens vigoureux pour contenir la flambée ...

OPP LAYS SUSPEND DRIVE CHARGE On November 14, 2020, members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on patrol duties in the Town of Blind River. At approximately 4:00 p.m., police observed a westbound vehicle travelling on Causley Street and initiated a traffic stop to verify the driver’s licence status. A query revealed the driver was ...

On November 20, 2020 at 10:27 p.m., East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were notified of a traffic complaint on Highway 108 just south of Elliot Lake, Ontario. The vehicle was reported to be weaving in and out of the lane and travelling at varying speeds. Police stopped the vehicle on Highway 108 near Manitoba Road. An Approved Screening Device (ASD) ...

On November 21, 2020, at approximately 12:15 a.m. East Algoma Provincial Police (OPP) and the Algoma Paramedic Services responded to a single motor vehicle collision at Hillside Drive South and Highway 108 in Elliot Lake.   Investigation determined that a single motor vehicle collided with a rock cut at that intersection. The 61 year old driver was transported to hospital and ...

In accordance with the Special Investigations Unit’s name release policy which requires consent from next of kin, the Unit is now able to identify 60-year-old Gary Brohman of Gore Bay as one of the individuals who was fatally shot during an interaction on November 19, 2020. The other individual who was fatally wounded was Constable Marc Hovingh of the Ontario ...

The East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are asking for assistance in regards to a break, enter and theft occurrence on November 18, 2020 at a retail business on Newfoundland Walk in Elliot Lake. Police were called to that location at approximately 10:25 p.m. when the alarm was tripped. The front door glass was broken to gain entry. Once inside, the display ...

As announced in the 2020 Ontario Budget, Ontario’s Action Plan: Protect, Support, Recover, the Ontario government is making an investment in critical maintenance, repairs, upgrades and renewals of $466 million in capital grants over three years starting in 2020-21 for Ontario’s universities and colleges. This investment under the Facilities Renewal Program (FRP) includes: $144 million in 2020-21, an increase of $73 million ...

Shortly after 11:00 a.m. on November 19, 2020, two members from the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a follow-up investigation related to a property dispute. There was an interaction between a person at the scene and an officer resulting in one officer being fatally shot. The person at the scene has also died as a result of ...

In consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, local medical officers of health, and other health experts, the province is moving certain public health unit regions to new levels in the Keeping Ontario Safe and Open Framework, which includes moving Toronto and Peel into Lockdown. These necessary measures are being taken to limit community transmission of COVID-19 in order to ...