May 7, 6:55 a.m. Highway 11 was reopened late Saturday night. A temporary fix was put in place, and it is anticipated that there will be lane closures on Monday to effect a permanent repair. Hwy 11 was closed in both directions approximately 15 km West of Hwy584 junction due to flooding late Sunday evening. It was reopened about half an ...
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FONOM Announces Leaders Debate Friday, May 11th in Parry Sound
May 5, 2018 @ 15:30 The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) and the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA) are pleased to announce that Premier Kathleen Wynne, PC Leader Doug Ford and NDP Leader Andrea Horwath will take part in a debate on Friday, May 11th at 11:30 am at the Charles W. Stockey Centre in the Town of Parry ...
Read More »Doug Ford Adresses NOMA “Plan will deliver real respect, real change & real hope for the people of Northern Ontario.”
May 3, 2018 @ 07:53 Yesterday, May 2nd, 2018, Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford addressed the annual meeting of the Northwestern Ontario Municipalities Association (NOMA) during which he shared how his Plan for the People of Ontario will deliver real respect, real change and real hope for the people of Northern Ontario. “I know that Northern municipalities, families and businesses ...
Read More »Marathon and Manitouwadge OPP Warn of Wildlife on Highways
May 3, 2018 @ 07:21 Members of the Marathon and Manitouwadge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachments responded to two separate motor vehicle collisions involving moose that occurred on Highway 17 and 614. April 30, 2018 at 10:00pm officers were advised of a single motor vehicle collision (MVC) 30kms south of Manitouwadge on Highway 614. The vehicle, a 2018 Nissan Titan, ...
Read More »Extendicare and Liesureworld Nursing Home Victims Launch Separate Multi-Million Dollar Class Actions
May 3, 2018 @ 06:46 Be aware that this article contains disturbing material, and may be very upsetting to many.
Read More »OPP & MTO close Highway 553 (Mattawa) due to severe flooding
May 2, 2018 @ 01:02 At 7:45 p.m., on May 2, 2018, officers from the Mattawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) closed Highway 533, between Highway 656 and Highway 63, northwest of the Town of Mattawa, Ontario, due to severe flooding. MTO has placed barricades at both ends of the closure. The water is ...
Read More »Three Drivers in Marathon/Manitouwadge Area Charged with speeding +50km
On Highway 17 in the Marathon/Manitouwadge area over the previous weekend, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers charged three drivers under the Highway Traffic Act for speeding 50km/hr or more over the posted speed limit. April 28, a 20 year old male of Winnipeg, MB. 151km/hr in 90km/hr zone. April 29, a 19 year old male (unknown residence or speed at ...
Read More »Man Charged in Nipigon hotel fire
Apr 30, 2018 @ 06:48 On Sunday, April 29, 2018 at approximately 6:20 a.m. The Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received information of a fire at a local motel. The fire was contained to a single room at the motel and was put out with the use of motel fire extinguishers. Nipigon Fire department attended the scene and ensured the fire was extinguished. As a ...
Read More »Doug Ford Will Initiate Independent Commission of Inquiry to Fix Wynne’s Fiscal Mess
On the heels of an explosive report from Ontario’s Auditor General exposing that Kathleen Wynne’s real deficit is 75% higher than reported, Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford today committed to launch an independent commission of inquiry, whose mandate is to get to the bottom of the deficit scandal and to propose timely solutions to solving the deficit problem. “The Auditor ...
Read More »Wynne government’s crisis in long-term care to blame for Bethammi Nursing home conditions, not staff
Ontario New Democrat candidates Judith Monteith-Farrell (Thunder Bay-Atikokan) and Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay-Superior North), released the following statement responding to Liberal MPP Bill Mauro’s comments on the Bethammi Nursing Home inspection findings: “We were heartbroken to learn that residents at the Bethammi Nursing Home were left unbathed for weeks, without enough incontinence care, and not getting the care they needed. When our seniors ...
Read More »Fatal Collision closes Highway 17 between Hwy 94/Hwy 531 (North Bay) – UPDATED
Apr 24, 2018 @ 13:37 Officers from the North Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Highway Safety Division (HSD) are continuing their investigation into a two-vehicle collision between a pickup truck and a minivan. The collision occurred approximately 8:18 a.m. on April 23, 2018, on Highway 17, in the Township of Bonfield, Ontario. Both drivers were pronounced deceased ...
Read More »Doug Ford Announces that he will scrap ‘Cap & Trade Slush Fund’
Doug Ford announced yesterday, April 23rd that he would scrap the ‘Cap & Trade Slush Fund’. He had visited a gas station in Caledon. “There is a whole industry of special interests and lobbyists coming up with new names, and schemes to try to fool people into paying this new tax,” said Ford. “But the people will not be fooled, ...
Read More »Ice Conditions Changing – Vehicle goes through Ice of Lake of the Woods
Apr 24, 2018 @ 07:47 At approximately 2:18 p.m. on April 22, 2018 the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Kenora received a call of a pick-up truck that had gone through the ice near Clearwater Bay, Lake of the Woods. Police were advised that a Manitoba resident was driving on an ice road on Lake of the Woods when ...
Read More »Andrea Horwath on Monday’s Deaths in Toronto
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath released the following statement on Monday: “Toronto, all of Ontario and the world has been rocked by devastating images of a massacre on Yonge St., and the horrific accounts of witnesses. Our hearts are with the nine who lost their lives, the survivors, and the loved ones that are left devastated, worried, and with troubling ...
Read More »Ontario Liberal Party under investigation for campaigning on taxpayers’ dime
The Ontario Liberal Party is officially under investigation from Elections Ontario following allegations they’re campaigning on the taxpayers’ dime. Last week, the Ontario PC Party filed a formal complaint to Elections Ontario detailing how the Liberals have been holding campaign style announcements with government resources. On Friday, April 20th, Elections Ontario replied to the Ontario PC Party’s complaint in a ...
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