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Some residents in West Nipissing now have a new representative on council. The municipality recently passed a bylaw redividing its eight wards. Each of the wards will continue to be represented by one councillor with the mayor elected, at large, maintaining the current size of council at nine members. Stay

Next call for proposals open as part of plan to connect every person in the province to convenient primary care by 2029 The Ontario government launched the next call for proposals to create and expand approximately 75 primary care teams that will connect 500,000 more people to a primary

Over $6.1 million in provincial funding is on its way to eleven municipalities in Nipissing. MPP Vic Fedeli announced the 2026 Ontario Community Infrastructure Funding (OCIF) is to help municipalities across the riding renew and rehabilitate critical infrastructure. North Bay receives the most funding, at $4.8 million. Stay

Two northern municipal groups are warning Canada’s national housing strategy will be derailed without immediate federal action to safeguard Northern Ontario’s forestry sector. The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) and the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA) have written a joint letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney saying

The Bracebridge OPP is reporting a person found dead northwest of Gravenhurst has been identified as a West Nipissing resident, and his death has been ruled a homicide. The OPP says officers responded shortly after noon on Monday, Sept. 15, to a report of a body discovered in a remote

The Ontario government and the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) received an arbitration award for the remaining three years of the 2024-28 Physician Services Agreement (PSA). The agreement increases access to primary care and provides stable funding for staffing across the province, ensuring families can access the care they need, when

Strong and Joly Townships are receiving provincial funding to help pay for emergency response costs and critical infrastructure repairs after flooding in June 2024. The province has announced up to $492,000 for the Township of Strong and up to $63,000 for Joly. “Our government is stepping up to

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