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THUNDER BAY – Ontario is cracking down on election fraud, MPP Bill Mauro announced today. In response to reports of potential fraud in the last federal election, the McGuinty government is proposing changes to the Ontario Election Act that would protect voters from misleading phone calls and other attempts to prevent them from voting in [...]
THUNDER BAY – Marilyn Gouthro, Confederation College Board Chair, announced to employees today that Mr. Jim Madder has accepted the position as the new President, succeeding outgoing President Patricia Lang. Jim is a visionary and collaborative leader who has extensive experience in Canadian College education. He taught in a range of programs at Sir Sandford [...]
THUNDER BAY – The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM), the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA), and the Northern Ontario Service Deliverers Association (NOSDA) have collectively provided their input into the development of the Northern Policy Institute. In a joint memo to Special Advisors Dominic Giroux, President of Laurentian University and Brian Stevenson, President of [...]
UNITED NATIONS – There are voices from Northwestern Ontario in New York at the UN Headquarters. A delegation from NAN is attending the meetings. The annual United Nations forum aimed at advancing the rights of the estimated 370 million indigenous persons around the world opened today with a call to turn those rights into a [...]
THUNDER BAY – Ontario now has new Forestry Tenure legislation. “We’ve worked hard on this legislation to address concerns about change, as well as the desire for change. Now it’s time for action to balance private interests with the overriding public interest in putting Ontario’s wood and people back to work,” stated Michael Gravelle the [...]
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