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Jobs, public services in jeopardy as Carillion collapses

Jan 16, 2018 @ 15:48 The NDP says the collapse of Carillion, used by the Liberal government and previous Conservative governments to privatize hospital and highway construction maintenance and operations, shows that Ontario’s essential public services should be put back into public hands. Carillion, a U.K.-based corporation that owns Carillion Canada, has been put into liquidation. “Conservative and Liberal governments ...

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Soo Locks close for Annual Maintenance

Jan 16, 2018 @ 14:30   The last ship of the year, the Edwin H. Gutt has passed through the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, The annual closing from January 15 through March 25. The Corps will use this time to perform critical maintenance measures on the lock structures. If you drive over the bridge you can see ...

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One Dies in Hwy 17 Collision of January 13, West Nipissing

On January 13, 2018, at approximately 7:17 p.m. members from the Warren/Sudbury Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the West Nipissing Fire Department and the District of Nipissing Emergency Medical Services (EMS), responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 17 east of Cache Bay road in the District of Nipissing.   Preliminary information is that an eastbound Dodge Ram ...

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Hwy 11 CLOSED (Longlac to Hearst)

Jan 12, 2018 @ 09:28 At 9:16 The OPP (Northwest Region) closed Highway 11 again due to the weather. Jan 12, 2018 @ 08:45 At 8:15 Highway 11 was reopened after being closed for poor weather conditions. Jan 11, 2018 @ 15:11 Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police has issued a media release stating that Highway 11 from Longlac to ...

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NDP demands Wynne stop $15M hydro bill redesign

Jan 11, 2018 @ 11:51 Ontario NDP Energy Critic MPP Peter Tabuns is demanding that Kathleen Wynne stop a plan to force families to pay $15 million for redesigned hydro bills. Hydro One’s bills were redesigned in 2017 and buried deep in Hydro One’s March 2017 distribution rate increase application to the Ontario Energy Board is a plan to further ...

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Third person dies in East Ferris Collision

Jan 10, 2018 @ 13:00 Members of the North Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision on January 4, 2018, at approximately 7:12 a.m. The collision occurred on Highway 17, west of Dube Road in the Municipality of East Ferris, Ontario. A westbound passenger car and an eastbound passenger car collided head-on. The drivers ...

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Victims identified in Highway 144 Collision

Jan 10, 2018 @ 08:53 On January 4, 2017 at 12:42 a.m., the South Porcupine Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a serious motor vehicle collision involving a passenger van and a Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) on Highway 144, approximately four kilometres south of Highway 101.   The collision has claimed the life of Gilbert CHEECHOO, 59 ...

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East Algoma OPP Want Snowmobilers to Ride Safe!

Jan 9, 2018 @ 18:44 The East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reminding snowmobilers to ride safely for an enjoyable winter season. Snowmobiling is one of the joys of a Canadian winter, but not taking the necessary precautions can quickly result in tragedy. The Ministry of Transportation report that every winter about 30 people are killed and another 1,126 are injured ...

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Hwy 17 (East Ferris) Opens after two die in Collision

Jan 4, 2018 @ 14:11 Members of the North Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision on January 4, 2018, at approximately 7:12 a.m. The collision occurred on Highway 17, west of Dube Road in the Municipality of East Ferris, Ontario. A westbound passenger car and an eastbound passenger car collided head-on. A passenger ...

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Hwy 144 – One Lane now open after fatal collision

Jan 4, 2018 @ 11:23 On January 4, 2017 at 12:42 a.m., the South Porcupine Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a serious motor vehicle collision involving two vehicles on Highway 144, approximately four kilometres south of Highway 101.   It has been confirmed that one male has died as a result of the collision.   The ...

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NOWW celebrates 20 years with one of its biggest contests yet

Jan 4, 2018 @ 08:27 Writers across the region who may be the next literary star of Northwestern Ontario, or maybe trying writing for the first time, or simply have a story inside dying to be told, are once again being given the opportunity to shine during the annual Northwestern Ontario Writer’s Workshop writing contest.   The annual writing contest ...

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OPP Investigate Fatal Collision East of Earlton

Jan 4, 2018 @ 08:02 (Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 11:04 PM) Members of the Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision on January 3, 2018 at approximately 11:50 a.m. The collision occurred on Highway 11, north of Hwy 562, in Hilliard Township, just south of Earlton, Ontario. A northbound tractor trailer collided with a ...

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