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Ontario will provide $10 million toward a $191 million modernization and expansion project at Georgia-Pacific North Woods’ oriented strand board (OSB) plant in Englehart, with the funding flowing through the province’s Forest Biomass Program. The province announced the funding May 12. The project outlines changes at one of Englehart’
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Ontario pharmacists will be able to administer six additional publicly funded vaccines to eligible Ontarians and assess and prescribe for nine more common ailments starting in July 2026, the Ontario government announced May 11. The changes apply provincewide, including pharmacies in Northeast Ontario, and expand the list of services that
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Ontario will lower the starting age for publicly funded colorectal cancer screening to 45 on July 1, down from 50, and will allow people considered at increased risk to start screening at age 40 or 10 years earlier than the age of the youngest affected relative at diagnosis, the province
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Ontario will allow Canadian residents to fish without buying a licence or Outdoors Card across the province on May 9 and 10, according to a May 6 news release from the Ministry of Natural Resources. For anglers in Northeast Ontario, the two-day window means people can head out on local
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Ontario Northland’s first new Northlander passenger trainset has logged more than 1,600 kilometres in burn-in testing and is expected to move soon into the next testing stage, known as Revenue Service Demonstration, according to a provincial announcement dated April 13. The Ontario government says it plans to restore
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Ontario’s general minimum wage will increase to $17.95 an hour on Oct. 1, 2026, up from $17.60. The province announced the change April 1. The general minimum wage applies across Ontario, including communities in Northeast Ontario. The province said the change will affect more than 700,000
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The Ontario government says it is proposing changes that would let retail stores open on Family Day and Victoria Day across the province and would end municipalities’ ability to require stores to close on those two holidays. Ontario says it is aiming to have the changes in place by Victoria
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Ontario says it will introduce a new Classroom Supplies Fund in September 2026 that would give each elementary school homeroom teacher $750 per school year to buy classroom supplies. The province said the program would be part of its 2026 budget, scheduled for release March 26, 2026. For families and
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The first of three new Northlander passenger trainsets is undergoing testing and commissioning work in Toronto as Ontario plans to restore passenger rail service between Timmins and Toronto in 2026, with a connecting service to Cochrane. If the service returns as planned, it would run about 740 kilometres and make
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Alinova Canada Inc. will invest nearly $24 million to build a soymilk powder processing plant in Morrisburg that the Ontario government says will be Canada’s first non‑GMO facility, with $1.5 million in provincial funding and 15 jobs. The plant will use Ontario‑grown soybeans and is expected
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Ontario’s Ministry of Health announced Oct. 6 it will renovate and expand Timmins and District Hospital’s emergency department, adding more than 27,000 square feet and increasing capacity to 29 treatment areas. The department could be up to four times its current size and will include a dedicated
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The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources announced on September 22 that more than $5 million in provincial funding will go to forestry sector projects and infrastructure repairs in Northeast Ontario. According to the Ministry, the funding is for technology upgrades at EACOM’s wood products mill and repairs to the