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CSC Nouvelon – Collège Notre-Dame closed until March 19, 2021

The health and safety of students and employees remains CSC Nouvelon’s top priority. Due to the declaration of a second COVID-19 case at Collège Notre-Dame (Sudbury) by Public Health Sudbury and Districts and in order to ensure the safety of students and staff, Collège Notre-Dame (Sudbury) will remain closed until Friday, March 19, 2021. At the moment, students are expected ...

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Highway 11 (New Liskeard to Kenogami) – CLOSED

Hwy 11 closed from New Liskeard to Kenogami due to a collision (11:00 a.m.). There is a detour is available at Hwy 65 and Whitewood in New Liskeard to Hwy 66 Jct in Kenogami for northbound traffic and from Hwy 66 Jct in Kenogami to Hwy 65/Whitewood Jct in New Liskeard for southbound traffic.  

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Police Hope Video leads to resolution for Quebec Family

  Members of the North Bay Police Service, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and a Québec family are marking a grim anniversary but remain committed to resolving the suspicious disappearance of a young resident. On March 4, 2011, 20-year-old Luke JOLY-DUROCHER of Témiscaming was in North Bay to visit with friends and was staying on Sherbrooke Street. They consumed alcohol ...

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Les circonscriptions sanitaires de Toronto, de Peel et de North Bay-Parry Sound réintègrent le Cadre d’intervention renforcé pour la COVID-19

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario, en consultation avec le médecin hygiéniste en chef, réintègre la Circonscription sanitaire de la région de Toronto, la Circonscription sanitaire de la région de Peel et la Circonscription sanitaire du district de North Bay-Parry Sound dans le Cadre d’intervention révisé et renforcé pour la COVID-19 : Garder l’Ontario ouvert (le « Cadre d’intervention »), et met un terme au décret ...

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Toronto, Peel and North Bay-Parry Sound Returning to Strengthened COVID-19 Response Framework

The Ontario Government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, is transitioning Toronto, Peel, and North Bay Parry Sound District public health regions out of the shutdown and into the revised and strengthened COVID-19 Response Framework: Keeping Ontario Safe and Open (the “Framework”), with the Stay-at-Home order no longer in effect. In addition, seven other public health regions are being moved to ...

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Nipigon has positive cases of COVID-19

February 26, 2021 We are taking this opportunity to inform the people of Nipigon and surrounding area that there are positive cases in our community. It is imperative that we follow Public Health directives to curb the spread of COVID19 transmission in our community. As you are aware the Province of Ontario is seeing the spread of VOCs (Variants of ...

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Colleges to offer fully funded PSW program starting in April 2021

The Ontario government is investing over $115 million to train up to 8,200 new personal support workers (PSWs) for high-demand jobs in Ontario’s health and long-term care sectors. In collaboration with Colleges Ontario, all 24 publicly assisted colleges will offer this innovative, fully funded program starting in April 2021. This is part of the government’s Long-Term Care Staffing Plan, one ...

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Township of Schreiber – Remembering Mayor Dave Hamilton

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Mayor Dave Hamilton.   On behalf of Council and municipal staff, we would like to express our sincere condolences to Dave’s wife Shirley and family. Dave was dedicated to serving the residents of Schreiber with a tenure of 6 years as Councillor and 2 years as Mayor. He will be remembered for ...

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Premier Ford Marks Lunar New Year with Hope for the Future

Today, Premier Doug Ford issued the following statement to usher in the Lunar New Year: “Starting today, the Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean communities in Ontario and around the world will celebrate the Lunar New Year and welcome the Year of the Ox. Like the ox, may we all find the strength, resilience and determination to embrace life’s blessings this new ...

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L’Ontario élargit les soutiens aux familles ayant des enfants atteints d’autisme

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Le gouvernement de l’Ontario offre des mesures de soutien additionnelles aux familles d’enfants atteints de troubles du spectre de l’autisme. Dès le mois de mars, le gouvernement commencera à offrir des services cliniques de base en fonction des besoins particuliers des enfants, un élément clé du nouveau Programme ontarien des services en matière d’autisme. Ces services comprennent l’analyse comportementale appliquée, ...

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Ontario Expanding Supports for Families of Children with Autism

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The Ontario government is providing additional supports for families of children on the autism spectrum. Starting in March, the province will begin offering core clinical services based on a child’s individual needs, a key element of the new Ontario Autism Program. These services include applied behaviour analysis, speech language pathology, occupational therapy and mental health supports. Recognizing the challenges and ...

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FONOM had a productive meeting with members of Premier Ford’s Cabinet during ROMA

Due to increasing numbers of Covid-19 cases across the Province, the FONOM Board participated virtually during the 2021 Rural Ontario Municipal Associations (ROMA) Conference. Board members shared three Policy Positions with Minister’s Clark, Romano, Elliott, Mulroney, Fedeli, and MPP’s McDonald, Miller, and Thanigasalam, also over 50 Ministry staff were on the call. We discuss planned topics, including Satellites’ role in ...

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L’Ontario s’oppose au nouveau décret des États-Unis favorisant l’achat de produits américains

Aujourd’hui, Vic Fedeli, ministre du Développement économique, de la Création d’emplois et du Commerce, a émis la déclaration suivante concernant le décret des États-Unis favorisant l’achat de produits américains : « Le gouvernement de l’Ontario est déçu que l’administration américaine ait décidé d’aller de l’avant avec un nouveau décret favorisant l’achat de produits américains qui restreindra l’accès aux appels d’offres ...

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