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In partnership with the Canerector Foundation, through their $500,000 investment, Confederation College has launched the Canerector Foundation Scholars Program, an initiative that will support 200 students entering skilled trades programs over the next five years. The funding will provide financial awards to 20 students annually enrolled in eligible two-year skilled trades programs, including a dedicated stream of five scholarships per ...

Ontario’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has charged three people in connection with a complex fraud scheme to help secure the employment of security guards in long-term care homes. In July 2024, the SFO began an investigation into the falsification of employment eligibility documents being provided on behalf of individuals in order to expedite their placement as security guards in long-term ...

73 organizations representing a broad segment of Canadian society have sent a joint letter to the federal government urging more oversight of the nuclear industry and of nuclear waste projects. In the letter, the groups urged the Prime Minister and the Ministers of Environment and Climate Change and of Energy and Natural Resources to exercise oversight of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s ...

On December 15, 2025, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a person in relation to a mischief at a hospital. At approximately 5:30 p.m., police were called to a hospital on Spine Road in relation to a person damaging property and being aggressive with staff. The person threw a bucket at an interior door window, shattering it, and destroyed ...

A person was charged after police received a traffic complaint. On December 15, 2025, at approximately 8:30 p.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a complainant regarding a possible impaired driver. The vehicle was observed on Ontario Avenue and a traffic stop conducted on Hillside Drive North. The driver emanated a strong odour of alcoholic beverage and cans of alcohol ...

Tuesday December 16 2025 2023-2027/375 On December 11, Canada Post appeared before the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (OGGO) in the continued examination of the Situation at Canada Post. Doug Ettinger testified that the Corporation’s 45-day transformational plan was still being reviewed by the Government, saying that it contains no big surprises, and that it is based around ...

December 15, 2025 Ottawa, Ontario “Today marks 10 years since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its Final Report on the tragedy that is Canada’s residential school system. For more than a century, Canada ran residential schools. Over 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children were forcibly taken from their homes, separated from their families and communities, and stripped of ...

A person was charged after police were called to a vehicle in the snowbank on Poplar Road at Lakeview Road. On December 13, 2025, at approximately 7:15 a.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) attended the location and arrested the driver of the crashed grey pickup truck. The truck was consequently towed and impounded. Austin ELSEMORE, 29-years-old, from Alvin, ...

On December 12, 2025, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a person on Hanes Avenue who was in breach of prior release conditions. At approximately 10:00 a.m. the East Algoma Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) and East Algoma Warrant Apprehension assisted Muskoka OPP CSCU with the arrest of a male who was wanted for cutting off his ankle ...

The Nipissing West Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is requesting assistance from the public in connection with an ongoing criminal investigation. The incident occurred during the early morning hours of Friday, December 12, 2025, on the four-lane section of Highway 17 near the intersection with Municipal Road 55 (Walden area). Investigators are seeking dash camera footage or any information from motorists ...

Passed away peacefully on December 9, 2025, at the Wilson Memorial General Hospital (Marathon ON) at the age of 66. Loving mother of Kelly (Krystle Cote). Cherished grandmother of Karter and Knox. Daughter of the late Catherine Desmoulin (late Rodney and late Harry). Predeceased by her sisters Margaret Tyance, Jean Desmoulin, Eileen Poala, Pauline Moses, Aggie Desmoulin, and Rita Desmoulin. ...

The East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a person after a traffic stop on Longview Avenue.   On December 11, 2025, at approximately 3:45 a.m., police stopped a grey 4-door Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) to check the status of a temporary plate. While speaking to the driver, open alcohol could be seen inside. After searching the vehicle, police located and ...

As winter conditions set in, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is urging extreme caution near bodies of water. Even when lakes or rivers appear frozen, remember, no ice is safe ice. Early-season ice is often dangerously thin and unpredictable. While some people enjoy snowmobiling or motorized recreational vehicles on frozen lakes and waterways, current ice conditions greatly increase the risk ...

The Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is continuing their investigation into a fatal collision that occurred in Goulais River. On December 9, 2025, at approximately 11:15 p.m., the Sault Ste. Marie OPP responded to a serious, single motorized snow vehicle (MSV) collision on McGaughan Road. The driver of the MSV, a 50-year-old person from Goulais ...

The Ontario Liberal Caucus issued the following statement regarding their call on the Ford government to urging Question Period to sell Ontario’s existing American liquor inventory so the profits can be donated to food banks. We all agree that that pulling American liquor from the LCBO shelves sent a message. It was the right thing to do, and it felt ...