It was a bit of a grilling, but Chief Designate Darcy Fleury knew that going into the McKellar Ward meeting at City Hall Wednesday evening. “I thought that they were well engaged and definitely capable of presenting their concerns,” said Fleury speaking with media after the meeting. “I talked...
READ MOREThe Liberals are down to just seven members in the Ontario Legislature. The MPP for Scarborough-Gildwood has resigned. Mitzie Hunt says she will be running for mayoralty of Toronto. Hunter has been an MPP for the past decade and was the Minister of Education in the Wynne Government. (File photo)
READ MOREThe NDP is putting forward a bill to give stronger powers to police to help stem the illegal cigarette trade. If passed, police could enforce certain aspects of the Tobacco Tax Act, including the right to search a vehicle for contraband tobacco. Currently, authorization is first needed from the...
READ MOREThe Ontario Energy Board has approved an increase in rates for Synergy North. The impact on residential customer bills will be an increase of $4.55 or 3.98% for Thunder Bay and $3.75 or 3.14% for Kenora monthly. Meanwhile small business customers will see an increase of $27.33 (9.13%) and $10.20...
READ MORELegislation to speed up the permitting process for mining companies is now law. Bill 71 passed at Queen’s Park on Wednesday. Speaking during debate of the bill earlier this week, Mines Minister George Pirie says it will reduce the administrative processes companies face trying to get new mines...
READ MORELegislation to speed up the permitting process for mining companies is now law. Bill 71 passed at Queen’s Park on Wednesday. Speaking during debate of the bill earlier this week, Mines Minister George Pirie says it will reduce the administrative processes companies face trying to get new mines...
READ MOREThe Ontario Energy Board has approved an increase in rates for Synergy North. The impact on residential customer bills will be an increase of $4.55 or 3.98% for Thunder Bay and $3.75 or 3.14% for Kenora monthly. Meanwhile small business customers will see an increase of $27.33 (9.13%) and $10.20...
READ MOREAn officer with the Ontario Provincial Police has passed away and two others are in the hospital after a shooting in the Bourget area, about 50 km away from downtown Ottawa. The OPP say the three officers responded to a disturbance at a Laval Street home just after 2 a.m. today, after someone...
READ MOREAn officer with the Ontario Provincial Police has passed away and two others are in the hospital after a shooting in the Bourget area, about 50 km away from downtown Ottawa. The OPP say the three officers responded to a disturbance at a Laval Street home just after 2 a.m. today, after someone...
READ MORE2023 has been a tough year for municipal taxes. At least three municipalities including Thunder Bay, Kenora and Fort Frances had tax increases of 5 percent or more. President of the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association Wendy Landry says inflation was just part of the problem. “It’s always...
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