{"id":3772,"date":"2017-05-31T12:04:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T16:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=3772"},"modified":"2017-05-31T12:11:49","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T16:11:49","slug":"mike-wants-to-recognize-the-outstanding-citizens-of-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/31\/mike-wants-to-recognize-the-outstanding-citizens-of-ontario\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike wants to recognize the outstanding citizens of Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>May 31, 2017 @ 12:04<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3773\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/MichaelMantha.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3773\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3773\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/MichaelMantha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Mantha, MPP Algoma-Manitoulin.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Throughout my years of service as MPP for Algoma-Manitoulin, I have always been so very impressed with the number of citizens that we have in this riding who make incredible contributions as leaders and helpers in our communities.\u00a0 My office receives notification of the multitude of individuals that selflessly serve to make our communities better places to live. I am always so proud to highlight the contributions of some of these individuals in the Ontario Legislature when opportunity arises.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As well I want to bring to your attention that there are also opportunities to recognize such outstanding individuals through the\u00a0<strong><em>Ontario Honours and Awards Secretariat<\/em><\/strong>. One such program is the\u00a0<strong><em>Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 This medal was established in 1973 as a means to recognize exceptional, long-term efforts of special citizens in our communities. The medal is presented by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario at a special ceremony at Queen\u2019s Park.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Any resident of Ontario can nominate someone for the\u00a0<strong><em>Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship<\/em><\/strong>. To do so, submit a completed form with your nominee\u2019s information that includes:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To submit a nomination for this award:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ontario.ca\/page\/honours-and-awards-community\">ontario.ca\/page\/honours-and-awards-community<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Click on Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship<\/li>\n<li>Download the PDF form.<\/li>\n<li>Review the eligibility criteria<\/li>\n<li>Complete the form and submit it no later than\u00a0<strong>July 17, 2017<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I encourage you to consider this wonderful opportunity to recognize the wonderful contribution of outstanding citizens in Algoma-Manitoulin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div class=\"divider\"><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1036\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Michael_Mantha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"180\" \/>Michael Mantha is MPP for Algoma-Manitoulin.\u00a0He is currently the NDP Critic for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation and NDP Critic for\u00a0Northern Development and Mines.\u00a0Michael Mantha is currently serving his second consecutive term as MPP for Algoma-Manitoulin. Constituents can reach his constituency office by email at <a href=\"mailto:mmantha-co@ndp.on.ca\">mmantha-co@ndp.on.ca<\/a>\u00a0or by phone at 705-461-9710 or Toll free 1-800-831-1899.<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 31, 2017 @ 12:04 &nbsp; Throughout my years of service as MPP for Algoma-Manitoulin, I have always been so very impressed with the number of citizens that we have in this riding who make incredible contributions as leaders and helpers in our communities.\u00a0 My office receives notification of the multitude of individuals that selflessly &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,40],"tags":[138],"class_list":["post-3772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-local","tag-michael-mantha"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-17 14:29:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3772"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3774,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3772\/revisions\/3774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}