Teachers in Ontario’s public elementary schools are set to start voting today on whether they want to give their union a strike mandate. The voting will go until Oct. 17, with teachers in various regions voting on different days.
A landline telephone outage in the Timmins area impacted the Timmins Police this past weekend. The outage is impacting the service’s administrative phone line. Emergency calls could still be made.
A previously missing 12 in Greater Sudbury – Ryleen has been located safe and sound.
A flood warning has been issued for Chippewa Creek and other urban creeks in the City of North Bay following quite the deluge of rain.
Sault Ste. Marie’s airport saw a jump of almost 1,000 passengers in August. Still down 21 per cent from 2019 levels.
No new forest fires to report Saturday. 33 still burn in the North East. Two are under control and 31 are being observed.
MacLean Engineering in Greater Sudbury, a builder and supplier of custom mining vehicles has named a new president, Stella Holloway.
In TEMISKAMING SHORES, the MTO will consider a roundabout at the intersection of highways 11 and 65 East.
Kid sport Timmins is boasting the largest number of kids were helped this year… as the fall seasons activities kick off.
The Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre in Sault Ste. Marie is taking off for another season with Bushplane Days, hoping to inspire young aviation and science enthusiasts.
It made for quite the howl in Greater Sudbury this weekend, as the annual dog show went ahead in Coniston. More than 70 breeds were at the event.
The city of Elliot Lake is still looking for a place players can play after the arena shutdown
New boxes are popping up in Timmins, with an aim to help promote literacy. Six small boxes filled with books will be located around the city under the moto take a book, leave a book.
The temporary closure of the Laurier Woods Conservation Area is being delayed once again. That’s from the North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority, which says the woods are now expected to close Monday, Sept. 25 for boardwalk replacement.
Recipients of Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) assistance may lose their free monthly Sault Transit passes if a proposal gets city council approval on Monday night. Instead, they’ll get a half-price social equity transit pass.
