Many are remembering Michael A. Brown. The former Algoma-Manitoulin MPP and the former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, has died. Elected in 1987 Brown held the riding of Algoma-Manitoulin until 2011. He was 74.
The Former Falconbridge Extendicare site in Sudbury will become a hotel. That’s the word from the city this week. For now, it is housing mostly international students attending Cambrian College.
Powassan township says this was one of their best outdoor swimming seasons at the municipal pool. More rehabilitative work is going to be done this fall, at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The municipality has received a $170,000 grant from the Trillium Foundation to carry out this more detailed work.
The Algoma District School Board welcomed more than 200 new students than expected to its classrooms this fall. A report back in March forecasted the enrolment would climb by 68. Instead, it grew by 270.
The City of Elliot Lake says the Stanley Cup… yes the same one… is coming to town on Friday. A Kraft Hockeyville Community Celebration will be happening at Collins Hall.
The U of S, formerly federated with Laurentian University, used the occasion of Franco-Ontarian Day to expand on its plans to offer French-language programming. The hopes is that it will happen next fall in partnership with the University of Ottawa.
There’s no word yet as the cause of a brown out in North Bay at the Pete Palangio Arena last weekend. All the city says is that it was not as a result of the arena’s electrical system, says the city’s communication officer.
After a two-month pilot project, Timmins Transit is eliminating the new Route 101 from Spruce Street to Porcupine, returning to the former Route 16. This follows input from riders and a drop in the number of available drivers.
Discussion continues after yesterday’s Algoma Public Health board of health meeting on how to close the gap when it comes to food insecurity – 19.4 per cent for Algoma compared to 17.3 per cent for Ontario. There does continue to be community assistance programs, such as local food banks.
Maintenance work at the Sudbury Landfill could create a smell in the area for residents. That’s according to the city today. What they’re calling “essential maintenance” is being carried out will “ensure environmental compliance and improve site conditions.
The North Bay Police Service is advising the public that there will be Emergency Response Team (ERT) training throughout this week at various locations throughout the city. There will be an increased police presence at Memorial Gardens, E.W. Norman School and the Government Dock.
Swimming enthusiasts in Timmins are being told the Archie Dillon Sportsplex Pool could be open somewhere in the middle to late October. Coil and boilers are being installed. As of this week, contractors had removed the existing boilers and were preparing the space for the arrival of the new equipment.
St.Vincent Place’s Big Blue Food Drive in Sault Ste Marie is Saturday. Donations of non-perishable goods should be put in a box or bag and left curbside by 10 a.m.
On Manitoulin Island, Birch Island is turning the sod on new subdivision. Community members have already gathered to celebrate and cut the ribbon on a new $8.3 million dollar project. ($8,341,326).
