The City of Elliot Lake is getting its first crack on tickets for an upcoming NHL game – one of its prizes for winning Kraft Hockeyville 2024. That said, the game will be held in Greater Sudbury because the Centennial Arena remains closed for structural reasons.
The discussion is ongoing on Clear garbage bags in Greater Sudbury. It’s all the city’s proposed Sustainable Waste Strategy.
Got something to say? Any topic is fair game as North Bay City Council will host a town hall meeting at the North Bay Public Library auditorium on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 6 p.m.
Meanwhile, Timmins councilor Rock Whissell whose ward the Ramada Inn sits is resigning from the Cochrane District Services Board. This is over frustrations from some who attended Monday night’s consultation on turning the Ramada Hotel into a treatment centre.
New downtown street lights will be switched on in Sault Ste Marie this week. Downtown businesses remain open during Queen Street road work, with front and back entrances and parking options available for shoppers
Cambrian College in Sudbury, Ont., has officially opened its electric vehicle (EV) lab, which is now named the Vale Electric Vehicle Lab. The lab will focus on advancing electric vehicle technology for underground mines.
Mid-July 2026 is now the date the North Bay’s new Community and Recreation Centre will be substantially completed. That was part of the update this week at city council. The now square-designed building will include two side-by-side regulation-size ice rinks with bench seating for 250, along with a walking track. The initial design verification budget in July came in at $65 million. Roughly $5 million over the upset limit set by council.
Three weeks before the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, this year’s orange Timmins Transit bus has hit the road. This year’s version has an added graphic: the logo of the Mattagami First Nation.
Air Canada will begin suspending flights this weekend as a strike deadline looms. Pilots will be in a legal strike position on Sept. 17, but it is expected that the airline will begin gearing down its operations as early as Sunday if negotiations with the pilot union continue to stall. That said, it won’t affect passengers travelling on Air Canada Jazz flights from Sault Ste. Marie to Toronto.
Volunteer firefighters will receive wage increase in Elliot Lake. The hourly rate for volunteer firefighters was last increased in 2016. Fire Chief, John Thomas, requested a $2 per hour wage increase retroactive to January 1.
Greater Sudbury service levels are under review to come down from a current 7.1% tax hike. Municipal service levels are under review while city staff seek $7.8M in cuts and revenue to bring next year’s tax levy down to 4.9% from its currently projected 7.1%
There is still time to nominate people for the Rotary Club of North Bay’s 2nd annual Unsung Hero Service Award. Nominees must be residents of North Bay and surrounding communities and be 18 years of age and older.
Three weeks before the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, this year’s orange Timmins Transit bus has hit the road. This year’s version has an added graphic: the logo of the Mattagami First Nation.
Air Canada will begin suspending flights this weekend as a strike deadline looms. Pilots will be in a legal strike position on Sept. 17, but it is expected that the airline will begin gearing down its operations as early as Sunday if negotiations with the pilot union continue to stall. That said, it won’t affect passengers travelling on Air Canada Jazz flights from Sault Ste. Marie to Toronto.
Volunteer firefighters will receive wage increase in Elliot Lake. The hourly rate for volunteer firefighters was last increased in 2016. Fire Chief, John Thomas, requested a $2 per hour wage increase retroactive to January 1.
Households in the North East Region will begin receiving community satisfaction surveys on the services provided by local OPP. The survey will cover community security, perceptions of crime and youth issues in the community, OPP presence in the community and how the OPP investigates crime and enforces the law.
