Vale says it is decreasing its workforce. The company says, out of respect for its workers, it isn’t indicating how many or who is being affected. The cuts are linked to managerial restructuring.
Motel rooms in North Bay will augment the cold weather program at Northern Pines. Northern Pines has room for 24 and the total number of shelter spaces available reaches 34 with the motel rooms — in extreme cold situations the cap on overflow beds is flexible.
It’s been three years since a bridge in the east end of Timmins was closed indefinitely, but it is now open. It opened yesterday. The city has an honorary naming process, and staff said that the proper steps be followed.
The Sault Ste. Marie Region Conservation Authority (SSMRCA) has issued a safety statement. Recreational users of the Red Pine trail system in the Hiawatha Highlands Conservation Area to stay away from the area, for now, as the snow has downed several trees.
The Province says in the New Year, they will add four family doctors in Greater Sudbury. he Practice Ready Ontario program will add 100 new family doctors across the province in the next 12 months.
Meanwhile Provincial support is on the way to connect more people locally to dementia care, support, and services in Nipissing. $86,100 is going directly to the Alzheimer Society of Ontario’s Sudbury-Manitoulin North Bay & Districts community-based First Link® Care Navigation program.
From the good news file, the annual Fill an Ambulance toy drive in Timmins was a hit this week with two units filled right to the roof for those in need. They will be handed out at the Northeastern Ontario Family and Children’s Services.
The City of Sault Ste. Marie budget deliberations will be begin. So far… a 3.74 per cent property tax hike proposed in the preliminary budget announced last month has already been reduced to 3.52 per cent.
GOVA Transit in Greater Sudbury says winter routes and schedules begin Dec. 14. All routes will have minor time-point adjustments made.
From the good news file… the kindergarten to Grade 8 students at Maple Ridge Public School in Powassan have worked together to lend aid for those in need. 281 students formed a human chain to pass food from one another to volunteers at the Powassan and District Food Bank to restock shelves.
A Timmins resort has joined a national lodging franchise. Cedar Meadows Resort and Spa , where many see wildlife like wolves, is now part of Choice Hotels Canada’s Ascend Hotel Collection.
The Sault Ste. Marie Women’s Hockey League (WHL) has kicked in nearly 1,000 pairs of shoes, boots, and slippers for charity. For the past 10 years, the local BioPed clinic, with whom they’re working, has specialized in lower-limb care.
