Some New Democrat MPPs are on a northern highway tour listening to communities, documenting concerns, and pushing the government to modernize and expand Highways 11 and 17.
On the heels of job cuts at the North Bay Regional Health Centre, the Ontario Nurses’ Association is warning thousands of nurses could lose their jobs across the province in the next couple of years.
A $100 million investment from Electra Battery Materials will help establish what the province calls a 'landmark' cobalt sulphate refinery in Temiskaming Shores.
The province says a road rehabilitation project in Geraldton, about halfway between Hearst and Thunder Bay, is the first segment on the road network into the Ring of Fire and its critical minerals.
The province is looking to strengthen the pipeline of highly skilled construction workers needed to fulfill its plan to build more homes, highways, hospitals and critical infrastructure.
The province says funding applications are now being accepted from communities and organizations that provide culturally appropriate mental health and wellness supports to survivors and their families impacted by ongoing burial investigations at former residential schools.
The OPP says on Wednesday around 11:00 p.m., first responders were called to a report of a residential fire on Quae-Quae Road, with a deceased person then found within the residence.