The city of Sudbury is using training to improve safety record of its commercial drivers. After speaking with the province, the city is working to improve the driving records of the 450 people who operate the city’s 320 commercial vehicles.
The Municipality of Callander received some unexpected news on the weekend. The resignation of its mayor and a councillor. A statement from the town says the municipality “has accepted the resignations of Mayor Robb Noon and Councillor Irene Smit”.
Timmins is back to square one on homelessness. The Cochrane District Services Board will not be getting $3.2 million hoped for from the provincial to open a modular housing and encampment site on Hwy. 101 W. as its too late for 2026.
Searchmont Resort in Sault Ste Marie was closed for part of the weekend, all due to recurring mechanical malfunctions. Specifically, the groom er. Last month it reported that one of its three lifts would be out of service for the entire season.
The Rogers Arena reconstruction project is behind schedule but still moving forward. That said the building is not expected to have the exterior walls completed until sometime in the New Year. The goal is to have the building occupiable and ice ready fall.
Everyone on the bus! The city of Temiskaming Shores is driving an expanded regional transit system. As its planned right now, it will be expanding to a number of communities including Englehart, Elk Lake and Temagami.
A decommissioned Greater Sudbury fire rescue boat, known as Boat 22, has been donated to Wahnapitae First Nation. The 2005 craft served as a rescue boat on Lake Wanapitei before being decommissioned in 2020 when the city determined it was no longer suitable for emergency operations.
Heads up Curling Fans. Northern Ontario curling playdowns begin next month in North Bay. Provincial curling playdowns begin Jan. 6 at North Bay’s Granite Club. Top northern Ontario teams, including Jeff Brown and Joanne Forget, compete for spots in the Scotties and Brier championships.
A financial audit for the City of Timmins in 2024 now says the Golden Manor redevelopment project is having a big impact on the city’s finances. Among other things, the report indicated the largest expense for the city continues to be personnel, to the tune of an approximately $81.2 million dollars.
OPP are still looking for information after critical hydro infrastructure in northern Ontario was damaged to the tune of $220,000. It’s believed damage was done on three separate occasions, between the middle of October and the end of November, at the end of Old Goulais Bay Road.
The North Shore Health Network says another closures of the Emergency Department is in effect. They say it’s, unfortunately due to physician shortage. The sites currently closed the Health Network indicates the Thessalon Site will reopening at 8 a.m. tomorrow. Those in need of care from the area are being redirected.
Snow removal around schools in Kirkland Lake will be handled differently this winter. Council has adopted a new winter maintenance manual aimed at improving student safety. The move elevates all designated school zones to high-priority snow removal areas and restricts plowing during peak school.
A research Team at Algoma University seeks input from the community. This is all over the developing of an innovative platform aimed at simplifying how residents find and access vital care. To that end they’re asking locals for their input through an anonymous survey online.
