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Investment will support economic growth, job creation and innovation in Ontario’s forestry sector The Government of Ontario is protecting workers and jobs in the forest sector by investing more than $5 million in Northern Ontario to help the sector repair key regional infrastructure and adopt new technology to modernize

Agreement will leverage the province’s nuclear advantage to support fusion energy innovation Today, at the International Tritium Conference, Minister Lecce announced that Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Ontario to work toward supplying tritium

The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit) is advising residents to be cautious after a harmful algae bloom, also known as blue-green algae, was observed in Old Man’s Lake through testing samples taken on Sept. 11, 2025, by the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks.

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