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Hwy 11 between Smooth Rock Falls and Highway 655 is closed at this time due to a motor vehicle collision between two commercial motor vehicles. OPP advise that there is no detour available, and that the highway will be closed for an undetermined amount of time. Social media posts say that the road is extremely icy. For travellers on Highway ...

March 16, 2022 Ottawa, Ontario Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to express solidarity and discuss Canada’s ongoing support to the people of Ukraine. Prime Minister Trudeau thanked President Zelenskyy for his powerful speech to the Parliament of Canada on Tuesday, and commended his exceptional courage and leadership, which have been inspirational for Canadians ...

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has called on the Liberal government to help Canadians make ends meet as the price of necessities like food and gas continues to climb. Although gas and food prices were rising before the war in Ukraine, the Russian invasion has driven costs even higher. New Democrats believe that the federal government has a responsibility to help ...

Le chef du NPD, Jagmeet Singh, a demandé au gouvernement libéral d’aider les Canadiennes et Canadiens à joindre les deux bouts alors que le prix des produits de première nécessité comme la nourriture et l’essence continue de grimper. Bien que les prix de l’essence et de la nourriture étaient en hausse avant la guerre en Ukraine, l’invasion russe a fait ...

On March 15, 2022, shortly after 9:30 p.m., members from East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a motor vehicle collision on Concession Road 5 in Plummer Additional Township.   Police arrived on scene a short time later and observed a car stuck in a snowbank with the driver standing beside the vehicle. As the driver of ...

The past two years have been devastating for many small businesses in the region. The tourism industry has been hit particularly hard and many are unsure if they will make it through the next few months. Local NDP MP Carol Hughes recently wrote to Liberal Ministers urging them to provide support for seasonal tourism businesses who are worried about their ...

On March 14, 2022, at 6:50 pm, members of the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a motor vehicle collision on Highway 11-17 at Hwy 102, also known as Sistonen’s Corner. Investigation revealed that a Tractor-Trailer Unit southbound on Hwy 102 failed to stop at the stop sign and struck a westbound ...

Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath is in Sault Ste. Marie Monday committing to fix the chronic shortage of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals in the North. “Northerners are waiting too long and travelling too far to get the health care they need. Without enough doctors, nurses and specialists, people wait hours and hours in the ER, they wait ...

The Ontario government is investing over $3.8 million through the new Addictions Recovery Fund to immediately enhance access to addictions treatment supports in Thunder Bay. This funding will be provided to St. Joseph’s Care Group and Dilico Anishinabek Family Care to expand access to a total of 34 new addictions treatment beds and help hundreds of Ontarians in Thunder Bay ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario investit plus de 3,8 millions de dollars dans le cadre du nouveau Fonds pour les services de lutte contre les dépendances afin d’améliorer immédiatement l’accès aux services de traitement des toxicomanies à Thunder Bay. Ces fonds seront versés au St. Joseph’s Care Group et au Dilico Anishinabek Family Care pour élargir l’accès à un total de ...

Recently I had the pleasure of leaving all of the hubbub of daily life and incessant noise of politics behind me for a few minutes when I was in a friend’s home while their grandchild was visiting. That weekend they were celebrating the baby’s first birthday. The little girl was clearly already working on her skills used to charm people. ...

Récemment, j’ai eu le plaisir de laisser derrière moi tout le brouhaha de la vie quotidienne et le bruit incessant de la politique pendant quelques minutes lorsque j’étais chez un ami pendant que leur petit-fils était en visite. Ce week-end, ils fêtaient le premier anniversaire du bébé. La petite fille travaillait clairement déjà sur ses compétences utilisées pour charmer les ...

On Saturday March 12, 2022, shortly after 8:00 a.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 557 in the Town of Blind River.   Investigation determined a car was exiting a driveway on Highway 557 and turned left into the path of a northbound municipal snowplough truck. No ...

Letter to the Editor, lnternational Women’s Day was last week. For years people have with or without dogs walked the trails around the old garbage dump. lt is close to town, sheltered and a piece of pure nature. ln the winter, it is the snow dump with trucks and plows using the main road to dump loads of snow over ...

The Sault Ste. Marie detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to remind motorists that police officers are now able to demand a roadside breath sample from any lawfully stopped driver to determine whether a person has alcohol in their body without first having to suspect the motorist has been drinking.   Prior to December 18, 2018, officers ...