Algoma-Manitoulin Kapuskasing MP Carol Hughes is throwing in her hat as the next speaker of the House Commons. That vote is expected to take place on Tuesday following the Federal holiday on Monday.
Sudbury Catholic District School Board has welcomed its newest student trustee, Julia Parenteau, a Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School student, to the board table.
Planned outages are coming to North Bay in the coming weeks. This is as crews work on infrastructure upgrades. The first will be this coming Sunday, October 1, on Highway 11 North from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. This outage will affect approximately 150 customers.
Due to a shortage of doctors, the Mindemoya Hospital emergency department may be closed on several days throughout the month of October.
Greater Sudbury says they want to end homelessness by the end of the decade. Councilors unanimously approved a motion for a strategy to end homelessness by 2030. A directs staff to adopt a “housing first” approach to addressing homelessness in the city.
West Nipissing is drafting a new by-law to govern short-term rentals. Council plans to have a public meeting on the topic in early October. The date has not been announced yet.
Timmins City council is moving on an idea for tennis and pickle ball courts. They’ll be at Schumacher Public School. Administration will work with the school board to come to an agreement for the facility.
Algoma Steel is moving to reduce its mountains of slag. What is Slag? Blast furnace slag is a waste by-product of steelmaking. No one’s certain how much slag Algoma Steel has generated and stored on its property… in the 121 years.
Sudbury Catholic District School Board has welcomed its newest student trustee, Julia parent-o, a Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School student, to the board table.
Planned outages are coming to North Bay in the coming weeks. This is as crews work on infrastructure upgrades. The first will be this coming Sunday, October 1, on Highway 11 North from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. This outage will affect approximately 150 customers.
Ontario’s public high school teachers have voted to settle unresolved contract bargaining through arbitration. The move will avoid strike action. This is after the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation reached a tentative deal with the government last month to continue negotiating until Oct. 27.
Greater Sudbury City Councilors will opt for more studies on the future of the Sudbury Arena. City staff will examine options, delaying any ground-breaking by at least six months. A report will be presented to council next March.
A daytime warming center in North Bay will be in place by November. That’s according to DNSSAB at this weeks Board of Directors meeting. The plan is for the warming center to be open from Nov. 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024, with options available for April.
A proposed 124-unit affordable housing development in the Timmins west end has gotten a huge boost from Timmins council. Council agreed to a request to donate 2.9 hectares (7.2 acres) of city-owned land to the Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services who will build on the undeveloped property.
In Elliot Lake Seasonal programming for the 2023-24 year will be significantly impacted as the ice surface is now being removed at the Centennial Arena to allow for a more comprehensive inspection of the structural issues.
