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Weather – A mix of sun and cloud. 30 per cent chance of showers this morning and early this afternoon. Fog patches dissipating early this morning. High 25. Humidex 31. UV index 8 or very high. Marine – Wind south 10 knots becoming light early this morning then becoming southeast 10 late this morning. Wind increasing to southeast 15 Wednesday afternoon. Waves ...

Celestial events like meteor showers, solar and lunar eclipses, comets and asteroids make headlines because they inspire a sense of wonder. Canada Post’s latest stamps are sure to do the same. They showcase the majestic splendour of two spectacular phenomena: the Milky Way and the Northern Lights. The stamps feature stellar photographs from two Canadian night sky photographers who have ...

Le premier ministre Justin Trudeau a fait aujourd’hui la déclaration suivante à l’occasion de la fête du Canada : « Bonne fête du Canada! « Peu importe où nous sommes, aujourd’hui, en tant que Canadiens, c’est le moment de célébrer le Canada et ceux qui ont bâti ce pays que nous aimons. « Nous sommes 37 millions de citoyens. Nous sommes forts de nos ...

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Canada Day: “Happy Canada Day! “No matter where we are, today, as Canadians, we celebrate Canada and the people who have built the country we love. “We’re 37 million – strong in our differences, proud of our diversity, and united by our dreams. From one generation to the next, ...

Thank you, what a beautiful day it is today. Your honour, distinguished guests, colleagues, family and friends… to the people of Ontario, I stand before you today, truly humbled by the trust you have put in me, and intensely aware of the tremendous task that lies ahead. Just three short weeks ago, the people of Ontario voted for change, and ...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Sudbury Detachment is advising motorists of several over dimensional loads being moved from the City of Greater Sudbury to Henvey Inlet. There will be several loads moved each weekday starting on July 4, 2018 and ending on November 30, 2018. The loads will be travelling from Elm street, Sudbury onto Regional Road 35. The loads ...

Premier Doug Ford today announced Parliamentary Assistants each of whom will hold special responsibilities as part of Ontario’s Government for the People. “We are fortunate to have an all-star government caucus team who have the talent and experience necessary to deliver real results for the people,” said Ford. “Our Parliamentary Assistants will each hold key accountabilities to ensure we deliver ...

Doug Ford is today joining thousands of people on the front steps of Ontario’s legislature as Ontario’s first ever Government for the People is sworn-in. “I will never forget why I’m here: to work for the people of Ontario,” said Ford. “I promised the people that I would help make our great province the best place in North America when ...

Premier-Designate Doug Ford today committed to building Ontario’s first provincial public memorial to honour Canadian heroes of the war in Afghanistan. Ford made this announcement while addressing a joint Federal-Provincial-Territorial meeting with the Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces. “A new generation of heroes, who fought bravely against the terrorists of Al Qaeda and the Taliban, walk among us,” ...

The NDP MPP-elect for Kiiwetinoong, Sol Mamakwa, released the following statement:   “Together Ontario has made progress, and if it’s true that Doug Ford plans to dismantle and do away with the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation (MIRR), it will have a profound negative impact on Indigenous people and the province.  MIRR has resolved long standing claims with First ...

    Scrapping Ontario’s cap-and-trade program could come with a big price tag, and NDP Leader Andrea Horwath has asked the province’s Financial Accountability Officer (FAO) to look into just how big.   “With Kathleen Wynne and the Liberals’ gas plants scandal, Ontarians saw just how much it costs to rip up contracts,” said Horwath. “Before Mr. Ford rips up ...

L’inscription est maintenant ouverte pour la deuxième conférence annuelle L’État du Nord qui se déroulera les 26 et 27 septembre au Best Western à North Bay. Cette année, le thème de la conférence porte sur l’utilisation audacieuse des impôts pour stimuler la croissance économique « Bold Approaches : Taxing for Growth ».   Présentée par la Planification de la main-d’œuvre du Nord ...

Registration is now open for Northern Policy Institute’s second annual State of the North Conference taking place September 26-27 at the Best Western in North Bay, Ontario. This year’s theme is ‘Bold Approaches: Taxing for Growth’ presented by Northern Ontario Workforce Planning.   This two-day conference will explore how other regions use tax policies to drive growth, and how these policies ...

  Jun 25, 2018 @ 08:15 Michipicoten First Nation hired InterGroup Consultants to research and write a Traditional Knowledge and Land Use Study related to NextBridge’s East-West Tie Transmission Project. In March and May, InterGroup interviewed members and mapped where they hunt, trap, fish, and gather resources, along with other culturally important sites. InterGroup is now returning to the community ...

Jun 23, 2018 @ 10:34 On June 22, 2018, at approximately 1:26 p.m., East Algoma officers of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 in the Municipality of Huron Shores, Ontario. A tractor trailer and a passenger vehicle collided.   The OPP have confirmed that the identity of the deceased female driver of the ...