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With the holidays in full swing, the TBSO performed their annual Holiday performance in collaboration with the Thunder Bay Symphony Chorus and special guest St. Paul’s United Handbell Choir.   It was a festive evening with carols and traditional pieces from all over the globe. Santa Clause himself even made an appearance at the end of the night to wish ...

The Ontario government is investing $6 million to help 31 remote First Nation communities and the Town of Moosonee build and maintain 3,170 kilometres of temporary snow and ice roads for the 2021-22 winter season. The funding will also be used to support special projects, including bridge improvements, maintenance of crossings and other repairs. This multi-year funding commitment from the ...

Well, the sun will soon be setting on 2021.  Many readers would agree that this year was akin to a rollercoaster ride for Ontarians with plenty of thrilling climbs, breakneck falls and twists and turns galore. Some days the roller coaster penetrated dark tunnels of hopelessness; other days, bright rays of light shone down upon us.  And sometimes, time just ...

Eh bien, le soleil se couchera bientôt sur l’année 2021. De nombreux lecteurs conviendront que cette année s’apparentait à un tour en montagnes russes pour les Ontariens avec de nombreuses ascensions palpitantes, des chutes vertigineuses et des rebondissements à gogo! Certains jours, les manèges pénétraient dans des tunnels sombres de désespoir ; d’autres jours, de brillants rayons de lumière nous ...

I believe Council has taken a step backwards by cancelling the Economic Development Council and laying off/firing it’s five employees. Oh yes, a “Seamless transition” was promised. How does that come about? Have any council members, or the CAO, Maury O’Neill,  gone into that office to start a conversation about the grants and direction that the EDC has taken so that ...

December 16, 2021 Ottawa, Ontario Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with Ontario Premier Doug Ford to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and other shared priorities. The Prime Minister and Premier spoke about the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Ontario, including as a result of the Omicron variant of concern. They discussed the strong, additional public health measures announced by ...

NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong), critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations, released the following statement on the deaths of Brent Sky and Heather Winterstein. Sky, 32, of Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, was sent home from a hospital in Kenora while experiencing head pain, and died the next day from a brain bleed. Winterstein, a 24-year-old Anishnawbe woman, was reportedly ...

Alors que le coût des biens essentiels comme le logement, la nourriture et le carburant devrait continuer d’augmenter au cours des prochains mois, les familles canadiennes qui cherchaient de l’aide dans la mise à jour financière d’aujourd’hui seront déçues, selon la députée d’Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, Carol Hughes. Mme Hughes note qu’il n’y a pas eu grand-chose pour remédier aux pressions exercées sur ...

With the cost of essentials like housing, food, and fuel expected to continue to increase in the coming months, Canadian families looking for help in today’s fiscal update will find themselves disappointed, according to Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes. Hughes notes that there was little to address the stresses to household budgets, and nothing to ask those who have profited the ...

The Ontario government is taking steps to help improve road safety and traffic flow in Northern Ontario with a 2+1 highway pilot on Highway 11 north of North Bay. The three-lane highway – with a centre passing lane that changes direction approximately every two to five kilometres – is part of the government’s plan to build Ontario by getting shovels ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario prend des mesures pour aider à améliorer la sécurité routière et la circulation dans le Nord de l’Ontario avec un projet pilote de route à 2+1 voies sur la route 11 au nord de North Bay. La route à trois voies – avec une voie de dépassement centrale qui change de direction tous les deux à ...

NDP critic for Colleges and Universities Laura Mae Lindo (Kitchener Centre) is calling on the Ford government to invest in making campuses safer and provide guidance for all post-secondary institutions, as universities implement their own, new COVID-19 safety measures in response to rising cases and outbreaks. “Students, faculty and staff at Ontario’s colleges and universities are anxious, and some have ...

On December 12, 2021, at approximately 12:44 p.m. officers from the Thunder Bay Detachment, North West Region Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement (TIME) of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Superior North Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Thunder Bay Fire Services responded to a report of a multiple motor vehicle collision on Highway 102 at Auto Road in the District of ...

On December 10, 2021 at approximately 10:47 p.m. the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) with assistance from the United Counsel of Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin (UCCM) responded to a report of a domestic dispute on Dupont Street in Little Current. The suspect had fled the scene prior to police arrival. The Manitoulin Crime Unit, the OPP’s ...

As inflation drives up the cost of living for people in Northern Ontario, NDP MP, Carol Hughes is calling on the government to offer some relief in this week’s Fiscal Update. Hughes points to affordable housing, cell phone and internet bills, and even assistance with energy efficient retrofits to reduce heating costs as ways that the government could deliver assistance ...