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Proposed changes would expand scopes of practice for a range of health-care professionals To protect Ontario’s health-care system by providing more connected and convenient care to people around the province, the government is consulting to expand the scopes of practice for a wide range of regulated health professionals, including

Over half a million dollars in provincial funding is on its way to West Nipissing. The municipality will use the money, which comes from the Connecting Links program, to rehabilitate Highway 64 from Dufferin Street to Sabourin Road. “This infrastructure project will see the rehabilitation of a 770-metre section of

Province’s $400 million investment will keep workers on the job and promote economic growth The Ontario government is investing $400 million to help renew and rehabilitate critical infrastructure in small, rural and Northern communities. The funding is being delivered through the 2026 Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF) as part

It’s ‘last call’ for another area Beer Store.   The province’s largest beer retailer says its store in South River will close at the end of the day on Nov. 16.   Officials previously announced Mattawa’s beer store will be shuttered on Nov. 2, while the Noëlville store will

Ontario Provincial Police with the Almaguin Highlands detachment report a 70-year-old Huntsville resident has died after a single-commercial-vehicle rollover on Sunday morning. Emergency crews responded to the crash around 7 am on the southbound on-ramp from Highway 124 to Highway 11 in Strong Township. Province police say the driver of

Skills Development Fund investment will provide life-saving survival training to firefighters The Ontario government is investing over $746,000 through the Skills Development Fund (SDF) Training Stream to help the Ontario Professional Fire Fighters Association (OPFFA) deliver critical survival training to firefighters across the province. This investment will help ensure

Level Up! Career fairs will help over 50,000 students and jobseekers learn about good-paying, in-demand jobs The Ontario government is launching its annual Level Up! career fairs to introduce a record number of students, educators and jobseekers to in-demand careers in the skilled trades. Through multi-day events, open house

A $100 million investment from Electra Battery Materials will help establish what the province calls a ‘landmark’ cobalt sulphate refinery in Temiskaming Shores. “Building manufacturing capabilities for domestically sourced resources secures supply chains and strengthens the province at a critical time of economic uncertainty,” says  George Pirie, Timmins MPP and

The Francophone Community Grants Program is helping 71 organizations and companies bolster Francophone culture and the economy  The Ontario government is investing $3 million to protect the province’s Francophone community by creating jobs and driving economic growth through the 2025-26 Francophone Community Grants Program (FCGP). Funding will help 71

First program of its kind in Canada will promote life-saving early detection and prevention of potentially deadly ruptures The Ontario government is taking action to protect more people against life-threatening abdominal aortic aneurysms, which often have no symptoms and may go undetected until rupture, by launching a new screening program.