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Ontario’s doctors are calling for every region in the province to go back one stage in the government’s colour-coded pandemic framework to stop the worrying increase in COVID-19. The Ontario Medical Association expressed concern about the spread of COVID and the increase in hospitalizations, especially to intensive care units. Yet at the same time, more people are traveling, including to ...

The Ontario government is providing an estimated $100 million for a new one-time Ontario Tourism and Hospitality Small Business Support Grant and $100 million for a new one-time recovery program. This significant investment is part of the 2021 Budget, Ontario’s Action Plan: Protecting People’s Health & Our Economy, and will support the province’s tourism industry as it recovers from the impacts ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario versera environ 100 millions de dollars pour la nouvelle Subvention ontarienne pour le soutien aux petites entreprises du secteur du tourisme et de l’accueil, une subvention unique, et 100 millions de dollars pour un nouveau programme de relance ponctuel. Cet investissement important fait partie du Budget de 2021, Plan d’action de l’Ontario : Protéger la santé de ...

I’m looking forward to the April constituency week.  I think I’m ready for some time away from Queen’s Park and a break from that long road I travel both ways every weekend.  I’ve always maintained that, far from being a monotonous waste of time each weekend, it actually provides me with a wonderful opportunity to really think things through uninterrupted.  ...

J’attends avec impatience la semaine de circonscription d’avril. Je pense que je suis prêt pour un certain temps loin de Queen’s Park et une pause de cette longue route que je voyage dans les deux sens chaque fin de semaine. J’ai toujours soutenu que, loin d’être une perte de temps monotone chaque fin de semaine, cela me donne en fait ...

In consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the Ontario government is moving Middlesex-London Health Unit to the Red-Control level in the Keeping Ontario Safe and Open Framework. The decision was made at the request of the local medical officer of health due to concerning trends in public health indicators in the region. “As a result of worsening trends of ...

Based on the advice of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the Ontario government is moving two public health regions to new levels in the COVID-19 Response Framework: Keeping Ontario Safe and Open, including moving the City of Hamilton public health region to the Grey-Lockdown level. Decisions were made in consultation with the local medical officers of health and are ...

On November 19, 2020, 60-year-old Gary Brohman died in an exchange of gunfire with Constable Marc Hovingh of the Ontario Provincial Police. The shootout cost the officer his life as well. Notwithstanding the fact that Cst Hovingh had succumbed to his wounds, the SIU commenced an investigation as the incident included a death at the hands of a police officer. ...

In consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the Ontario government is moving Timiskaming Health Unit to the Red-Control level in the Keeping Ontario Safe and Open Framework. The decision was made at the request of the local medical officer of health due to the concerning trends in public health indicators in the region. “As a result of a ...

The health and safety of students and employees remain CSC Nouvelon’s top priority. On the advice of Public Health Sudbury & Districts, all elementary and secondary schools from the Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon located in Sudbury East, Greater Sudbury and Espanola will remain closed until Thursday, April 1, 2021. Day cares located in our schools will however remain open but ...

La santé et la sécurité des élèves et des employés demeurent la priorité du Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon. Sur les conseils de Santé publique Sudbury et districts, les écoles élémentaires et secondaires du Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon dans le Grand Sudbury, Sudbury Est et Espanola demeureront fermées jusqu’au jeudi 1er avril 2021. Les garderies situées dans les écoles seront toutefois ...

Chief Andy Rickard on behalf of Council, Administration and citizens of Garden River are extremely pleased to announce a significant funding announcement in the amount of $2.8 million to assist in replacing one of the original waterlines in the community. Chief Rickard stated, “I wish to acknowledge the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, the Hon. Catherine McKenna and our local ...

The Sault Ste. Marie Region Conservation Authority would like to issue a flood watch statement to residents regarding current watershed conditions.   A system is forecast to bring warm temperature and significant spring precipitation on Wednesday. Area watershed forecast indicates 10-25 mm of rainfall with daytime high temperatures in the single digits with nighttime lows near or below 0 degrees ...

Date: March 11, 2021 Time: 2:00 p.m. This statement is in effect until (or updated before) April 15, 2021. The Sault Ste. Marie Region Conservation Authority (SSMRCA) is advising that Lake Superior water levels continue to decline but are still well above average and the risk of high-water impacts remains. Lake Superior outflows continue to be set in consideration of high levels ...

On March 19, 2021, shortly after 4:00 p.m., members from the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the OPP’s Emergency Response Team (ERT), two members from the Northeast Canine Unit, OPP’s Scenes of Crime with the assistance from a member from the Anishinabek Police Service responded to a robbery at an apartment complex on Park Street in the ...