Staff Ontario’s liquor board employees ratified their new collective agreement with the Liquor Control Board of Ontario earlier this week. The bargaining team, representing over 6,000 members, reached the settlement on June 24. The four-year agreement includes a total wage increase of 7.75 percent, along with an increase to full-time […]
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Press Release Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Commissioner Julian Fantino invites Ontarians to read the OPP 2009 Business Plan and 2008 Annual Report that can now be found online at www.opp.ca. The plan/report is an excellent resource that facilitates the public’s understanding of how the OPP conducts its core business and […]
Staff The Apostolic Way United Pentecostal Church will be holding a dedication ceremony this Saturday at 1 p.m. at its new location at the corner of Church Street and Victoria Avenue. The church first started using the former St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church back in early April and then at the […]
the MNR A Red Lake District tourist lodge operator’s illegal bear guiding practices has resulted in a two-year ban on operating a bear management area and a $14,000 fine. Jody Stevens of Sargeant, Minnesota, was convicted of 11 counts under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of providing bear hunting […]
Press Release Beginning this month, low-income families will receive more money through the Ontario Child Benefit to help with the cost of raising their children. The benefit will reach 1.3 million kids and is almost doubling to a maximum of $1,100 per child this year, up from a maximum of […]
the MNR An Oshawa man has been fined $2,000 for careless hunting and lying to a Ministry of Natural Resources’ conservation officer. Rodolfo Kovic was fined $1,500 for careless hunting and $500 for providing a false statement to a conservation officer. He also must complete a hunter safety course before […]
the MNR A Michigan resident and two Ontario residents have pleaded guilty to illegally hunting moose using an invalid Ontario Resident Outdoors Card and moose seal. Angelo Dimeo, of East Lansing, Michigan, was fined $2,500 and received a three-year hunting suspension. Augusto D’Alfonso, of Windsor, was fined $2,000 and Peter […]
the MNR Two Ontario hunters have been fined a total of $7,500 for offences related to illegal deer hunting. Michael Wendel, of Opasatika, and Michel Isabelle, of North Bay, were charged under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. Wendel was fined $500 for transporting unlawfully-killed and possessed wildlife, $2,000 for […]
the MNR A Red Lake-area lodge owner must pay $6,500 in fines for using public land at remote northwestern Ontario lakes without permission from the Ministry of Natural Resources. Clint Perkins of Winnipeg was convicted of unauthorized use of Crown land and fined $5,000. Perkins was also fined $1,500 for […]
Elisabeth Heslop Alberton council has opted to put off making a decision on the application for a zoning bylaw amendment made by township resident Gayle Arpin until next month. Last Wednesday’s meeting was the earliest at which council could have made a decision on the controversial issue, which drew roughly […]
Peggy Revell A handful of programs and projects were given a funding boost as the Town of Fort Frances announced the recipients of this year’s Moffat Family Fund at Monday evening’s regular council meeting. Nine community groups were selected this year to receive part of the $43,750 allocated to the […]
Elisabeth Heslop Over the mountains, across the plains, into the woods, and out to the ocean—all on two wheels. This is the summer for four university students from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in Toronto. The second-year students are bicycling across Canada on the “Unleash Your Potential” national health awareness […]
