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Feb 2, 2018 @ 11:28 Chers résidents du Nord, J’aimerais vous parler au sujet de ma première journée au poste de directeur général du Réseau local d’intégration des services de santé (RLISS) du Nord-Est. Le matin du 22 janvier, j’ai passé la première heure à m’entretenir avec les membres de ma nouvelle équipe. Certains étaient dans la salle avec moi, ...

Feb 2, 2018 @ 11:21 Dear Northerners, Let me tell you about my first day on the job as CEO of the North East Local Health Integration Network (NE LHIN). On the morning of January 22, I spent the first hour of my new job sitting down with my new team of staff. Some were in the room with me, ...

Feb 2, 2018 @ 10:00 On February 1, 2018, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) with the assistance of the Provincial Operations Intelligence Bureau (POIB), the Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), Emergency Response Team (ERT), K-9 Unit, members of the Marathon OPP Detachment, Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS), and Anishinabek Police Service (APS) have charged 9 individuals ...

Feb 2, 2018 @ 08:17 Sault College is honoured to welcome the province’s best collegiate curlers at the 2018 OCAA Curling Championships! The Championships take place February 7 – 11, 2018, at the Community First Curling Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, ON. With 16 teams from 7 different institutions participating in this year’s championships, it promises to be an exciting ...

Feb 2, 2018 @ 08:04 The Northwestern Ontario Writer’s Workshop is pleased to welcome its newest president, who will lead the organization toward its goal of fostering and developing writing in the region.   Elizabeth Pszczolko has been chosen as the new NOWW president, taking over for interim co-presidents, Susan Rogers and Charles Campbell, after past president, Jane Crossman’s three-year ...

Feb 1, 2018 @ 08:02 On Wednesday January 30, 2018 at approximately 3:45 a.m., members of the Moosonee Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a motor vehicle on the James Bay Winter road between Moosonee and Fort Albany. During the investigation, small quantities of what are suspected to be cocaine, percocet and marihuana were seized. As a result, ...

Jan 31, 2018 @ 20:08 The government has some work to do if it wants to convince Canadians they share the same concerns most people have about pensions. In the last year, they allowed the Sears pension plan to remain underfunded as that company liquidated assets and closed for good, and also introduced legislation that will lead to more Canadians ...

Jan 31, 2018 @ 08:15 Ontario NDP Home and Long-term Care critic Teresa Armstrong issued the following statement in response to increased reports of resident-on-resident abuse at long-term care homes throughout Ontario:   “I was heartbroken after watching the video of Meyer Sadoway’s treatment in a long-term care home and thinking about what his family, his sisters, had to endure. ...

Jan 31, 2018 @ 08:07 Leader of the Official Opposition Vic Fedeli announced he will remain as Interim Leader while a new permanent Leader is chosen. “Over the past few days, I have been humbled by the outpouring of support from Party members, candidates, and caucus,” said Fedeli. “I have been honoured to have them put their trust in me. ...

Jan 31, 2018 @ 08:04 The one-year countdown begins for the Special Olympics Ontario 2019 Provincial Winter Games in Sault Ste. Marie January 31 – February 3, 2019. Up to 500 athletes will be attending the games in addition to coaches, family, and friends. The 2019 event will feature competitions in six winter sports: Nordic Skiing, Alpine Skiing, Figure Skating, ...

Jan 30, 2018 @ 18:14 I’m sure that most readers will recognize world-famous scientist Albert Einstein’s often quoted definition, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”. As I pondered this definition this week it occurred to me that Einstein’s wisdom is clearly applicable to far more than just the scientific world. In this ...

On Monday, Ontario NDP International Trade critic Taras Natyshak released the following statement on the new Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): “Forging ahead with a renewed TPP that leaves automotive workers behind is simply wrong. We need to do the right thing and stand up for good manufacturing jobs but Kathleen Wynne has let us down before and can’t be trusted to ...

Jan 30, 2018 @ 08:52 Corina Moore, ONTC CEO spoke last week about the future of transportation at a Canadian Club luncheon in North Bay. In the Q&A that followed, local media quoted Moore as saying she “hopes as Ontario Northland continues to build momentum that one day soon the north will see the return of passenger rail service to ...

Ontario is investing in job training and economic development opportunities for Indigenous people in the Thunder Bay area. Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation David Zimmer visited Fort William First Nation to announce that the province is supporting a job training initiative for Indigenous people with SuperCom Industries LP. This investment, made through Ontario’s Indigenous Economic Development Fund, will support ...

Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the shooting at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec.   “One year ago today, the lives of six men were cut painfully short, and the lives of so many others were changed forever, in a cowardly act of Islamophobic violence.  Today, Ontario’s New Democrats, alongside all ...