The Election results are in! In Northern Ontario, Sudbury Liberals sent Vivian Lapointe back to Ottawa, Jim Bélanger scores a win in the new Sudbury East-Manitoulin-Nickel Belt riding, ousting Liberal Marc Serre. For Nip-Temiskaming, Liberal Pauline Rochefort squeezed out a win over Conservative Garry Keller. Conservative Gaetan Malette won in Kapuskasing-Timmins-Mushkegowuk, while Liberal incumbent Terry Sheehan won in Sault Ste. Marie-Algoma.
The City of Greater Sudbury is making sandbags available due to rising water levels on several area waterways. This is after Conservation Sudbury has issued a flood warning.
Meanwhile, the Timmins area is now under a flood warning after an update from the Mattagami Region Conservation Authority. This includes Porcupine Lake, the Porcupine River, the Mattagami River, and Kamiskotia Lake.
Jean-Pierre (Jay) Barbeau, the CAO of the Municipality of West Nipissing, was elected the incoming chair of Laurentian University’s board of governors during its April 25 meeting. His one-year term as board chair begins July 1.
There was one new wildfire reported in the Northeast Region yesterday. North of Sault Ste Marie, Chapleau 1 was a 0.1 hectare fire that was located approximately two kilometers southeast of Jones Landing and east of Highway 17.
Ontario is honouring 11 young people with the 2023 Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers, including one from Sundridge. Megan Lee. Megan has ability connect with people from all walks of life as well as her talent for inspiring others to get involved in community service.. and has in turn enabled her to contribute in many ways to health care, schools, and youth sports.
Sault Ste Marie City employees can finally look forward to some new digs… they’ll be able to move into the new waterfront civic centre this weekend. That said, the building won’t be ready to be really shown off until July.
$110,000 in funding is going to two area festivals the province says celebrate Canadian culture and boost Nipissing’s tourism and economy. MPP Vic Fedeli announced the Experience Ontario 2025 funding for Mattawa Voyageur Days and Le Carnaval des Compagnons
The Saulteaux Club of the Voyageur Hiking Trail will be hosting a Trail Maintenance Day next month. It goes near Tower Lake north of Desbarats on Saturday, May 10.
