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Nov 14, 2017 @ 08:06 On November 11, 2017, members of the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single motor vehicle collision approximately 10km west of Marathon on Highway 17 in Coldwell Township. A single motor vehicle, a Ford F150 pickup truck traveling eastbound, lost control and left the roadway entering the south ditch. The driver attempted to ...

Premier Kathleen Wynne is encouraging people of all ages to attend one of the more than 175 Remembrance Day ceremonies being held in communities across Ontario today to honour the men and women who have served our country in times of conflict and peace. Ontario’s official Ceremony of Remembrance will be held this morning at Queen’s Park, marking the end ...

Nov 10, 2017 @ 16:34 Today, Deb Matthews, Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development issued the following statement: “Since the strike began, I have been clear that my focus is on students and their learning. I have had the opportunity to meet with a number of student leaders and their provincial associations. I have heard from them about hardships ...

Nov 10, 2017 @ 12:30 The world’s elite curlers are returning to “The Soo” for the second time in two years as the Boost National – the third event of the 2017-18 Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling season – rolls into town November 14-19. Sportsnet’s live coverage of the Boost National kicks off Thursday, Nov. 16 at Noon p.m. ET ...

Nov 9, 2017 @ 16:15 The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board (HSCDSB) and the Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario (CSCNO) will be closing their schools in Hornepayne tomorrow (Friday, November 10, 2017) due to a planned power outage.   Holy Name of Jesus Catholic School and École Saint Nom de Jésus, which share the same building, will be closed.   ...

Nov 8, 2017 @ 12:48 To claim Ontario has not acted to save caribou is conveniently ignoring over 20 years of work, 600 tracked animals and $11 million dollars of government research. As if it was Groundhog Day, campaign science is once again attempting to shut down Ontario’s most renewable and sustainable sector, at the expense of 57,000 hardworking men ...

Nov 8, 2017 @ 12:36 Whether you know me or just read what I say and do as MPP for the Algoma-Manitoulin, the pride I have having been born and raised as a Northerner is pretty evident. I was born in and raised Gogama and raised my own family in Gogama, Wawa, and Elliot Lake. While Algoma-Manitoulin is by no ...

Nov 7, 2017 @ 21:01 On Monday, November 6, 2017, at approximately 03:20 p.m. members of the Marathon/Manitouwadge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to an airplane crash east of Marathon. Wilderness Helicopters assisted with a helicopter and two OPP officers to locate the aircraft. The pilot was able to communicate with officers using his cellphone and help pinpoint his location ...

Nov 7, 2017 @ 20:57 On Sunday, November 5, 2017, at approximately 7:45 am members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East (Chapleau) Detachment responded to a Chapleau address regarding unwanted telephone calls. At the scene investigation revealed that a male had been making several unwanted telephone calls. As a result Roger George TREMBLAY (54) of Chapleau, Ontario was ...

Nov 7, 2017 @ 08:07 The following is a statement from Roland Hackl, Vice-President of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), regarding the unprecedented challenges with rail operations on the Hudson Bay Railway (HBR): “Our members are proud, contributing members of the communities in The Pas and Gilliam and they have been decimated by the failure of OmniTRAX (HBR’s parent ...

Nov 6, 2017 @ 15:35 On Monday, Algoma-Manitoulin NDP MPP Michael Mantha issued the following open letter calling on Premier Kathleen Wynne to immediately commit to investing in the Huron Central Railway:   Nov. 6 2017 Hon. Kathleen Wynne Premier of Ontario Room 281, Main Legislative Building, Queen’s Park Toronto, Ontario. M7A 1A1   Dear Premier, The Huron Central Railway ...

David Zimmer, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation and Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day issued the following statement today to mark Treaties Recognition Week: “Last year Ontario designated the first week of November of each year as Treaties Recognition Week to recognize the importance of treaties, and to bring awareness to the treaty relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in ...

UPDATED – Nov 4, 2017 @ 08:07 Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have concluded their search for 35-year-old Andrew SAVAGE of Terrace Bay. On Wednesday, November 1st, 2017, at 6:00 pm OPP were notified that Andrew SAVAGE of Terrace Bay, Ontario, was missing. Members of Mr. SAVAGE’s family contacted the Schreiber OPP advising they were concerned for his well-being. He was last seen ...

Nov 4, 2017 @ 08:05 The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has determined there are no reasonable grounds to lay criminal charges against a Sault Ste. Marie Police Service officer in relation to the death of a 40-year-old man who shot himself on May 29, 2016. The Director’s Report was delivered to the Attorney General, as is ...

Nov 3, 2017 @ 18:25 On November 1, 2017, at approximately 8:30 a.m. officers from the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 17,  40 km West of Shabaqua. Two Commercial Motor Vehicles (tractor-trailer units) collided and Highway 17 was closed approximately nine hours.   The two deceased have been ...